Hertz and Delta have teamed up to offer up to 3,400 Delta SkyMiles with Hertz car rentals. How To Register For Promotion US – Provide discount CDP 165385, PC 170166 and your SkyMiles number Europe – Provide discount CDP 165385, PC 170424 and your SkyMiles number Promotion Details If you are a SkyMiles member, you…
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Coach Award To French Polynesia – After Only 6 Avis Car Rentals
This weekend we shared the fees for business class awards to French Polynesia using the Delta and Air France programs. In this post, we’ll share the coach award pricing, as well as a promotion to earn miles for a “free” ticket with only 6 car rentals. Delta requires 150,000 SkyMiles and Air France requires 120,000…
Delta Flight Carrying 159 Passengers Makes Emergency Landing
An engine failure is a scary moment for passengers on any plane, especially when you are in flight. This weekend, Delta and 159 passengers encountered an engine failure mid-air during a flight departing Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson international airport en route to the Phoenix Sky Harbor international airport. Delta flight 2046 on Saturday, April 7 encountered engine…
Business Class to French Polynesia – Fees On Delta vs Air France
One of our best dream award vacations was to French Polynesia. We were fortunate enough to use Delta SkyMiles to fly on Air France in business class. By using airline miles we took a trip to French Polynesia we would not otherwise have been able to afford. We experienced our first ever over water bungalows…
Illustrating How Delta And Air France May Block Award Availability
For the past few weeks SkyMiles members have been loosing confidence in Delta’s shabby award booking engine. The ability to book Air France awards has been off, then on, and now appears to be on a route specific basis. Here are a few examples of where Delta is and is not showing Air France availability.…
Delta Sends Clarification Regarding SkyMiles Purchase Bonus
It seems someone jumped the gun on the Delta promotion to purchase miles which was released to SkyMiles members earlier this week. The offer has been re-sent to “clarify” the terms of the promotion. Check out the latest email communication from Delta’s communication team below. Clarifying Message From Delta You recently received an email regarding…
Delta Offers Up To 30,000 Bonus On Purchased SkyMiles (Targeted)
From now through April 30th, Delta is offering a 50% bonus on purchased SkyMiles. This offer may be targeted but if you are looking for extra SkyMiles to top off an award, this may be a good option. Bonus Offer For every 4,000 miles you buy, you’ll earn an additional 2,000 bonus miles You can…
New International Terminal At Atlanta Almost Complete
The Atlanta Hartsfield Airport and Delta are gearing up for the opening of the new terminal on May 16, 2012. They’ve prepared a few videos to give passengers a feel for the new terminal. It looks like it will be a very nice terminal. Can’t wait to redeem my SkyPesos SkyMiles for an international redemption…
Mrs Weekly Flyer’s Next Credit Card And Reasoning
Mrs Weekly Flyer takes a practical approach to selecting her credit cards. I on the other hand, focus on getting it in and keeping it in my wallet. She knows that credit card sign up bonuses play a big part in our ability to take dream vacations to places like the Seychelles, Paris, Mauritius, Bora Bora…
Delta Gives $25 Gift Card + Double SkyBonus Points For 100 New Flights
Delta is adding 100 new flights and 29 destinations out of their LGA hub. To celebrate the additional flights they are offering a $25 merchandise gift card and double Sky Bonus points on select routes. See Current Airline Credit Cards. Get Carded In New York For $25 Gift Card With 100 New Flights How To…
This Airbus A’int Going + Jets Match Made In Heaven
The saying “If It A’int Boeing It A’int Going” held true in this situation. If It A’int Boeing It A’int Going Delta acquired Airbus planes in the Northwest acquisition and they run some of these planes on the reported worst flight in the USA. I’ve had the pleasure opportunity to experience the worst US route…
Delta Sky Club March Tasting Events – EWR Today
Delta SkyClub has been hosting a series of Sky Club happy hours lately. Last week, they hosted an event at the JFK Sky Club and in the past they’ve hosted the Avion Tequila tasting event which was a hit. They even expanded the events to include the W Atlanta Downtown hotel tasting and NY trip give away. Today,…
Delta, I’m Coming Home – ATL To LGA First Class Trip Report
Regular readers know I’m a long time Delta flyer that has recently attempted the unthinkable; a status challenge to American Airlines while living in a Delta hub city. This announcement was inevitable. I’m coming home Delta. At first, the American Airlines upgrade policy worked great (until I ran out of upgrade instruments), I really enjoyed the…
Update On Delta $400 Bump
Here is a quick update on the bump voucher turn of events this evening. Turns out I have one more lesson learned to share about getting bumped for airline dollars. Earlier tonight I planned for a bump and executed flawlessly to get the $400 in Delta cash. After the bump, I headed back to the…
Delta Bump Guide – $133 An Hour & Free Cocktails
Some times the travel stars align perfectly. Getting paid by Delta to drink booze and watch NCAA basketball is hard to beat. This is exactly what Delta paid me to do today. In this post, I’ll share a quick and easy guide on how to position yourself to get paid by being flexible with an…
Delta Sky Club March Tasting Event – JFK This Thursday
Delta SkyClub has been hosting a series of Sky Club happy hours lately. In the past they’ve hosted the Avion Tequila tasting event which was a hit. They even expanded this event to include the W Atlanta Downtown hotel tasting and NY trip give away, which looked fun but I couldn’t attend due to a…
Releasing My Returns – Points And Miles Game
Readers have called on me to release my returns for a while, so I’m releasing them just like Mitt Romney. But I’m not running for anything, except maybe just a mile or two. In an effort to provide transparency and allow readers to follow along as points and miles are earned, I’m releasing my points…
Delta 75% Bonus – Purchase Or Gift Miles
Delta is offering a 75% bonus for purchased or gifted miles. The promotion ends on March 31, 2012. Promotions for purchasing miles are common, but this is at the upper end of Delta’s offers. In the fall, a friend took advantage of Delta’s 100% transfer bonus offer to get enough miles for his honeymoon ticket…
News For Delta Frequent Flyers
Here are some interesting news stories for the Delta flyer. Delta increases traffic, improves operational performance, closes operations at an airport, and an A380 is coming to Atlanta. Don’t forget to enter our contest to win Drink certificates. You can enter the drink certificate give away by entering through the official entry post. February Traffic…
Mile High Battle Over Power Outlets – AA vs Delta
There are little things that frustrate a frequent traveler more than running out of phone power on the road. I use my phone for almost everything on the road, from making dinner reservations at open table to playing words with friends. But when you are out of juice, it’s game over. Some airlines try to help…