Delta has launched another flash sale and it has the potential to be a good use of miles if you don’t mind booking basic economy tickets. That’s because you can get round trip tickets to Europe from 36,000 SkyMiles.
The Deal
- Book round trip tickets to Europe from 36,000 Delta SkyMiles.
- Direct link to offer.
Key Terms
- Book by 1:59 am CST on January 31, 2025, for travel through December 31, 2025.
Quick Thoughts
It’s not always easy to get good value from your SkyMiles, but this award sale has both good availability and some potentially good redemption prices.
The lowest redemption cost I found during a quick perusal was 36,000 SkyMiles round trip from Atlanta to London. There was a ton of availability too:
Bear in mind that on that particular route you’re also on the hook for almost $200 in taxes and fees. It’s worth double checking cash pricing for your dates because you might find that you’re getting less than 1cpp (cent per point) of value when also accounting for those taxes and fees that are included within the overall cost of a cash ticket.
Also be aware that this pricing is only available on round trip tickets; you sadly don’t get to redeem half the number of miles for a one-way flight. In fact, the one way award pricing for February was exactly the same as the round trip award pricing:
The email from Delta stated that those with Medallion status are getting early access to the sale. However, that only seems to relate to being notified about the sale; the award sale appears to be open to all Delta SkyMiles members right now.
If you have a Delta credit card, you’ll also save 15% on the award cost which can make this flash sale even better value.
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Once you purchase the economy flight, Are you able to upgrade? Wonder what f the points upgrade would be astronomical in cost?
able to do 18k for one way?
Outbound travel windows are pretty restricted.. only in Feb-March 2025