Hi there - curious if any in this group who flies both in the US and Canada can comment on the experience of earning points/status on delta vs westjet? Been a loyal delta client for many many years but getting to Gold status seems harder than it used to be. Thinking of trying earning on WJ for 2024 to see the difference. Carry the WJ Mastercard already. TIA for any opinions.

I used to fly United a lot when I lived in USA, and that’s a member of “star alliance”, which is also air canada. My perks carry over. Now I’m living back in Canada and I found westjet to be pretty bare bones when it comes to point perks, but I’m only currently at 50pts, so not the best person to talk about that.
I do carry frequent flyer accounts with all airlines, just in case I luck out with a deal and can use points. I was able to score a free flight from Anchorage to Seattle with Alaska in Aug, but have never had any luck with WJ for that kind of thing (flown WJ for 15’ish years)

Gosh... delta is my beloved North American airline right now... If most of my flights were with delta, I'd blow off westjet, and I couldnt care less if the points were better with WestJet...the flying experience is not!

Absolutely agree on that point.

Interesting fact just happened to me: I booked a delta flight Vancouver to Tampa return for approx $500. The carrier is westjet. The cost had I booked with WJ was approx $900 for exact same flight

Yes true! delta marketed WJ flights tend to be cheaper.

I used to accrue points with delta but moved to exclusively accrue with westjet instead between the two.
my main reason is redemption. westjet redemption is in "dollars" so it mostly keeps its value over time. delta's points - they keep depreciating them (by making award travel more and expensive).
It also means that ALL flights are available for redemption with westjet (unlike delta where some flights "sells out" or ask for insane amount of miles.
In addition, I use the westjet credit card which gives lots of additional "dollars".
Overall it looks like I am getting significant more "free" flights than if I did the same with Delta.
For status - there are so few delta flights/connections from Vancouver, I think it is less likely I will be in situation where business travel will give me enough flights with delta to ever get status.