Originally Posted by
dz28202
there is very little benefit for people like me to fly to fly them domestic.
Right. This is really by design. The program is intended to provide you with benefits especially while traveling internationally and unable to use your home airline. It is not intended to encourage you to be loyal to another airline. If you are flying 50 flights per year in the US, you would be far better off crediting those to a SM account and likely earning gold or plat status on DL.