Moving - Time to switch to DL ??
Jan 14, 2009 | 10:21 am
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: NW Plat, UAL 1K
Posts: 71
Moving - Time to switch to DL ??
I moved from Minneapolis where I flew NW exclusively and was Plat. I'm now in Boston where I have more flight options on Delta. Do people think I am better off now earning directly on Delta for status ?? I am most concerned about getting upgrades. I guess the underlying question is does Delta currently treat their own program members better than the NW members. Thanks in advance for suggestions.
Jan 14, 2009 | 10:35 am
#2
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: MN
Programs: Lots of programs, dirt on all of them!
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Take a few moments to read the threads about the changes to worldperks and glance over at the DL forum. Especially look at the threads about the changes in award travel fees.
DL/NW will become one and the same slymiles program by the end of the year.
If you have a choice, get out now. Seriously. I am committed at this point since just last week I qualified for PE for 2 more dreadful years (committed myself to the flights last March), and I am in central MN where it is very difficult to change (NW Airlink is our only service).
I would never jump into either DL or NW at this point. Their freq flyer programs are going downhill....very fast.
John
DL/NW will become one and the same slymiles program by the end of the year.
If you have a choice, get out now. Seriously. I am committed at this point since just last week I qualified for PE for 2 more dreadful years (committed myself to the flights last March), and I am in central MN where it is very difficult to change (NW Airlink is our only service).
I would never jump into either DL or NW at this point. Their freq flyer programs are going downhill....very fast.
John
Jan 14, 2009 | 10:45 am
#3
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: DCA
Posts: 3,395
If you want to stick with DL, I would seriously consider getting them to status match you to DL Platinum. There is something wrong with DL upgrade algorithim that is screwing over Northwest elites (giving NW Platinums lower priority that even DL Silvers).
Jan 14, 2009 | 12:06 pm
#4
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Midwest
Programs: AA EXP, UA S, DL Plat, Speedy Rewards Beverage Club
Posts: 481
Although there's been some talk of this, I think it's probably more accurate to say DL Plats get upgraded before NW Plats, DL Golds get upgraded before NW Golds, etc. I know for a fact that the "algorithm" is not so screwed up that FOs are getting upgraded over NW Plats.
Jan 14, 2009 | 2:20 pm
#5
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MHT, CHS
Programs: DL DM, Hilton Dia, Avis Pres Club
Posts: 1,249
Not gonna happen. Once the merger was announced, they pretty much stopped doing status matches. Even before the merger, intra-SkyTeam status matches were few and far between.
Although there's been some talk of this, I think it's probably more accurate to say DL Plats get upgraded before NW Plats, DL Golds get upgraded before NW Golds, etc. I know for a fact that the "algorithm" is not so screwed up that FOs are getting upgraded over NW Plats.
Although there's been some talk of this, I think it's probably more accurate to say DL Plats get upgraded before NW Plats, DL Golds get upgraded before NW Golds, etc. I know for a fact that the "algorithm" is not so screwed up that FOs are getting upgraded over NW Plats.
SO let me know what the problem is so I can get up-graded on flight 22 this Friday. I have had this same problem since early December on flight 22, and no-one has been able to determine the problem.
Jan 14, 2009 | 4:30 pm
#6
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: EAU
Programs: UA 1K, CO Plat, NW Plat, Marriott Premiere Plat, SPG Plat, Priority Gold, Hilton Gold
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NW K fare?
I suspect Delta may more heavily weigh fare class in the upgrade algorithm. They seem to weigh it pretty heavily in everything else.
I suspect Delta may more heavily weigh fare class in the upgrade algorithm. They seem to weigh it pretty heavily in everything else.
Jan 14, 2009 | 7:00 pm
#7
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: DCA
Posts: 3,395
Not gonna happen. Once the merger was announced, they pretty much stopped doing status matches. Even before the merger, intra-SkyTeam status matches were few and far between.
Although there's been some talk of this, I think it's probably more accurate to say DL Plats get upgraded before NW Plats, DL Golds get upgraded before NW Golds, etc. I know for a fact that the "algorithm" is not so screwed up that FOs are getting upgraded over NW Plats.
Although there's been some talk of this, I think it's probably more accurate to say DL Plats get upgraded before NW Plats, DL Golds get upgraded before NW Golds, etc. I know for a fact that the "algorithm" is not so screwed up that FOs are getting upgraded over NW Plats.
Jan 14, 2009 | 7:04 pm
#8
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Welcome to Delta Airlines, where management views the customers as the enemy or sheep to be fleeced.
Jan 14, 2009 | 7:07 pm
#9
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: USA
Programs: AA Plat, Former DL PM, current level: tin
Posts: 305
I moved from Minneapolis where I flew NW exclusively and was Plat. I'm now in Boston where I have more flight options on Delta. Do people think I am better off now earning directly on Delta for status ?? I am most concerned about getting upgrades. I guess the underlying question is does Delta currently treat their own program members better than the NW members. Thanks in advance for suggestions.
I'm sort in the opposite camp actually, with DL FO (should hit gold this year) although I am flying almost all NW and I keep my DL number on.