Hi All,
I am a lowly Premier UA flyer and now my travel is changing drastically. Most of my travel was domestic and now I will be flying 3-4 times a year to Colombia (Medellin mostly). Neither UA or its partners fly there so I need to request a status match from either Continental or Delta or maybe American (but I doubt it) as they have the best flights from PDX. Since Delta has in its group Continental, Copa and Avianca I'm inclined to go with them (and I have some miles with Delta already) but I am booked for my first 10 flight trip in May with Continental/Copa and its pre-paid (I also have 4 of those flights inside Colombia with Avianca but they do not accrue status miles with Delta anyway only regular miles).
Would it make more sense to get a status match with Continental which I'm already booked on in May (and I see gives a 50% bonus on their flights with there lowest elite status) or Delta (which only gives 25% bonus but I'm not actually flying them this time but have miles already)? I see also that Continental's lowest elites do not get to have there travel companion's upgraded but Delta's lowest elites do.......
Oh, and I have no miles on my OnePass membership at all......I always requested Delta miles at the time I used Continental but I do fly Continental domestically as much as Delta so I can change that to getting OnePass miles of course.
And, what are the chances of being upgraded from PDX to Houston, Houston to Panama City???
Any advice would be a big help!
Thanks,
Rob