One of the things I love about Delta is the ability to make Silver Medallion each year with ease. Delta Silver Medallion status can be earned with 25,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles or by flying 30 segments. Even though Silver Medallion is the first stepping stone in the Delta Medallion status levels, it’s not without benefits.…
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Air Tahiti Nui To Replace Business Class And Remove First Class On A340-300 Planes
Air Tahiti Nui has announced it will update their Business Class in their A340-300s. They operate 5 A340’s from Tahiti to Los Angeles, Auckland, New Zealand, Tokyo, Japan, and Paris. All plane interiors and seats will be completely replaced with lighter weight seats that are expected to reduce weight by 3,700 kilos thereby saving on…
Delta In-Flight Coupon Giveaway Winners
As a Delta Elite, my favorite drink in the sky is a Woodford on the rocks. But not everyone has the same taste. Some prefer a Coca-Cola, coffee or just plane water. We ran a small giveaway last week to hear about your favorite drink in the sky, and we put up Delta in-flight coupons to…
Another Domestic Delta Route With Flat-Bed Service On International Configured Plane
As Delta continues their roll out of truly flat-bed products across their fleet, you can sometimes catch a domestic flight on an internationally configured plane. This week I stumbled across yet another route where you can catch the internationally configured 767 with flat bed seats. Either the planes are being repositioned across the network or…
How To Get First Class Upgrade On Delta Domestic Coach Ticket
Did you know you can upgrade from domestic Coach Class to domestic First Class on a Delta revenue ticket? Of course if you have status, you can receive a complimentary upgrade. But depending on your ticket’s fare class, you could also upgrade using miles for as little as 5,000 miles or as much as 12,500…
Enjoy Outdoors With Delta’s Sky Club Terrace – ATL And JFK Get Them First
Ever wish you could step outside on a sunny day during a layover at an airport? If you have, someone at Delta heard you and has come up with a new concept that will have you sipping a martini, plane spotting or just enjoying a sunny day outside. Delta just announced their new Sky Club…
Business Class Availability To Seychelles On SkyTeam
Don’t tell anyone, but you can fly on SkyTeam partner airlines to the Seychellles in Business Class at the low award level. I’ll illustrate how you can get to the Seychelles for only 120,000 Delta SkyMiles in Business Class. A little known flight option was closed a few years ago. A Delta SkyMiles member used…
Favorite Airline Drink – In-Flight Coupon Giveaway
One of our favorite pastimes during flight is taking in the views from a window seat with our drink of choice. Airlines offer many drinks to choose from, weather it’s a refreshing water, fizzy Coca Cola, or a adult beverage, there are plenty of drinks to choose from. For me, the choice is easy. I…
One Way To Burn A Half Million SkyMiles
Bidding on Superbowl tickets with Delta miles is one way to burn through a large stock of Delta SkyMiles. I typically only see people use this many miles when they give up on finding low level award availability and finally book that Delta award to Hawaii. Don’t worry, I cancelled the Hawaii award ticket, it was…
Delta’s 777 Business Class Availability To Joburg – 4th Longest Flight
Delta currently operates the 4th longest flight in the world with a 777. If you are lucky enough to find award availability on this flight, you’ll ride in style with Delta’s completely flat bed Business Product. The challenge is just finding the availability. But you are in luck, I’ve just found two days this spring…
Is Delta The Smartest Airline Of 2013?
Delta has made a few recent moves that would cause some to ask if they are the smartest airline in the sky. Before you get all worked up, hear me out. Investments In Future First of all, there is the FAA grounding of the 787 this week. Delta was not impacted at all by this…
It is not too late to buy Delta status (time warp back to 2012)!
For those ultimate procrastinators, it is not too late for you to keep your status if you ran just a few MQM’s short last year. How? Last year, Delta sold MQM’s, at a slightly lower price, but had a cutoff date of  December 15, 2011. Then, they extended it to December 30, 2011 as this was proving to…
Earn 1,000 Bonus Delta SkyMiles With Marriott Stays
Marriott and Delta have teamed up to offer 1,000 bonus miles for every stay at select JW Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, Marriott Hotels & Resorts or Gaylord Hotels. The promotion is valid for stays completed through February 15, 2013. You still have time to make your hotel reservations under this promotion as it is valid for…
Earn 5,000 Delta SkyMiles With Debit Card
I remember the days of getting 50,000+ airline miles with bank debit cards. That has all changed since the new banking legislations came out. The airlines are no longer offering very generous signup bonus offers. But signup bonus offers still exist. Earn 5,000 Delta SkyMiles With Debit Card For example, take the Delta and Suntrust…
Good Advice When Canceling A Delta Award Ticket As Platinum Member
One of the best benefits of being a Delta Platinum Medallion member is the ability to cancel award and redeposit the miles for no fee. The cancellation process is simple and before you know it, your miles will be back in your account and taxes refunded to your credit card. But the process doesn’t always…
“I Can’t Take Much More Of This” – Rocky Start With Good Finish To Baby’s First Long Flight On Delta
I shared how excited we were to take Baby Weekly Flyer on the first long flight. Overall the flight ended up going well, but it wasn’t without excitement or frustration. I’ll share the details of how our three economy comfort seats were separated and how we ended up getting reunited for our 3.5 hour flight down…
Another Domestic Delta Lie-Flat Route For 767
I was playing around with an award booking and came across the ability to book a domestic segment in a lie-flat Business Class seat onboard one of Delta’s newly configured 767 airplanes. In the past, I mapped out the routes with dedicated lie-flat service. Taking a look at those routes, will give you an idea…
Use Your $200 Airline Credit From American Express Platinum
Baby Weekly Flyer’s first long flight was the last flight of the year for us. Since we had a portion of the $200 airline credit available from a Platinum American Express, we got innovative on the flight in order to max out the remaining credit before it expired. We hadn’t yet maxed out our $200…
A Baby’s First Long Flight + Giveaway Of Noise Canceling Headset
Baby Weekly Flyer had a great first flight and was quiet the entire time. I’m still just a little nervous because 3.5 hours worth of flying is longer than any flight before. We’re giving away a noise canceling headset in honor of the first long flight. I just wish I could bring a set for…
Last Minute Delta MQMs Option To Re-qualify For Status
It’s that time of year again. There are those of us who have already qualified and will roll over a bank of Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQM) to next year. And then there are those of us who are just short of the next elite qualifying threshold. If you are in the second group, you are…