Originally Posted by
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If DL/CO won't match NW for you, another option (but more $), would be to do a gold challenge on AA and then use AA Gold to status match to DL/CO... but really, unless you are flying DL all the time and are trying for upgrades (which as a lowest level elite...), there is no reason to do that (and waste a status match opportunity for lowest level elite when you already have status on that alliance). NW is the best program for redemption, earn rates and promos between the three.
Even easier would be to do a match to UA (probably free-no challenge) as a 2p and then try to get DL or CO to comp it. Of course, DL or CO may be reluctant to do so since you are unlikely to have many flown miles with UA.