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Delta SkyMiles Overview

While Delta is often lauded for their flight performance and customer service, their loyalty program has long been the butt of jokes in the frequent flier community. Delta often charges far more miles for saver-level award flights than its direct competitors like AA or United.  Delta’s elite program used to trail the pack as well.

Read more about Delta SkyMiles in our Complete Guide here…

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You can also read our many posts about Delta below…

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Systemwide Upgrades Compared: AA, Delta, United

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American Airlines, Delta, and United each offer systemwide upgrades to high level elite members. The idea is that you can buy an inexpensive economy...
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Delta boosts elite status boosts for 2021 [expired in 2021]

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Update: The temporary 2021 bonuses mentioned in this post all expired in 2021. In 2021, Platinum and Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card will...
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[Applies to awards too!] Delta Permanently Removing International Change Fees, Extending Existing Waiver

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UPDATE 12/14/20: I finally got word back from a Delta spokesperson that this announcement applies not just to paid tickets, but to awards as...
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Frequent flyer programs on the upswing (On Greg’s mind)

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Over the past 10 years or so, frequent flyer programs seemed to get worse and worse.  Awards became more expensive, fees increased, points earned...
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(EXPIRED) To Summer 2021: business class award space to Europe on Delta (book w/...

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Update 11/14/20: Since Nick published this post a couple of weeks ago, availability has remained widely open. In fact, when checking the routes he...
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(EXPIRED) New Alaska, American & Delta Shopping Portal Bonuses

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Many retailers have already started running sales for the holidays, so the Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines shopping portals all launched...
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New sweet spot: Virgin Atlantic mixed-partner award to Europe

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Virgin Atlantic has long had a few great partner award sweet spots. Traditionally, the best of the bunch has been flying Delta business class...
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Is Delta loyalty still worth pursuing? (on my mind)

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Delta miles seem to drop in value every time I turn around.  The latest hit is to international partner awards (see: Delta torpedoes SkyMiles...
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Delta torpedoes SkyMiles value for partner awards

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Earlier this week, Thrifty Traveler reported that Delta torpedoed the value of SkyMiles for partner award flights on a wide range of partners. This includes...
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Delta global upgrade certificates improved for partner flights

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Delta Diamond status offers elite members members three Choice Benefits each year. The single most valuable choice, in my opinion, is four Global Upgrade...
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$120 back on $300 at Delta with new Amex Offer out tonight

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For years, most Amex Offers have come out in the very early morning hours. However, over the past few days we have seen some...
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(EXPIRED) Delta status match challenge

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Earlier this week, Delta came out with an incredibly generous status match challenge offer. It isn't entirely clear whether or not it is targeted,...
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(EXPIRED) 60K biz class to Japan widely available during Olympics

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I'll kick this post off by acknowledging the fact that nobody knows if/when borders will reopen for travel and when it will feel safe/advisable/enjoyable...
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[UPDATE: Fixed!] Amex Delta status boost tracker broken, but Amex is working on it

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UPDATE: The Status Boost tracker appears to have been fixed as of October 1, 2020.  The original post follows... Those who earn Delta elite status...

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