Delta Air Lines and Alaska Airlines both announced some new routes from Seattle this week. Alaska is adding several new domestic cities from Seattle, and Delta just launched non-stop service to London-Heathrow. Details of the new Alaska routes: Alaska Airlines is growing its Seattle hub again with the addition of new daily nonstop service to…
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Free 500 Medallion Qualifying Miles and Redeemable Miles (Targeted)
Delta is running a targeted promotion, where members can receive 500 Medallion Qualifying Miles as well as 500 redeemable SkyMiles. My guess is that this is targeted for some of their corporate business travelers, as I was unable to register but you might as well try and see if it will let you. Terms and…
Exclusive: Delta Offers Masters Club Access At Augusta To Select American Express Card Members
Are you going to the Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club and have an American Express Delta Reserve Credit Card? The offer below is providing select card members (who were targeted) with the chance to visit the Executive Club at Augusta for breakfast, open bar, lunch and afternoon pasta bar for a…
Starwood Offers Double Delta Miles On Sheraton Stays With Crossover Rewards
Delta and Starwood introduced a groundbreaking concept of Crossover Rewards back in 2013. Delta and SPG Crossover Rewards allows members to earn Delta miles when you are staying in Starwood hotels and earn Starwood points when flying on Delta Jets. Now they are introducing cross reward promotions. For a limited time through April 30, 2014…
Delta To Start Serving Sweetwater Craft Beer In-Flight
Starting April 1, 2014, Delta will start serving SweetWater Brewing Company’s flagship 420 Extra Pale Ale onboard flights between Atlanta and New York’s LaGuardia. As a brewery known for keeping quality of craft top of mind, all of SweetWater’s canned brews undergo an advanced can-conditioning process that naturally keeps the beers fresher for longer. After adding…
Delta and Alaska to Devalue Reciprocal Elite Benefits
The competition between Delta and Alaska Airlines continues to heat up as, Delta announced today that they would be slashing some elite benefits for Alaska Airlines MVP members, and Alaska would be cutting benefits for Delta Medallions as well. Starting May 1, 2014, Delta and Alaska Airlines will cut some some of the mutual benefits that…
Delta Launches International WiFi on its 747-400 Aircraft Today
Delta will launch International Wi-Fi today with Ku-band satellite Wi-Fi on two of their Boeing 747-400 aircraft departing from Los Angeles International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport both to Tokyo’s Narita. Delta has three of 16 747-400 aircraft complete which also operate between Detroit and Seoul-Incheon; Detroit and Nagoya, Japan; Detroit and Tokyo-Narita; New York-JFK and Tel Aviv as well as New York-JFK and Tokyo-Narita. Customers…
Delta Honoring Gold (And Platinum) Status Promotion With Business Elite Flights
Back in February we shared the news that Delta was running a promotion to offer Platinum status and another one for Gold status for only taking a Business Elite flight. It turns out that promotion is still available until March 31, 2014, but with slightly different (and more limiting) restrictions. They apparently changed the terms…
Delta Launches New York-Honolulu Service for the Holidays
Delta is adding new service from New York’s (JFK) to Honolulu (HNL) for about three weeks starting December 18, 2014. This new non-stop service will be offered on their Boeing 767-300ER aircraft which has 36 seats in BusinessElite, 32 seats in Economy Comfort, and 143 seats in Economy. The flight will leave New York at 8:45am…
Delta Enhances First Class Meals On Certain Domestic Flights
Last fall Delta began a partnership with Luvo, which is a California-based company formerly known as Lyfe Kitchen to offer healthy meals on select Delta flights including shuttle flights between LAX and SFO and transcon flights. They must of been popular, because Delta announced that they would be expanding these meals on to other routes…
Delta Launches Innovation Class In-Flight
Delta has partnered with LinkedIn to connect today’s high-profile influencers with the business leaders of tomorrow with its new Innovation Class, which is a mentoring program – that just so happens to take place at 35,000 feet. Innovation Class provides customers who are LinkedIn members the opportunity to meet and fly with select industry leaders on…
Delta Secrets–Flat-Bed Transcontinental Change For The Summer
Most people that fly Delta frequently know that you can find flat-bed internationally configured planes on domestic routes all the time. Not only does it help you increase your chances of an upgrade because there are more seats in premium cabins on internationally configured planes, but it puts you in a flat-bed seat if you…
Earn 1,000 Bonus SkyMiles for New Members
We rarely see a sign-up bonus for Delta’s SkyMiles program, however there is currently one going on that offers 1,000 bonus SkyMiles just for joining. It appears that it’s intended for Hertz Seattle customers, the terms do not state that so as long as you don’t have a SkyMiles account, you should be able to…
Delta Enhances Same Day Confirm Option for Premium Passengers
Starting today, Delta will be allowing cabin to cabin Same Day Confirms for premium passengers booked in First/Business Class for travel within the U.S. or for travel between the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Delta used to allow cabin to cabin same day confirms, but switched to restrict this to require the…
Delta Alaska Fares Starting At $199* Each Way–Sample Itinerary Earns 6,800+ MQMs
Delta is introducing new flights to Anchorage, Fairbanks or Juneau and as a result, they’re running promotional fares for as low as $199 each way as long as you fly through Seattle or Salt Lake. I was speaking with someone close to Delta SkyMiles recently and asked about the “partnership” with Alaska Airlines and why…
Review of Delta’s SkyClub Enhanced Lunch Choices at LaGuardia
I’m currently headed to Vancouver (via Minneapolis) and flew out of LaGuardia this afternoon, meaning that I was able to stop in at the Terminal D SkyClub and see what food options Delta was testing out for lunch. This is one of the locations that is testing the new added amenities and food that Delta announced. Test…
Easy Way to Earn 25,000 Delta SkyMiles
Delta and Marriott have teamed up to launch a promotion where SkyMiles members can earn 25,000 bonus SkyMiles after just five stays with Marriott. Details of the offer: Earn 25,000 bonus miles after 5 paid stays at any of 3,700+ participating Marriott hotels worldwide between now and May 31, 2014. You must register to be…
New Delta Diamond Medallion Choice Benefit Selection Options
As of March 1st, the new Delta Choice benefits are live giving Platinum and Diamond Medallions the choice to decide what they want to redeem for. These are for members who qualified for status for 2014 and have not yet selected their benefits yet, as well as those who have already re-qualified for 2015 status. One of…
Best Red-Eye First Class Seat
We all know red-eye flights suck, but sometimes they are a necessary evil. When I consider what is a red-eye flight I typically think of a transcontinental flight from the west coast to the east coast. Those are ok, because I can generally get into an internationally configured plane, but with red-eye flight from say,…
Delta’s New First/BusinessElite Award Chart Analysis
Earlier today, we broke the news about how Delta Award Redemption Charts Were Released, as well as took a look at Delta’s new Economy Redemptions, but now we are going to a take a look at the First/BusinessElite award chart. First, if you haven’t already you can view the 2015 Award Chart Here. Delta is claiming that…