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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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Best uses for Delta miles

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The way to "win" the points & miles game is to acquire points cheaply (or for free) and to then use them towards outsized...
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(Expired) Delta SkyMiles Shopping Portal Promo: Earn up to 2K bonus miles

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The Delta SkyMiles Shopping portal is out with a new promotion through 8/9/24 to earn up to 2,000 bonus miles with qualifying purchases. The Deal ...

Delta Credit Cards: Limited-time welcome offers good for up to 110K SkyMiles (last call)

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Update 7/12/24: This will be the last week for these improved Delta card offers, so smoke 'em if you want 'em. ~~~ Amex is out with...

Enhanced Amex Delta Card Offers with $400-500 in credit available via Dummy Bookings

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Update 7/5/24: We've now seen at least one report of the dummy booking offer on a Delta Gold Card coming with a statement credit...
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Best uses for Virgin Points (Sweet Spot Spotlight)

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Virgin points are super easy to accumulate. Points transfer 1 to 1 from most major transferable points programs. Even better, transfer bonuses are common...
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Virgin Atlantic devalues Delta, destroying deal

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In sadly unsurprising news, Virgin Atlantic has finally done the seeming inevitable and devalued one of its few remaining sweet spots. Thrifty Traveler has...

(EXPIRED) Earn 1,000 Hilton Honors points when flying Delta premium cabins

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Earlier this year, Delta and Hilton partnered on a decent-ish promotion where you could earn 1,000 Delta SkyPennies Miles on up to to three...
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What are Delta miles worth?

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When I last examined the value of Delta miles towards domestic economy flights, in February 2023, I found a median value of 1.3 cents...

(EXPIRED) Delta Amex Offers: 10x Membership Rewards on $400+ gift card purchases (targeted)

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There are two new, targeted Amex offers that gives 4,000 or 5,000 Membership Rewards (MR) points back on a $400 or $500 purchase of...
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Delta SkyMiles & Starbucks Rewards Update Partnership: Earn Free Miles & Stars

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Delta and Starbucks have updated the way that you earn via their partnership. Instead of earning miles on Starbucks purchases, folks who link their...
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Wide open Delta One space to Seoul, South Korea (from ~117K miles for cardholders)

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The Points Guy reported last night on some wide open Delta One award space to Seoul, South Korea. I'm surprised to see that this...

Earn elite status: AA vs Delta vs United

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In this post I've compared the requirements for earning elite status among the big three: AA, Delta, and United. In recent years, all three...
Delta SkyMiles Silver elite status challenge

(EXPIRED) (Targeted) Delta offering Silver status for some SkyMiles members, can keep it by...

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A number of Delta SkyMiles members are receiving a nice surprise in their inbox today as they're being gifted Silver status through the end...
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What is Delta elite status worth?

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Most airlines offer extra benefits to their most valuable customers. If you fly enough with an airline, you can become “elite”. Of course, not...

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