30% Off Delta Awards to Europe, Business Class from 87,500 Roundtrip

by Gary Leff

Delta e-mailed elite frequent flyers and co-brand credit card holders about an award sale yesterday.

It’s advertising a pre-sale on award travel. In the past Delta has opened up award sales in advance to elites and cardholders before rolling the sale out to everyone. So I wouldn’t be surprised if the sale is bookable by all SkyMiles members shortly.

The advertised sale is for 30% off saver awards between the mainland US and many cities in Europe — 42,000 miles roundtrip in economy — if you book by Thursday, February 18 for travel between March 4 and May 31.

However there are reports of business class also pricing 30% off for some routes (so 87,500 roundtrip), e.g.

A quick search also showed me a few dates from MSY to LHR at 87.5K miles in Delta One plus about $300 taxes/fees.

Minimum stay with this offer is 7 nights, and route-specific blackout dates apply:

Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) to Boston, MA (BOS): March 4 – 15, 2016; March 17 – 31, 2016; April 21 – May 2, 2016
Boston, MA (BOS) to Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS): March 4 – 14, 2016
Atlanta, GA (ATL) to Brussels, Belgium (BRU): March 4 – 13, 2016
Newark, NJ (EWR) to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France (CDG): March 4 – 14, 2016
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France (CDG) to Newark, NJ (EWR): March 4 – 14, 2016
Minneapolis, MN (MSP) to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France (CDG): March 4 – 26, 2016; May 11 – 16, 2016; May 25 – 31, 2016
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France (CDG) to Minneapolis, MN (MSP): March 4 – 28, 2016; April 6 – 11, 2016
Detroit, MI (DTW) to Frankfurt, Germany (FRA): March 4 – 14, 2016; May 7 – 31, 2016
Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) to Detroit, MI (DTW): March 4 – 14, 2016; May 7 – 31, 2016
Boston, MA (BOS) to London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR): March 4 – 15, 2016; March 23 – 28, 2016; April 13 – 17, 2016
London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR) to Boston, MA (BOS): March 4 – 15, 2016; March 18 – 21, 2016; April 22 – 25, 2016
London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR) to Seattle, WA (SEA): March 4 – 14, 2016; March 18 – 29, 2016; May 16 – 31, 2016
Seattle, WA (SEA) to London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR): March 4 – 14, 2016; March 16 – 31, 2016
New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) to Nice, France (NCE): March 4 – 14, 2016; May 10 – 15, 2016; April 12 – 16, 2016
Nice, France (NCE) to New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK): March 7 – 14, 2016; March 31 – April 4, 2016; May 20 – 23, 2016

(HT: Frequent Miler)

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Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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  2. With all the Delta bashing this is a pretty good deal. Also award charts dont matter when there is NO low level saver type awards with any of the top airlines. That has beenbeated to death. If I tell you its 65K for first class seat to Europe and for a year out every seat is 125K or whatever, the chart doesnt matter. Delta has some sweet spots

  5. I’ve been eying some Delta awards to Europe for months that have been sitting at 125k but not sure whether to pull the trigger. With this sale announcement, I looked again and… they’ve all disappeared and gone up to 187k and other prices. Some sale.

  6. I checked numerous options from ATL to many cities in Europe. Nothing “on sale,” that’s for sure.

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