Hello all. Found this site a short while ago. FlyerTalk is awesome!

This is my first post. I hope I am leaving it in the correct forum.

I recently started in a new position travelling 2 weeks a month that has me covering WI, IL, IN and all states west of Missippippi river. I fly out of Madison WI. I have been flying NWA and am currently about 1/2 way to Silver Elite after 2 months. I am trying to compare all the FF programs to see which will work best for me and am looking for some guidance from all the experienced travellers that are here.

I have been viewing messages on all the airline forums to get better educated. Seems like each airline has it's share of complainers and defenders so I am not able to determine a clear consensus.

Goal: ability to use FA upgrades and redeem award points.

Challange: The company preferred airlines are NW, CO and DL. I can choose any airline as long as the cost is no more than what these 3 quote.

I was also looking at available fast track programs. The only only I found info on is AA. But I have been comparing cost of AA tickets versus the company preferred airlines and consistantly see higher cost of AA quotes for same routes that I take. So it looks like AA isn't a consistant option.

Thanks to all for reading this and to anyone who can respond.

Happy flying!