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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…

Here are some of the topics our guide covers:

You can also read our many posts about Delta below…

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How much is Delta Silver status worth?

Greg The Frequent Miler - 15
Silver status is Delta's lowest elite tier.  To get Silver status, you need to fly 25,000 miles in a calendar year or fly 30...
Delta Diamond

Holy availability! Transcon flat beds in Delta business for 18K points; Hawaii cheap, too

Nick Reyes - 15
  Update: This appears to be dead as availability suddenly changed from daily to nearly nonexistent and rates have increased to 35K or more on dates...
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[Expired] 7.5K miles NYC to Denver, 9.5K to Seattle, more w/ Delta flash sale

Nick Reyes - 2
Delta is running a terrific flash sale on flights to and from New York, with round trip prices starting from 11,000 miles (NYC-Boston). There are...
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Book Delta with Virgin Atlantic miles online! (again)

Greg The Frequent Miler - 34
In August I was excited to report that Delta awards could be booked online via Virgin Atlantic's website (see: Wow, Book Delta with Virgin...
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When Delta Mileage Upgrade Awards Don’t Work

Greg The Frequent Miler - 9
If you're hoping to use Delta SkyMiles to waitlist for an upgrade, read this caution first... Delta Mileage Upgrade Awards My wife and I have had...
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[Expired] Great Delta 60K/70K offers now available

Nick Reyes - 7
Amex is out with great new offers on several of the Delta co-branded credit cards to match the previous high offers on all four...
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Delta adds free in-flight messaging

Nick Reyes - 2
Within a day of announcing a $225,000 increase in the amount of spend required for an MQD waiver to reach Diamond status, Delta has added...
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Delta’s $250K MQD waiver rule. What will I do? What should you do?

Greg The Frequent Miler - 36
Yesterday we learned that, as of January 1 2018, Delta has increased it's MQD waiver requirement for Diamond Status to $250,000 in credit card...
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Hawaii / Alaska Flash sale: 35K / 20K Delta SkyMiles round trip

Nick Reyes - 7
Delta is offering a flash sale to Hawaii and Alaska, with flights to Hawaii starting at 35,000 miles round trip or to Alaska starting at 20,000 miles...
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20x Alaska Miles at Gilt City, American 21x, other airlines offering similar payouts

Nick Reyes - 3
Reader Clint emailed us earlier today to bring a great deal to our attention: Many airline portals are payout out over 20x miles per dollar...
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Nice business class sale to Europe through summer ’18

Nick Reyes - 1
Last week, we posted about some great business class fares from New York to Europe (See: Business Class to Europe from $1735. Use w/...
Free Checked Bags

When is your free checked bag free?

Greg The Frequent Miler - 7
In response to yesterday's post about Sapphire Reserve Travel Insurance, one reader noted that they had to pay for flights with their airline credit...
Delta First Class Dining

$160 back on $800 at Delta [Targeted]

Nick Reyes - 11
There is a hot new Amex Offer out for $160 back on $800 or more at Delta. This offer could be a great way to save...
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Wow, Book Delta with Virgin Atlantic miles online!

Greg The Frequent Miler - 26
UPDATE 10/11/17: The feature is working again!  See this post for details. UPDATE 8/3/17: The feature described in this post has disappeared!  See this post...
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