FF Difference? KE or DL
Nov 15, 2009, 3:18 pm
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FF Difference? KE or DL
I'm planning on taking a trip to LAX-SGN on Korea Air. I know Delta and Korea Air are part of Star Team so either way I'll some mileage for FF out of this trip if I provide one FF membership number, right? So I'm wondering if the experts can chime in whether it's better to get a FF on KE or DL? I don't fly either one very often. Most of my trips are MHT (manchester, nh) to lax area.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Nov 16, 2009, 3:27 am
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Make sure which booking class you are booked in and see if there are any differences crediting to either KE or DL. If you're US based, DL is probably a better choice since you can earn miles for non-flying activities (credit cards, shopping portals,etc.) but I suppose even KE offers a US based credit card. None of the Skyteam FF programs are particularly rewarding actually and only have DL account since my NW account was merged...
Nov 16, 2009, 12:52 pm
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Since you won't fly enough to earn status you could also consider a non ST program like AS which seems to have a mix of Oneworld and ST air partners making it easier to combine "orphan" miles.
Nov 16, 2009, 3:11 pm
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Nov 17, 2009, 7:35 am
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ah ok thanks so much.
I just checked and Korea Air has blackout dates for earning pts the same times I'm traveling on KE so I guess AS FF isn't going to do me much good. Thanks for the help.
I just checked and Korea Air has blackout dates for earning pts the same times I'm traveling on KE so I guess AS FF isn't going to do me much good. Thanks for the help.
Last edited by mugen910; Nov 17, 2009 at 7:49 am