Originally Posted by
powerful pete
Writing on behalf of a colleague - he is Delta Diamond who currently has a US based account, but has moved and is now a foreign resident.
As someone who regularly travels in business class, does it make sense for him to shift his account out of the US as a foreign based Delta FF? I suppose this eliminates the MQD requirement, but it seems to also result in lower mileage rewards for his travels as opposed to being a US based FF.
Also, given his location, future travel will mainly be on KLM metal.
I'd keep DL and update address to get rid of MQD requirement.
As for award mileage, this has to do with the point of departure. Ex-JNB to US fares are a quarter what ex-US to JNB are. It's a matter of pricing be based on the local economy. Same thing happens with mileage awards nowadays. It's a lower amount of miles ex-Europe then ex-US. However note that fares from non-US locations can have high carrier fees involved in them.