Originally Posted by bbbacres
I have a quarter million Continental miles. And Continental discontinued service to my city. We do have NWA and Delta, both now flying partners with Continental. If I want to use my Continental miles, and call Continental (which is the procedure, right?), will the Continental agent have access to as many seats and opportunities as the NWA agent? Anyone found that the partner airline does worse? Or perhaps there have been times when they have done better?
Any tricks or tips?
One thing that can certainly help is to do a little shopping "on your own" on the delta.com web site so you can see what is available (at DL Sky Saver) before you call CO.
I think one difference will be that if you are doing a domestic flight - you can book DL Sky Saver WITHOUT a Saturday night stay - while CO and NW will require that Saturday night stay on a DL round trip (since it is required for their own domestic round trips at the 25K level). Good luck...