Originally Posted by Mwenenzi

The grass in not always greener on the other side

With the majority of ffp's benefits are reducing and ff mile costs are going up.
Upgrades are now harder to get.
The halcyon days of frequent flyer programs a decade ago are gone: just accept reality.
AA offers a challenge for faster status.

What are your objectives from a ffp?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/infor...help-here.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...help-here.html

Again, in case you missed:- The grass in not always greener on the other side

Originally Posted by Efrem

UA had 43 percent of the flights out of DEN in February 2016, the most recent month for which data are available. (Source.) Southwest had 29%, Frontier 13%, and nobody else more than 6%. Unless Southwest's program meets your needs, and you haven't given us enough information about your goals in an FFP for us to weigh in on that yet, you may be pretty much stuck.

Unless there's something specific that UA's program doesn't offer, that another airline's does, and that is really important to you, I'd live with it. If it helps, try repeating "Frequent flyer programs are not the most important things in life." (FT heresy, perhaps, but true.)

Originally Posted by Big4Flyer

With your amount of flying you should consider whether you prefer upgrades or whether you have an SO that you would want to bring with you. If you decided to switch to Southwest, you could probably easily earn A-List Preferred and the Companion Pass, which would you bring someone with you whenever you travel. To me this is worth more than the occasional upgrade, but I'm fortunate enough to have an SO who can travel whenever/wherever. If that's not of interest to you then you're probably better off sticking with UA.