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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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AA vs Delta Part 1: Intro

Greg The Frequent Miler - April 21, 2015 19

In frequent flyer communities, you’ll get laughed out of town if you ask which is better: American Airlines or Delta? Obviously, AA is better....

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Cheaper flights through multi-city search

Greg The Frequent Miler - April 2, 2015 32

Earlier this week I attempted to book a one way flight from Atlanta to Detroit. An initial search via Google Flights looked promising. Prices...

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Airline Elite Fast Track

Shawn Coomer - Senior Editor - March 26, 2015 1

Airline elite status challenge opportunities, how to get some elite benefits without status and strategies for earning airline elite status quicker.

Delta 10k One-Way Redemptions & More SkyMiles Improvements

Shawn Coomer - Senior Editor - March 9, 2015 11

Delta has announced a few improvements to their SkyMiles program today including the addition of 10,000 mile one-way awards, expanded award search options & more.

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How one call led to a points bonanza and rethought plans

Greg The Frequent Miler - February 19, 2015 30

A couple of days ago I called Citibank to cancel one of my AA Executive cards since the annual fee was about to come...

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Which points and miles are best? Airline Mileage Programs

Shawn Coomer - Senior Editor - February 12, 2015 5

An introduction to the top airline mileage programs including offering from: American, United, Delta, Southwest & more.

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Am I done with Delta?

Greg The Frequent Miler - February 10, 2015 25

Delta 2015 started off nicely. While not everything was perfect, saver level awards were more plentiful than ever before, the ability to book one-way...

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Delta sneakily adds new form of close-in award ticketing fee

Greg The Frequent Miler - February 9, 2015 12

American Airlines and United charge $75 fees for awards booked less than 21 days before departure. Both airlines waive these fees for high level...

Surviving (and thriving) Delta 2015

Greg The Frequent Miler - January 21, 2015 21

As of January 1, 2015, Delta has been awarding miles based on the ticket price rather than the distance flown. Under the new program,...

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Are Delta’s upgrade certificates as good as they sound?

Greg The Frequent Miler - January 14, 2015 9

Late in 2013, I posted “Why Delta’s great new Choice Benefits irk me.” Delta had just announced that they would be introducing regional and...

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HOT: Amazing award availability on partner airlines using Delta SkyMiles!

Greg The Frequent Miler - January 8, 2015 6

This won’t last long! The blog “don’t call the airline!” has found that when searching Delta.com for partner awards (e.g. Air France, Virgin Atlantic),...

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Bet You Didn’t Know: Tricks to using Virgin Atlantic miles to fly Delta

Greg The Frequent Miler - November 14, 2014 29

By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate... It's fascinating to me that so many airlines have decided it's fair to promote a "free" ticket loyalty program and then...

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Delta award stop-overs only partially broken

Greg The Frequent Miler - October 28, 2014 7

Delta has long allowed both a stop-over and an open-jaw on round trip awards. This meant that it was possible to stop in multiple...

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How to manufacture Delta elite status

Greg The Frequent Miler - October 15, 2014 79

Please see an updated version of this post, here: How to manufacture Delta elite status. Most airlines offer extra benefits to their most valuable customers....

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