In 2016,
Delta increased awards to both Europe, Australia, and Tel Aviv, some of these overnight with no notice and then increased awards to Europe, Australia, and other regions in early 2017 with no notice once again.
Not exact matches
Often derided for not having a public
award chart and
increasing redemption rates without notice,
Delta SkyMiles could still be useful if you have American Express Membership Rewards points and / or SPG Starpoints.
To
increase your chances, always check the
Delta and Flying Blue websites to make sure your routing is valid and your
award is eligible before transferring points.
Often derided for not having a public
award chart and
increasing redemption rates without notice,
Delta SkyMiles could still be useful if you have American Express Membership Rewards points and / or SPG Starpoints.
On August 14th,
Delta announced they were
increasing the cost of low - level BusinessElite
awards from the United States to Europe, Australia, Asia, South Africa and South America for
awards beginning on or after June 1, 2014.
A word of warning about how
Delta's
award booking engine works: if any flight segment is lacking Low level availability, the overall miles cost will be
increased.
On top of that Virgin also changed the number of miles needed to book
awards on
Delta with Economy Class
awards generally decreasing in cost but some Business Class
award increasing in cost by over 70 %.
Most Business Class (
Delta One)
awards are
increasing with
awards to / from the West Coast skyrocketing by up to 72 %
It's possible that
Delta will reduce availability at the lowest
award tier and
increase it at the second - lowest or middle tiers.
Granted, when the United devaluation news came down on Tuesday, the reaction was relatively less heated than when American discontinued Explorer
Awards in April, or
Delta made its second
award chart devaluation, or United announced its own
award chart
increases last November.
UK - based flyers will see an incredible 72 %
increase in the cost of a
Delta One
award to the west coast if they now wish to travel on dates in the newly introduced Peak Season while US - based flyers will be expected to pay 55 % more for a
Delta One
award to the UK / Europe.
UK - based flyers will see a 50 %
increase in
award costs when booking
Delta One flights to the West Coast while US flyers based on the West Coast see a 35 %
increase in the cost of a
Delta One
award to the UK / Europe.
Delta said that
award travel miles will be earned based on ticket price, starting at five miles per dollar spent for general members and
increasing based on the level of elite status the member has achieved.
Delta furthered its own string of unannounced devaluations by drastically
increasing the
award price of business class flights to and from India.
To
increase your chances, always check the
Delta and Flying Blue websites to make sure your your
award is available before transferring points.
Delta also devalued
awards to Tel Aviv and to Europe in 2016,
increasing the latter by 15,000 roundtrip (without any notice).
Delta has done all sorts of either mistakes or tests recently, like
increasing taxes on Ex-US
awards to Europe to include massive surcharges only to roll those back a few days later.
Now
Delta is being
Delta again and has
increased the redemption price for some non-stop saver
awards (R fare).
Delta's
award prices are
increasing for flights flown June 1, 2014 or later no matter when you book them.
The new
award chart introduces a five tier structure similar to
Delta Airlines, the difference is that milesAAver
awards are not
increasing in price and off peak
award pricing for travel will remain available throughout different times of the year in the economy class cabin.
AWARD CHART CHANGES PART DEUX... Following United's move last week to drastically
increase mileage prices,
Delta has taken the knife to its SkyMiles chart yet again.
Despite already announced
increases beginning June 1, 2014,
Delta is raising rates for
awards for travel on or after Feb. 1, 2014, clearly an opportunity
Delta did not want to miss for snatching away more hard - earned miles.
They have
increased the partner
awards charges on
Delta to $ 500 to match the Virgin flight charges.