Hi all,
Looking for the best program for me if anyone can assist...

1. What is most important to you in a frequent flyer program (FFP)?
>>> Reply: Points to travel for free with family for vacation. First class is a nice perk as I find it way more "workable" in terms of room for a laptop etc.

2. How many miles do you usually fly each year? How many flights/sectors?
>>> Reply: About 7,000-20,000 miles a year. Often very short hops on the eastern US (out of NY) but the occassional west coast or midwest trip. Generally flying 1-2 times a month

3. What fare class do you usually buy?
>>> Reply: When the fare difference is not huge first class, otherwise economy.

4. Are you able to choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
>>> Reply: Work but we have no restrictions as we are a small company

5. Which routes do you fly most often?
>>> Reply: Totally depends on client needs. We go wherever the project is so it varies

6. What is your home airport?
>>> Reply: Long Island NY so LGA, JFK, ISP are all local for me

7. Do you have status in any FFP? What is it? How miles do you have banked in each FFP, if any?
>>> Reply: American Platinum (but that was a stretch this year and gold would be more expected) with about 90,000 miles banked. But I have miles with Delta, Jetblue, and southwest from previous travel as well.

8. What are your preferred airlines, if any?
>>> Reply: Has been American but considering delta due to rollover miles and better upgrade potential (not sure if that is accurate at lower tier)

I am trying to decide if switching over to Delta would be a good move for me. Some observations:

1. Being a less frequently traveler rollover MQM’s seems like a HUGE benefit to me
2. Lack of mileage expiration is a good thing too
3. Upgrades solely on priority is probably beneficial although I am sure I will rarely get them (I earned 4 500 mile upgrades all of last year on American as this was my first year with status so I view them as pretty much worthless)
4. I am very concerned about the mileage value though. Everything I read says Delta’s miles are the most worthless in the industry
5. Giving up my status and 90,000+ miles on American. Of course I would try to use them via free flights so I don’t lose them but I did just earn platinum status for next year
6. Maybe just something I seem to notice but the Delta planes tend to be more recently upgraded and just feel more comfortable

Thoughts? I would just go the jetblue route but I do enjoy the first class room. So the real question is Delta vs American. Again the flight times and connections seem to be the real issue on American.

Thanks so much for the time to respond!

thanks