Miles-Miles Everywhere :)
Mar 6, 2007 | 1:41 pm
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Miles-Miles Everywhere :)
With my employer giving last minute "fly too" information it is been hard sticking with one airline. I have managed to accrue miles with AA,Delta,NWA and US
What I have been doing lately is booking Skyteam flights and earning miles for Delta being as I fly NWA,CO and Delta more than others. I however have "minimum" points in AA. I enjoy flying AA and Delta and especially NW. The reason I chose Delta is cause I had more miles already saved from leisure flights prior to this new job. I figure since I have to chose random airlines that a skyteam elite status would be better than nothing.
However prior to knowing about skyteam I had a few NWA flights posted to my NWA account. In the last month I have flown more NWA flights than anything.
My normal departure involved JLN-MCI-?-? (lately been trying to fly NWA)
JLN offers a beech which is US( I do this cause I live in JLN) and they post the minimum 500 miles so I have 3000 with US
NWA has 2300 Elite Miles with 3 segments.
Delta has 2400 MQM (no segments offered) and total miles at 9k
AA has 4500 Elite miles and the most miles total of all airlines (15k)
Obviously I can see I got more on AA than the others but with Delta/NWA/CO being a skyteam, they have more NS flights that I use.(AA will get me there too but with huge segments and long layovers-which my employer asks that I try and avoid) Should I keep these going to Delta or NWA since I have been flying NWA more so lately?
I have 2 flights that will be posting come Friday- I flew NWA but gave DL# (which I can change back) These flights will be another 1260 miles
Sorry if this is confusing but it has been for me, cause there hasent been any real "I fly every airline" and thus dont know what to do at this moment.
What I have been doing lately is booking Skyteam flights and earning miles for Delta being as I fly NWA,CO and Delta more than others. I however have "minimum" points in AA. I enjoy flying AA and Delta and especially NW. The reason I chose Delta is cause I had more miles already saved from leisure flights prior to this new job. I figure since I have to chose random airlines that a skyteam elite status would be better than nothing.
However prior to knowing about skyteam I had a few NWA flights posted to my NWA account. In the last month I have flown more NWA flights than anything.
My normal departure involved JLN-MCI-?-? (lately been trying to fly NWA)
JLN offers a beech which is US( I do this cause I live in JLN) and they post the minimum 500 miles so I have 3000 with US
NWA has 2300 Elite Miles with 3 segments.
Delta has 2400 MQM (no segments offered) and total miles at 9k
AA has 4500 Elite miles and the most miles total of all airlines (15k)
Obviously I can see I got more on AA than the others but with Delta/NWA/CO being a skyteam, they have more NS flights that I use.(AA will get me there too but with huge segments and long layovers-which my employer asks that I try and avoid) Should I keep these going to Delta or NWA since I have been flying NWA more so lately?
I have 2 flights that will be posting come Friday- I flew NWA but gave DL# (which I can change back) These flights will be another 1260 miles
Sorry if this is confusing but it has been for me, cause there hasent been any real "I fly every airline" and thus dont know what to do at this moment.
Mar 6, 2007 | 2:28 pm
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Check out the frequent flyer program at Alaska Airlines. You can earn Alaska miles on American, Continental, Delta, and Northwest. You can redeem on these airlines and others, also. Many people in your situation collect Alaska miles to pool them more efficiently, redeem them for travel, and have never been on an Alaska flight.
Mar 6, 2007 | 2:41 pm
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What are your common destinations? If your destinations are well-covered by AA, I'd go that route - it will almost always eliminate the unnecessary MCI stop. (You'd simply go JLN-DFW-destination.) You'd earn fewer miles, but the time savings vastly outweighs the mileage benefit.
If your destinations aren't well-covered by AA, I'd then look to see if they're covered by one or both of WN or YX out of MCI. I might also consider driving to Northwest Ark, Springfield, etc. if that eliminated connections.
Finally, as a last-last-resort, if flying to MCI is still your only option, I'd probably pick US/UA. At least your first segment will keep you cruising along towards elite status. Plus the US/UA mix gives you solid coverage to any direction in the US. Except maybe due south, but you'd probably be on AA out of DFW if that were important...
If your destinations aren't well-covered by AA, I'd then look to see if they're covered by one or both of WN or YX out of MCI. I might also consider driving to Northwest Ark, Springfield, etc. if that eliminated connections.
Finally, as a last-last-resort, if flying to MCI is still your only option, I'd probably pick US/UA. At least your first segment will keep you cruising along towards elite status. Plus the US/UA mix gives you solid coverage to any direction in the US. Except maybe due south, but you'd probably be on AA out of DFW if that were important...
Mar 6, 2007 | 3:09 pm
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What are your common destinations? If your destinations are well-covered by AA, I'd go that route - it will almost always eliminate the unnecessary MCI stop. (You'd simply go JLN-DFW-destination.) You'd earn fewer miles, but the time savings vastly outweighs the mileage benefit.
If your destinations aren't well-covered by AA, I'd then look to see if they're covered by one or both of WN or YX out of MCI. I might also consider driving to Northwest Ark, Springfield, etc. if that eliminated connections.
Finally, as a last-last-resort, if flying to MCI is still your only option, I'd probably pick US/UA. At least your first segment will keep you cruising along towards elite status. Plus the US/UA mix gives you solid coverage to any direction in the US. Except maybe due south, but you'd probably be on AA out of DFW if that were important...
If your destinations aren't well-covered by AA, I'd then look to see if they're covered by one or both of WN or YX out of MCI. I might also consider driving to Northwest Ark, Springfield, etc. if that eliminated connections.
Finally, as a last-last-resort, if flying to MCI is still your only option, I'd probably pick US/UA. At least your first segment will keep you cruising along towards elite status. Plus the US/UA mix gives you solid coverage to any direction in the US. Except maybe due south, but you'd probably be on AA out of DFW if that were important...
As far as WN or YX. WN does have alot of direct connects but if the arrival time with connections is only a few hours different I would fly to get my miles.
I never looked at YX(I can get YX miles for NW flights but can you get NW miles for YX flights?)
One thing to add...JLN-DFW is NOT affordable, its like $400 as opposed to JLN-MCI