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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…

Catching up

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Lots of miscellaneous things going on... Delta award bookings Last week I reported a way to book multiple saver level awards when Delta shows...

Booking Delta awards when you love your spouse

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A few days ago, MileValue declared that Delta had the best award space to Asia that he's ever seen.  He showed that saver-level business...

5X everywhere Amex is accepted, until the New Year

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I'll be on vacation until January 6th.  Until then, I'll publish a series of "mini posts" with an occasional regular post if something interesting...

Valuing Delta’s Regional Upgrade Certificates

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Last week, in the post "Why Delta’s great new Choice Benefits irk me" I described Delta's new Upgrade Certificates that will be available only...

Why Delta’s great new Choice Benefits irk me

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Recently, Delta announced a few significant (and mostly positive) changes to their elite Medallion program.  For full coverage, please see these posts: Delta...

This, that, and the other thing

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As we head into the weekend, there are a number of things on my mind... Shopping portal holiday bonuses A number of shopping portals...

What I really think about Delta’s frequent flyer program

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Last week, feeling hurt that United was getting all of the negative attention for their devaluation, Delta jumped in and devalued their SkyMiles program...

Year-end mileage running, from home

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With only two months and a week left in the calendar year, many of us are examining our progress towards airline elite status.  Are...

Easy debit card rewards, from home

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Debit cards are increasingly becoming the easiest way to earn rewards.  The hard part is obtaining a debit card that offers miles or cash...

Mileage Running from Home II (now with an exciting 2 player option!)

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Last year, in the post "Mileage running, from home," I described how I make use of Delta branded credit cards to maintain high level...

Questioning Delta loyalty

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Over the past two years, Delta has been killing off its loyal following one paper cut at a time: No award changes within...

Fighting Delta’s devaluation

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Oh boy.  Yesterday, Delta added another straw to break the backs of their loyal elites.  DeltaPoints has the story here.  The basics are this:...

Delta SkyMiles: Value from domestic flights

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Delta SkyMiles are often referred to as "Sky Pesos" because low level (AKA saver level) awards are rarely available.  Delta advertises being able to...

Delta: two one-way awards for 12,500 miles

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Just when I thought I had mastered Delta award bookings, I stumbled upon something new.  Please accept my apologies in advance for the massive...

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