Hi all,

My sister lives in the DC area. She travels regularly for work, but her miles get distributed over a bunch of programs, so she doesn't reach elite status with any of them (except Amtrak). I'm hoping that any DC based people could share their thoughts on what combinations of programs would work best for her. I should mention, that since she's often flying for meetings, she does not want to play the connection game, and prefers non-stop flights whenever possible.

Where she goes:
She flies regularly to the west coast: SAN, LAX, SFO, PDX, SEA, YVR, PHX
Also makes some trips to Europe, particularly: LHR/LGW, AMS, FRA
And is starting to do some business in the midwest and southeast as well: MSP, MKE, MIA, FLL etc.

Who she typically travels with:
Amtrak (northeast)
Virgin Atlantic (London)
NW/KLM (Europe)
American/United/Northwest/USAir (West Coast/Midwest)

Programs she is a member of at this point:
Right now, she has accounts with Amtrak, Northwest, Delta, and USAir. The Delta account was basically picked up to cover travel to London on Virgin.


So, any advice? I would like to see her somehow close either NW or DL. DL would seem to be the obvious choice if she had another place to pick up Virgin travel. Also, I was thinking that maybe an Alaska Airlines account would be helpful, since they cover much of the west coast (with a stop in SEA), and also cover a wide range of the airlines mentioned above.

Thanks for your opinions.