Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
IIRC, DL sold $2 billion in Skypesos to Amex last quarter. I think there are a lot of people outside this bubble who (irrationally, I think) like DL’s program.
In many cases (MSP, DTW, ATL, SLC) it isn’t “like” so much as “only nonstop”. And for stuff like on times they do run a good operation. This goes a long way towards helping people get over a very middling FFP.
I’m pretty enthusiastically taking advantage of DL’s #2 position here in SEA because mileage runs are for chumps compared to credit card signups. Not that I won’t ever fly AS, but FFP is down the list (and we’re not going back to the world where the lowest fare earns 100% any more).