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What’s Your Favorite Delta Sky Club Breakfast Item
A few weeks ago I noticed a welcome change to some of the breakfast items in the Delta Sky Club. The first time I noticed them, there were plenty of each item. Lately I’m starting to noticed some items are “hotter” than others and require the Sky Club attendants to replace them more frequently. There…
SPG Platinum Members To Get Unlimited Delta Upgrades
Delta and SPG’s crossover rewards offer reciprocal elite benefits for elite members of either program. The benefits to SPG Platinum members just got a little better with the addition of unlimited complimentary upgrades on Delta flights. The Good News According to the Delta site which was updated today, SPG Platinum members will receive unlimited complimentary…
Delta’s MQDs Visible Online – Medallion Qualifying Dollars
Delta is rolling out a new requirement to earn Medallion Elite status next year. The Medallion Qualifying Dollar is being introduced starting January 1, 2014. But it seems you can already see the Medallion Qualifying Dollars online as Delta has announced this on Flyertalk today. In the past I’ve earned Delta Platinum Status the easy…
Delta SkyBonus Double Points To Six Destinations
The Delta SkyBonus program is a rewards program that allows businesses to earn rewards for their employee travel. Along with normal accrual rates for flights, they run special targeted promotions for specific accounts. I just checked and I was targeted for double points on six separate routes. So naturally I registered for them all, even…
Earn 3,400 Delta SkyMiles With Hertz Rentals
Hertz and Delta have brought back the 3,400 SkyMile bonus offer for car rentals with Hertz. The promotion runs through November 30. One of the key differences is that they’ve opened it up to worldwide locations including participating locations in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the Middle East, Latin and South America. How To Earn…
FedEx Changes Rewards Program With Delta SkyMiles
The FedEx Advantage Rewards program has been a way to earn Delta SkyMiles while shipping with FedEx. There have been lucrative promotions in the past. Like the last one where members would earn 4x miles per dollar spent. And it was easy too. All you had to do was simply signup for an account and…
How To Get Low Level Delta Award On Cross Country Flights (The Hard Way)
Delta Sky Miles members may run into an issues finding award space across the country. I’ve been there myself. The low level award space in First Class usually requires only 45,000 miles. But when that isn’t available, the mid level award space requires a significant amount more in miles, 80,000 miles in total to be…
Update On Delta And Korean Codeshare Flights
Yesterday I shared how there were some interesting changes to Korean and Delta codeshare flights reported over at airlineroute net. The changes were interesting and had the potential to impact Delta members ability to earn MQMs on Korean flights, so I reached out to Delta for an official response. It turns out some of the issues were due…
Ever Hit Wake Turbulence? I Just Did And You Don’t Want To
Wake turbulence is caused when turbulence is created behind a plane as it passes through the air. The pilot came on the loud speaker tonight and said something like “ladies and gentlemen, we just hit an unexpected patch of wake turbulence, everything is fine.” It didn’t exactly calm my nerves after what just happened. Moments…
It’s Happening – Korean And Delta Make Big Changes To “Partnership” Codeshare Flights
In March, Delta changed the way Skymiles members earn Medallion Qualifying Miles on partner airlines. This change slashed the MQM accrual option with Korean Airlines just as Korean Air announced it was expanding service to the US with an A380. First it was MQM accrual and now it’s codeshare agreement changes. The bright side to…
Delta Thanks With 250 More Miles
Mrs. Weekly Flyer checked her inbox this weekend and noticed a special gift from Delta for 250 miles. The offer was noted as a way to say thanks for having her onboard a recent flight. Loyalty goes both ways. Here are 250 bonus miles.We enjoy having you on board. That’s why you are receiving 250…
How To Gift Delta Medallion Qualifying Miles EXPIRED
This week I received a message from Delta informing me I had the opportunity to select or gift 15,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQMs) since I spent my first $30,000 on the Delta Reserve card in a calendar year. This was my first time through the process to gift or claim the 15,000 MQMs so I…
Delta Cares About Kids – Expands JFK Sky Club Menu To Include Kids Menu And Other Items
I missed Delta’s big opening day with the JFK T4 terminal earlier this year. But I saw from other reviews that the food options in the lounge were a fairly significant improvement over what was previously available. We’ve just got word from Delta that they are expanding the food options even further in the Sky…
Triple Delta Miles At Radisson Through September 30, 2013
Delta and Radisson have teamed up to offer hotel guests the chance to earn triple Delta miles on qualifying Radisson stays this summer. Radisson is part of the Club Carlson program and members who also have the Club Carlson Premier Rewards Visa Signature® Card can redeem their points and receive the last night free. Now…
Tasting Notes From Delta’s DC SkyClub
By now everyone has heard about Delta’s latest enhancement, the increase in award prices across the board for Business Elite. But thanks to another enhancement (to their Sky Club complimentary drink menu) I’ve been keeping tasting notes on the various complimentary options in the Sky Clubs. What I’ve found is that it will pay dividends…
Huge Changes To Delta & Asiana Airlines Announced
A few airline updates have been announced in the last few days and they haven’t been all good news. Delta Increases Their Business Elite Award Prices As has been reported in a few other places, Delta will increase the amount of miles they require for award flights that fly after June 1, 2014. This isn’t…
I Feel Terrible – Delta DC 9 Flight Pictures
I feel terrible. The other day I shared with readers a chance to select my First Class seat courtesy of Delta Platinum Medallion status on what would possibly be my last DC 9-50 flight ever. The results were overwhelming in support of seat 3A. This is likely because the last row available (row 4) gets…
Starwood Crossover Rewards With Delta
Did you know you can earn Delta SkyMiles with a Starwood hotel stay AND earn Starwood Starpoints? Simply register with Starwood Crossover Rewards and Delta Airlines. Then you can start earning points and miles for hotel stays at Starwood or flights with Delta. Just register, fly or stay and earn points and miles. It’s that…
Delta’s Irresistible Breakfast…that ruined my day
Ok, I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for breakfast on the road. I first fell for Delta’s First Class Omelette and it was good. I find it so hard to resist eating a tasty breakfast when it is right in front of you. In the past I’ve been known to partake in Delta’s 777 breakfast…