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Sep 23, 2018, 5:50 pm

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Originally Posted by PV_Premier

DL operates to most places in the northeast that UA does, via either DTW or ATL. I would rather connect in either of those airports than EWR or ORD, but YMMV. From SFO to DEN/PHX, you'd have to connect in Salt Lake, pretty good connecting airport and often the connections are efficient -- 35-45 minutes...but sure not the convenience of the nonstops that UAL offers. As a 50,000 mile flyer on either UA or DL you will not be seeing that many upgrades anyways.

I've been considering DL, as well. I was DL Gold for years and liked it quite a bit. My company has a preference for UA but it's not insurmountable. The big difference in my mind is that I've had much, much easier UA redemptions lately, so whatever little RDM I'll earn would be worth more with UA.

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