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Aug 23, 2018, 9:01 am

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Originally Posted by ethernal

Agreed that UA is more stingy out of their hubs (as is Delta of course) but there's still a huge difference between UA and DL miles on non-saver awards. UA is really good about having availability at their "everyday" rate on almost all routing assuming you book at least month or two in advance (and also some great last minute availability). I may have to pay 300K to get to SFO to Europe on a regular award, but that gives me a ton of flexibility. Want to book Monday to Friday and connect to EWR or IAD in Polaris? UA says "sure, go ahead!"

Yes. While value can be found in both programs, at the end of the day, UA is considerably better for redemptions than DL. I'd probably be pretty frustrated if all my miles were sitting in a DL account.

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