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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…

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You can also read our many posts about Delta below…

Shopping for Millions

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In January I reported my strategy to buy Delta Platinum status and a million miles.  The idea is to use gift card churning...

Caught In The Middle on a Monday

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My wife, who recently gained Gold status on Delta, just received an email in which Delta apologized for her having to sit in...

My strategy to buy Platinum and a million miles

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I recently reached Delta Platinum status thanks to a mileage run, a signup bonus (10K MQMs for signing up for the Delta Reserve...

Top 5 Reasons to Buy Delta Miles for 1.1 Cents Each

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Delta is currently running a special promotion in which they'll double miles transferred to another person. Is it worth it? Until December16th,...

Preparing for Miles

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Today I added a new permanent page to the Frequent Miler site: Preparing for Miles. Look for the link at the top of every...

Business Class Tickets to Australia, Cheap

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This deal is dead. :( A resurfaced SkyMall promotion provides amazing opportunities. In one of my earliest posts as Frequent Miler, I wrote: "Buy Samsung Tablet,...

SkyTeam Mega Do’h!

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"Expect the FIRST Skyteam Mega DO in November 2012!" I'm excited. For better or worse I've been a Delta frequent flyer for many years...

Pursuing Platinum Day 2

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It's time to choose Yesterday I asked readers to help me construct a mileage run so that I could secure Delta Platinum status this year. ...

Pursuing Platinum

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Good at constructing mileage runs? Please help! I've obtained Delta Gold Elite status each of the past several years and I've enjoyed the perks:...

The Family Mileage Run

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A few days ago I took a look at my family's Delta MQM balance for the year. MQMs are Delta's "Medallion Qualifying Miles" (most...

Hacking Hawaii

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NOTE: Please also see a newer post: Hacking Hawaii Revised. Last week, Mrs. Miler and I were at a dinner with friends when...

Save on airfare by booking a vacation package

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This trick does not always work, but when it does you can easily save hundreds of dollars in airfare. Most airlines have an affiliated...

Buy Samsung Tablet Get 25,000 Delta Miles Free!

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Quick deal alert: Until Sunday, September 18th, make $500 in SkyMall purchases through this link, and you'll receive 25,000 Delta miles.  That's a pretty great...

Delta: International business class for the price of coach! Hurry…

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Until the end of September, Delta is offering to double SkyMiles that are transferred from one person to another.  This is the perfect time...

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