Work is leaving *A, which program should I join?
May 22, 2006 | 1:16 am
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Work is leaving *A, which program should I join?
Our corporate TA can status match my 1K with NW, DL or CO with their new contracts with them. I fly out of PDX and mainly do Asia routes. Which of these airline program comes in second after UA? Why?
One less 1K to fight for your up-grade starting 3/1/08...
One less 1K to fight for your up-grade starting 3/1/08...
May 22, 2006 | 1:30 am
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Originally Posted by 168
Our corporate TA can status match my 1K with NW, DL or CO with their new contracts with them. I fly out of PDX and mainly do Asia routes. Which of these airline program comes in second after UA? Why?
One less 1K to fight for your up-grade starting 3/1/08...
One less 1K to fight for your up-grade starting 3/1/08...
May 22, 2006 | 2:08 am
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Wow, that really sucks for you. I assume you're the exception when it comes to where your company's employees travel -- if they're seriously going to force people into Northwest or Continental for Asia travel, they're nuts.
Out of PDX, you have no real choice other than Northworst. For Beijing, for example, you'd have to go PDX-EWR-PEK if you did CO, and that is some serious backtracking. At least with NW, you can transit through Tokyo with a reasonable flight arrangement.
That's a really tough question, though, because Northwest's business class really isn't up to snuff, particularly as UA goes through its new revamp over the next couple of years.
If my company terminated their UA contract, I would flip!
Out of PDX, you have no real choice other than Northworst. For Beijing, for example, you'd have to go PDX-EWR-PEK if you did CO, and that is some serious backtracking. At least with NW, you can transit through Tokyo with a reasonable flight arrangement.
That's a really tough question, though, because Northwest's business class really isn't up to snuff, particularly as UA goes through its new revamp over the next couple of years.
If my company terminated their UA contract, I would flip!
May 22, 2006 | 6:11 am
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On the bright side, you still have quite a long time before you have to switch.
At any rate, I'd say go with CO and it's program, than fly NW when needed (even to Asia). They're pretty close partners and you should get pretty nice benifits as a CO elite when flying Northwest.
At any rate, I'd say go with CO and it's program, than fly NW when needed (even to Asia). They're pretty close partners and you should get pretty nice benifits as a CO elite when flying Northwest.
May 22, 2006 | 7:14 am
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Since the OP flies mainly Asia routes, I would think it would be most advantageous to join NW's program as opposed to CO's. NW does a lot of bonus mile promos/giveaways, and if you are a CO elite flying NW, you won't get any of those promos. In cases where the OP does fly domestically, he/she can choose NW or CO and get upgrades on both carriers, and have the additional option of DL, which will earn miles but doesn't provide upgrades to NW or CO members.
