This new transfer partner is great for taking advantage of Flying Blue's rotating reduced priced promo awards, and for redeeming for one - way
Delta saver award flights.
Not exact matches
Based on the best available data, this chart shows the
saver level cost of
Delta One
award flights to and from the U.S.
While
Delta SkyMiles can be tough to use for booking
award flights to Australia because of incredibly high redemption rates, your miles can be useful if you find
saver level
award space.
The initial
award cost isn't surprising given that it's the first
flight with a new product, but we hope
Delta will start to release some
saver level
award seats to make redeeming SkyMiles worth it.
However, finding a
Delta saver non-stop
award to Israel in any class of service is an adventure, and you can only book a partner's
flight if it has a
saver award available.
Saver awards for these
flights are starting at 80,000
Delta SkyMiles one way and we just saw a lot of
Saver awards open up but then dry up virtually overnight.
Now,
Delta is notoriously bad for
award flights, because they often don't make anything available at the lowest level
saver tickets.
And finding
flights on
Delta at the «low» or
saver level can be the toughest part of constructing the
award.
Currently there's a workaround if you book a domestic
Delta flight at the
saver award level to add on a partner
award at the old rates.
* You can also use
Delta's website to search for availability but keep in mind that in order to book a
Delta flight with either of the Ultimate Rewards Skyteam partners, there must be
award space available at the
saver level on
Delta.