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...
Is the Elimination of Stopovers on United MileagePlus Awards Inevitable?
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...
Delta Skymiles Logic: A Devaluation Before the Devaluation
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...
Higher Costs + No More Holds = Delta Further Devalues Skymiles Program
Delta Air Lines has announced an “enhancement” to their Skymiles award chart, raising the price of saver business class redemptions up to 25% in some markets. Citing abuse, the carrier also announced an end to the ability to hold award reservations...
Massive United MileagePlus Devaluation on the Horizon?
It is Friday, that special day of the week reserved for dumping bad news. At around midnight CT, United Airlines posted the following on Twitter– A very ambiguous message, so it will do little good now to speculate about...
Book Alitalia Award Space on Delta.com
Booking Alitalia award space just got a lot easier using Delta Skymiles with the rollout of online booking at delta.com. Even yesterday I had to call Delta to book an Alitalia award and let me tell you–it was never...
The Delta Online SkyMiles Award Search Tool is Broken (Really Broken)
For those that have ever tried to redeem Delta SkyMiles at delta.com, you know how difficult that can be. The system is broken and has been for years now. But now it’s really broken, to the point of total...
Delta Miles Won’t Expire and SkyTeam Elite Plus Status for Gold Medallions
While redemption options on Delta continue to disappoint, the airline is taking steps to improve its SkyMiles program. Delta SkyMiles will no longer expire. Up until this year, Delta miles expired after 24 months of account inactivity. The new...
Opening up a SunTrust Account for Delta SkyMiles, Take Two
It has been almost two months to the day since I opened up a couple SunTrust banks accounts in order to take advantage of a generous Delta SkyMiles offer, but no miles have posted to my account. And it’s all...
My Experience Opening a SunTrust Bank Account for Delta SkyMiles
Last Friday I stopped by the Georgetown branch of SunTrust bank to open up a business and personal checking account. Although there are no SunTrusts in Southern California or Phladelphia, the two cities I spend most of my time...
Up to Triple Miles on Delta Flights to South America
It seems like I am blogging about a new Delta SkyMiles promotion every few days. Lately, as a matter of fact, I have. And here’s another: Now through November 30, earn double redeemable miles on economy fares (Y, B,...
