Originally Posted by
somdave2005
Hi Guys, I'm new here and need a little advice...if you guys had a choice, which airline/FF program would you choose? Northwest or Delta?
A little info on myself: I'll be mostly flying out of Sacramento and San Francisco, and mostly on international flights. Some domestics within California as well. I'll mostly be flying coach, at least for now until I make more money.
My priorities: 1. Ticket prices 2. Service/reliability 3. Frequent flyer program/miles earning protential.
Northwest seems to have the better FF program, but Delta have more flights in the West with a hub in Salt Lake City, whereas NWA's hubs are in the East Coast/midwest. But I figure I can fly one airline (for flights that aren't available for the other) and earn miles on the other airline's FF program, since Northwest and Delta are partners.
I was in the same box and am collecting into Alaska mileage plan. You can DL, NW, CO, AA, BA and other partners and put them in to AS (alaska). You can redeem AS and partner flights through alaska airlines website and the redemption seems to be good. No double miles rip-off.