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The battle between American Airlines and Delta Air Lines continues over service to Tokyo’s Haneda airport. To find out why the airlines are fighting, I’ll let you read this Bloomberg article which explains it in detail. Per Bloomberg Business, The U.S. decision was the latest development in an almost yearlong spat between the carriers for one…
Delta has launched yet targeted promotion for new SkyMiles members flying out of Seattle (SEA), as they continue to try and win the business of Seattle flyers. Delta also recently launched a promotion similar for LAX flyers where they could also earn bonus miles. Anyways, with this new offer, new SkyMiles members will have the opportunity to earn 2,000 bonus miles on their next…
Delta has a new targeted promotion, where targeted SkyMiles members have the opportunity to get “unlimited” bonus miles before February 29, 2016, however I tried a couple of accounts and got denied from them all. Anyways, with this new offer, you can get 5,000 bonus miles per round-trip in Delta One or First Class, 1,000 bonus…
Delta has launched yet targeted promotion for new SkyMiles members flying out of Los Angeles (LAX), as they continue to try and win the business of Southern California travelers. Delta also recently launched new service from Los Angeles to Denver, as well as to several Texas cities, as they beef up their domestic service from LAX. Anyways, with…
Delta has launched a new targeted promotion for new SkyMiles members, where they can earn up to 70,000 bonus SkyMiles. New members will earn 5,000 bonus SkyMiles on their first round-trip domestic flight or 10,000 bonus SkyMiles on their first round-trip international flight. In addition, they can earn 1,000 bonus SkyMiles on each round-trip flight,…
In preparation for black friday, Delta has launched their own pre-black friday award sale, where you can book discounted award tickets, starting at 10,000 SkyMiles each way, when you book now through November 30, 2015 for travel between January 5, 2016 and February 24, 2016. Promotional Details: Origins & Destinations | Award Travel fares to select U.S. cities.…
Delta announced this morning that they would launching new non-stop service between Los Angeles and Denver, starting June 1, 2016 onboard their CRJ-900 aircraft. Delta Launches New Service from Los Angeles Per Delta Air Lines, “Delta will launch five daily flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Denver International Airport beginning June 1, 2016, closing a key gap for its…
Last week, we speculated that changes would be coming to Comfort Plus, and the changes were finally implemented this weekend, for travel on May 16, 2016 or later, which means starting then you’ll see three options of type of fares which now include Main Cabin, Delta Comfort+ and Delta One/First. I decided to do a sample search…
Delta announced that they would be launching new non-stop service from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Reykjavik, Iceland starting May 26, 2016, as they plan to expand their service to Iceland. The airline currently offers service from New York (JFK) to Reykjavik as well, so this new route will provide two gateway cities from the US to Iceland on Delta…
*Updated to add: Comfort Plus will become a W fare class, and Gold Medallions will get 4 confirmed upgrades a year to Comfort Plus, and Silvers will get 2 confirmed upgrades a year to Comfort Plus. At this time, there are no changes to Diamonds/Platinums when it comes to Comfort Plus* There has been a…
Now through November 23, 2015, Delta is offering SkyMiles members the chance to earn up to 1,500 bonus miles through their online shopping portal. Earning through shopping portals is a great way to rack up miles for purchases that you would already make. You just head to the site first and then click through for whatever merchant you want to shop…
The Delta Platinum SkyMiles Credit Card from American Express is great card for Delta fliers, especially Medallion members looking to boost their Medallion Qualifying Miles that they can earn. Expired. See airline credit card offers page for current offers. Bottom Line With this card, you’ll earn 5,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) plus 35,000 bonus miles and a $100 statement credit. You also get…
Prior to my recent flight from San Francisco to New York on Delta, I decided to stop in the brand new Delta SFO SkyClub. I was able to access this club using one of my favorite perks with my American Express Platinum Card which is Delta SkyClub access. We wrote about this club when it opened a few months ago, however…
In it’s latest move to increase its revenue, Delta Air Line plans to sell upgrades to Comfort Plus onboard ALL of its flights after takeoff and above 10,000 feet. Currently onboard upgrades were only for sale on international flights and transcontinental flights, but with this change every mainline flight will offer onboard upgrades. This new change…
It’s official, Delta is officially giving in to the Gulf Carriers: Emirates, Qatar and Etihad. In it’s latest announcement, Delta is basically saying it’s unable to compete with these carriers and in such will no longer be flying to the Dubai. This announcement comes shortly after Delta already decided to reduce its once daily service to just a…
Earlier this year, I told you about my Delta Platinum Medallion packet here in this post. Since I recently hit 1 Million Miler threshold, Delta sent me another packet with my updated status on the cards. Here’s what was in the packet: Delta 1 Million Miler Packet Arrived; What’s Inside? 3 Platinum Medallion bag tags 4 drink certificates…
Delta announced some more negative changes, when it comes to its SkyClub, this time for its own SkyClub members who used to have access to Alaska Airlines Board Room. Starting next year, SkyClub members will no longer have Board Room access , in a similar move that Delta is no longer allowing Board Room members…
As I posted a couple weeks ago, I just reached Delta’s Million Miler status. With the 1 million mark status comes a couple perks; silver medallion status for one, but more importantly for me a choice of gift from Tumi, Tiffany or Hartman. So, which did I choose? My Free $645 Delta Million Miler Gift…
We’ve seen a bunch of cheap flights domestically lately, and today we finally are seeing some cheap business class fares to Europe for much of the rest of this year and into next year on several airlines including American Airlines, United, British Airways and Delta from several cities both in the US and to Europe.…
Delta recently changed their one-day pass to a single visit day pass and increased the fee. Previously, for $50 customers could purchase a day pass and use the club throughout the day including at origin, connection cities and destination. However, now customers who are looking for entry will have to spend $59 to enter the…