Originally Posted by
hotturnip
I'm still mulling all this over, so I welcome this discussion. I may just have to try it out for a year or two and see how it actually works with my travel patterns.
Your analysis was fairly on the mark. No one here can do your analysis for you and it’s purposefully opaque. DL redemptions are generally more expensive than other programs. On the other hand, they historically give more miles away as I said above.
The benefit of DL vs FB as a us based traveler is the order for free upgrades. I missed what tier you said you were at. But you’re probably better off with a US based program as a US flier if you hit the 50/75k/yr tier on whatever airline.