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Category Archives: Delta SkyMiles

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Editorial: Delta Is Living In The Future

Kyle Stewart Posted onJanuary 26, 2020September 13, 2021 22 Comments
Delta Free Wi-Fi

Delta has become the airline to beat in many respects among US carriers. From pet carriers to closed-door business class suites, Delta is absolutely living in the future. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit...

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Booked: Asia Via Australia In Virgin Australia Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 25, 2019July 25, 2019 9 Comments
Delta Virgin Australia Redemption

Earlier this week I mentioned my upcoming layover in Bali and asked for your help on where to stay there. I am flying a rather unconventional route to get there. Singapore is my ultimate destination. Rather than flying nonstop...

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How Delta SkyMiles Could Instantly Become A Leading Loyalty Program

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 21, 2018August 21, 2018 10 Comments
Delta SkyTeam First Class Awards

Two words: first class. You can now book China Eastern First Class awards using your Delta miles. The value is not great, but it is fair…especially compared to how much Delta asks for some of its own flights. This...

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Booking Aeroflot Award Space With SkyTeam Partners Proves Difficult

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 21, 2018July 21, 2018 13 Comments
Aeroflot Award Space Trouble

After a superb trip nearly a decade ago, Aeroflot Russian Airlines is a carrier I planned to fly this year. But booking award space has proved extremely difficult. I was hoping to get to Russia next month, but am...

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Oops: Delta Rescinds Prohibitive Award Booking Rule

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 21, 2018 1 Comment

Delta rolled back a prohibitive award booking restriction, leaving in place…a prohibitive award booking restriction. As I reported earlier today, Delta unrolled a draconian new restriction on SkyMiles bookings, prohibiting all redemptions within three days of travel that does...

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Delta: Legitimate Fraud Protection or SkyMiles Devaluation?

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 21, 2018 1 Comment

Delta SkyMiles international award tickets now carry a draconian new restriction: they must booked at least three days in advance if they do not start or end in the U.S. or Canada. Is this a legitimate fraud protection or...

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I Screwed Up. Don’t Ever Hesitate in Booking an Award Ticket.

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 12, 2017October 12, 2017 5 Comments

In my quest to try out as many business class products around the world, I thought I had a great trick up my sleeve to try out Middle East Airlines. I did, in fact. But I hesitated too long....

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Delta’s Latest Stealth Devaluation: A Far More Expensive Close-In Booking Fee

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 5, 2017September 4, 2017 12 Comments
Delta Devaluation Close-In Booking

Delta Air Lines, the airline that should not be trusted under any circumstances when it comes to the redemption side of its loyalty program, has done it again. I held off a few days writing about this to ensure...

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Virgin Atlantic Fuel Surcharges on Delta: Don’t Be a Fool

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 29, 2017May 29, 2017 4 Comments
Virgin Atlantic Fuel Surcharges

Last night we saw multiple reports of Delta adding massive fuel surcharges to Virgin Atlantic Upper Class redemptions. This morning the fuel surcharges are gone. Search for Virgin Atlantic award space on delta.com and you’ll see that the fuel...

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Even After Latest Devaluation, We’re Stuck Using Delta SkyMiles

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 8, 2017April 8, 2017 5 Comments
Delta Skymiles Devaluation

Delta will act with impunity and there is no way to stop it or even prepare for it. But we are still stuck using Delta SkyMiles. In many cases, there is no smart alternative… Yesterday Delta again devalued partner awards instantly and...

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Loophole: How to Beat Delta’s Latest Devaluation

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 7, 2017 4 Comments

True to form, Delta unleashed a massive Skymiles devaluation today without any notice. But you can get around it. For now, at least… Delta describes today’s change as nothing out of the ordinary– This change is part of Delta’s regular...

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This Delta SkyMiles Redemption Makes No Sense!

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 13, 2016December 5, 2016 1 Comment

Delta has a new SkyMiles promotion out with awards as little as 5,000 miles each way. In some cases these discounted awards may make sense, but make sure you always compare the $ price versus the mileage price (easily...

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Delta Slashes Telephone Booking Fee and Business Class Award Prices

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 15, 2016December 5, 2016 Leave a Comment

Times are good for U.S. airlines and times are especially good for Delta Air Lines, which continues to report surging profit. In this era of low oil prices and profitability, Delta is rolling back some of the odious fees...

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Delta Now Shows Only Four Award Booking Classes

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 19, 2016December 5, 2016 5 Comments

Delta Air Lines removed award charts without notice last year, downplaying the need for them by insisting that delta.com would accurately price awards. That news foreshadowed more dynamic award pricing and an aggressive use of fare logic to price...

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Special Report: Delta’s Secret Skymiles Devaluation

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 9, 2015December 5, 2016 9 Comments

When Delta Air Lines depublished its Skymiles award charts in February, we were told that we no longer needed charts because the online pricing system would tell us how many miles were required for any given trip. The problem...

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Delta Secretly Changes SkyMiles Terms and Conditions

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 11, 2015December 5, 2016 Leave a Comment

With a series of radically customer-unfriendly moves, Delta Air Lines has become our favorite punching bag of late and the hits just keep on coming. Today, Delta updated the terms and conditions of the SkyMiles program to remove all...

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Delta Air Lines Worldwide Skymiles Award Charts

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 9, 2015December 13, 2016 Leave a Comment

Delta Air Lines pulled a fast one on us when it removed Skymiles award charts on Friday without notice, taking with it any accountability to passengers to its erratic online pricing engine and also striking at the very core of...

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Comprehensive Redemption Guide for 2015 Delta SkyMiles Program

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 6, 2015December 5, 2016 Leave a Comment

2015 has brought new and exciting changes to the way your redeem your Delta SkyMiles including a new five-tiered award chart and one-way awards at half the price of a round-trip tickets. Read on for more about these changes...

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Is the Elimination of Stopovers on United MileagePlus Awards Inevitable?

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 28, 2014 2 Comments

Delta Air Lines has announced that free stopovers will not be part of the 2015 Skymiles program and it seems likely that the combined American and US Airways AAdvantage program will also not offer complimentary stopovers. That would leave...

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Delta Skymiles Logic: A Devaluation Before the Devaluation

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 9, 2013December 9, 2016 1 Comment

You have to wonder what is going through the minds of the decision makers at Delta Air Lines when they announce a devaluation of their Skymiles award chart effecting all travel on or after 01 June 2014 then decide...

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