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Which Status Comp to Request: CO or NW?
I'm Silver with DL and plan to ask either CO or NW to comp my status so I can abandon DL (due to DL's fare based upgrade restriction). Which has the better elite program at the silver level, CO or NW? From what I've read on the 2 boards, it seems that NW is a bit better, and NW certainly offers many more promotions than CO. Complaints on both boards about award availability seem to be roughly equal.
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Award availability is similar. If you fly one airline over the other, sign up for the one you fly so you can maximize your bonuses. If you want to qualify on segments, go with OnePass. Otherwise, go with WorldPerks as their customer service is significantly better than OnePass.
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Other considerations are whether you think you might join World Club or Presidents Club and where you think you may fly. World Club members can use Americas West's Clubs, but President Club members cannot. Check out other partners in which you might be interested.
PC is cheaper than WC. Both give their elites, but not the other's elites, discounts on club memberships. |
Previous posters have some valid points.
But it all depends on who you are going to fly the most. If you are going to fly CO more than NW, go to CO. Elite level rank differently on each airline. CO: CO Plat NW Plat CO Plat Companion CO Gold NW Gold CO Gold Companion CO Silver NW Silver on NW (please confirm if I mis-stated): NW Plat CO Plat NW Gold CO Gold NW Silver CO Silver Plat COmpanions Gold Companions The only thing that NW has over CO is it's choice of partners. NW still has HP in it's fold and you can upgrade on AS. It also has better integration and reward travel on KL. NW ELite Earning Partners: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Continental Airlines Copa Airlines AirAlps Aviation Alaska Airlines Hawaiian Airlines Malev Hungarian Airlines NW Non-Elite Earning Partners: Air China American Eagle America West Airlines Big Sky Airlines Cebu Pacific Garuda Gulfstream International Airlines Japan Air System Japan Airlines Jet Airways Kenya Airways Malaysia Airlines Midwest Express Airlines and Skyways Airlines Pacific Island Aviation Swisswings Transavia CO Elite Earning Partners: Northwest Airlines Air Europa Alaska Airlines Amtrak British European flybe. Copa Airlines Hawaiian Airlines Horizon Air KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Continental code-share flights operated by other airlines (Your ticket must indicate a Continental flight number in order for you to earn Elite miles.) CO Non-Elite Earning Partners: Aces Alaska Airlines British European flyBE. Emirates EVA Air Qantas - HF |
Most important question is perhaps: how do you make Silver on Delta? If on segments, go with CO, if you fly fewer, but longer trips, my preference would be for NW.
Don't go to NW if you fly less than 25K per year http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif |
CO revamped its Electronic upgrade system (EUA) earlier this year.
This sparked a bunch of problems, and an annoying tendency for revenue management to zero out all F inventory until the day of departure. NW elites report that its easier to get EUA over-ridden by NW agents (even if you're flying on CO metal). This may be another factor to choose NW over CO. Also keep in mind that NW miles are NOT easily transferred out (via hilton, etc) unlike Onepass miles. |
Go for Northwest.
The program is 500% better than CO and the upgrades are more easily arranged wuith the NW elite line. You have the computer and the elite line w/ Northwest. With CO you have the computer, maybe! Good luck! |
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Radiocycle: Go for Northwest. You have the computer and the elite line w/ Northwest. Good luck!</font> ------------------ SFnFlaGuy |
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