Washington DC and Baltimore to Lima for $291 Roundtrip
February 13, 2016
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Sale: 22,500 Delta Miles to London
January 13, 2016
Delta is offering awards to London for 22,500 SkyMiles each way this winter. That is a 7,500 miles discount off the normal price.
The details are a little sketchy (just like Delta's lack of an award chart) because those listed on the promo page are incomplete and incorrect:
Origins & Destinations | Round-trip Award ticket and sale fares for travel from select U.S.
Los Angeles to Lima Roundtrip for $289
December 30, 2015
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Discounted Domestic Delta Awards for Winter Travel: 20k Roundtrip
November 24, 2015
Delta is having a "Pre-Black Friday Award Sale" for roundtrip awards that cost 20,000 miles roundtrip:
booked by November 30, 2015
flown January 5 to February 24, 2016 excluding February 12-16 and 19
with a Saturday night stay
Delta lists "sample cities" on the sales page, but not a complete list of discounted city pairs.
I did a sample booking from Cincinnati to Las Vegas for January.
Comparison of United, Delta, and American Airlines 2016 Award Charts
November 19, 2015
Which airlines has the best miles and frequent flyer program? United, American, and Delta are the big three legacy carriers that most directly compete with each other in the United States. For that reason, I publish charts that compare their award prices.
I have updated my charts to show the prices that United, Delta, and American Airlines will charge for awards booked March 22, 2016 or later.
Tons of Delta Business Class Award Space to Europe for Next Summer
November 4, 2015
There is fantastic flat bed Business Class award space for two people on Delta flights to Europe next summer for the Level 1 (on the former, now deleted chart) price
Korean Hiding Amazing Award Space from Partners
October 27, 2015
Korean Air releases amazing award space on its flights. Here is a post focusing on how Korean releases more First Class award space than any other airlines, and award space is similar in all cabins.
Despite both being in SkyTeam, Delta miles cannot book Korean First Class, which is one reason to focus on Korean miles. However Delta miles should be able to book all the Business and economy award space on Korean flights, since partners generally release all their Saver award space equally to all partners.
At the moment, this isn't the case.
Limited Time 50,000 Delta SkyMiles Bonus
October 21, 2015
Until November 17, 2015, the Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card is offering 50,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $2,000 in the first three months, and a $50 statement credit after your first Delta purchase during the same period.
The normal bonus is 30,000 miles and no statement credit.
Contents of this article:
Offer details
My valuation of the offer
Are you eligible for the bonus?
Best uses of SkyMiles
Offer Details
The Gold card is the “standard” airline credit card.
50,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $2,000 in the first three months
2 miles per dollar on
Good Award Space: Flat Beds on Delta Flights to Hawaii for 45,000 Miles Roundtrip
August 25, 2015
Delta operates a daily flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu and back on a 767 with flat beds in Business Class.
Ends Tomorrow: 21k Delta Awards to Europe, 43.5k in Flat Beds. Here are the Rules
August 20, 2015
Update 8/20/15: Delta now advertises this fare sale and says the deals must be booked by tomorrow August 21, 2015.
This page also lists some of the fare sale city pairs, though definitely not all.
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Yesterday, Delta started selling awards to Europe for 21,000 miles each way in economy and 43,500 miles each way in Business Class. These are huge discounts off the "normal" price of 30,000 miles each way in economy and 62,500 miles each way in Business Class.