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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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Delta 10k One-Way Redemptions & More SkyMiles Improvements

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.

How one call led to a points bonanza and rethought plans

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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

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

Am I done with Delta?

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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...

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

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American Airlines and United charge $75 fees for awards booked less than 21 days before departure.  Both airlines waive these fees for high level...
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Surviving (and thriving) Delta 2015

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

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

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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...

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

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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

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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

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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

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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....

A point hoarder’s approach to booking domestic flights

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In the post “Opportunistic hoarding vs. earning and burning,” I described my approach to earning points, miles, and cash back.  I earn opportunistically based...

Buying low, flying high

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In recent years, Delta has improved their flying experience quite a bit.  They’ve upgraded to newer and bigger planes, they’ve improved their on time...

Upgrading to Reserve [Expired], striving for Diamond

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Last Friday, I upgraded one of my wife’s two Delta cards to a $450 Delta Reserve card.  Am I insane?  Probably, but that’s besides...

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