Okay, here are the changes to the Delta Skymiles program. Delta won’t discuss them until 3pm today, when they become official. These don’t affect general members — this is all about the Elite program. The good: New Million-miler recognition program — 2 million miles gets you lifetime Gold status and 4 million miles gets you lifetime Platinum Medallion status The cheapest fares (L, U, and T booking classes) — which were previously not upgradeable at all — are now upgradeable by elite members on the day of departure The ability to upgrade a companion with points Travel on SkyTeam partners counts towards elite status Gold members and Platinum members can give status to a friend when they reach certain mileage thresholds 50% bonus miles instead of 25% bonus miles for flying paid business class Elites…
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It looks like big changes
It looks like big changes are in store for Delta’s frequent flyer elite qualification scheme. Details will be forthcoming tomorrow. There will be an increased emphasis on revenue to the airline over just number of miles flown. Two things to note — First, at this point it isn’t clear whether there will be a separate, new track based on revenue or a replacement for mileage-based elite status. Second, this apparently applies only to earning elite status and has nothing to do with earning frequent flyer miles that can be redeemed for awards.
Receive up to 3,000 bonus
Receive up to 3,000 bonus miles when you use Delta partners between November 1, 2002, and January 31, 2003. For every three times you use a partner or partners, you’ll get 1,000 bonus miles in addition to the partner miles you normally earn. Register here.
10,000 bonus miles and no
10,000 bonus miles and no fee the first year for the Delta American Express. Get the card, pocket the miles, and cancel the card if you wish…
5,000-25,000 bonus miles for
5,000-25,000 bonus miles for an international trip on Delta.
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Enter to win 50,000 Delta or United Frequent Flyer miles from E-Loan.
When United and
When United and USAirways announced their codeshare agreement, I said that there would be a change to the United-Delta relationship. Today, Continental and Northwest (which already codeshare) announced an agreement to also codeshare with Delta, effectively adding CO/NW and international partner KLM to Delta/Air France and the SkyTeam alliance.
United is pulling
United is pulling out of E-Rewards, the e-mail survey program, effective August 31st. E-Rewards will still be offering Delta and Hertz discounts, Hilton HHonors points, and Blockbuster coupons. Personally, I valued the United discounts the most, so I’ve redeemed everything that I had.
Two new sweepstakes.American
Two new sweepstakes. American Airlines – win a Lincoln Navigator or 2 coach tickets and $1,000. Delta – Fort Lauderdale travel package
Northwest Airlines takes
Northwest Airlines takes jab at United’s bid for federal loan guarantee. United has $2.7 billion in cash and $3 billion in aircraft that it owns outright. Northwest just raised $750 million in bonds back by their aircraft. Is there any reason United can’t do the same? United wants a subsidized loan of $1.8 billion from the federal government, but the argument about lack of access to capital markets seems weak — especially when Delta has recently raised $3.5 billion on its own.
