The fine print is that you can transfer a maximum of 150,000 miles out of a SkyMiles account per calendar year, and a maximum of 300,000 SkyMiles
into a SkyMiles account per calendar year.
I'll check
into the skymiles option.
Am I able to get both the 50k and 60k sign up bonuses
into my skymiles account?
Or better yet, doing it on an American Express Premier Rewards Gold card where we can get category bonuses, then turn our Membership Rewards points
into SkyMiles or perhaps a host of other currencies.
The Delta SkyMiles ® program also partners with the American Express Membership Rewards program and the Starwood Preferred Guest program, which gives you the ability to transfer your points from those programs directly
into your SkyMiles ® account and earn even more SkyMiles ® for your next award flight.
Effective January 1, Delta is limiting the amount of point transfers
into SkyMiles accounts from partner companies to 250,000 a year.
By submitting your information to validate and Link Accounts, you agree to these terms and you agree that Lyft, Delta and the third party hosted site may share your information for the purpose of tracking and processing your miles
into your SkyMiles account or sending you targeted offers and may use anonymized, aggregated data for business analytics and offer optimization.
You can confirm whether you have met the Eligible Purchase threshold for the MQD Waiver by logging
into your SkyMiles account on delta.com or in the Fly Delta app.
If John chose to transfer the new maximum of 250K
into his SkyMiles account, he'll need to find another way to get 50K SkyMiles to book that second ticket.
First I'll point out that the limit applies not just to American Express Membership Rewards, but to all programs that can transfer
into SkyMiles.
Even if he transferred 150K points
into his SkyMiles account for the first ticket, there's no way to move the other 150K MR points together for the other ticket.
All you have to do is spend and then transfer your points
into SkyMiles at a 1:1 ratio.
When earning miles on the card, they will deposit directly
into your SkyMiles account to be used for awards flights once you have earned enough.
All miles earned go
into your SkyMiles account and can be used for rewards travel, which is where the value of the card is earned.
Delta makes it super easy to transfer the loyalty points from other partner programs
into SkyMiles.
The Gold Delta SkyMiles ® Card from American Express also earns 2x points for all Delta purchases, which are deposited directly
into your SkyMiles account just like most other airline credit cards.
Recall that these miles are earned directly with Delta SkyMiles and will accumulate
into your SkyMiles account.
When earning miles on the card, they will deposit directly
into your SkyMiles account to be used for awards flights once you have earned enough.
If you've reached this point and decided that you're ready to take the plunge
into SkyMiles, we would ask you to consider: Why not just go with the Gold Delta SkyMiles card?
Returns should be done as soon as possible in order for your bonus miles to be recalibrated
into your SkyMiles account.
The Delta SkyMiles ® program also partners with the American Express Membership Rewards program and the Starwood Preferred Guest program, which gives you the ability to transfer your points from those programs directly
into your SkyMiles ® account and earn even more SkyMiles ® for your next award flight.
Not exact matches
With Membership Rewards ® Points, you can turn your points
into real airline miles with several frequent flier programs, including Delta
SkyMiles, JetBlue True Blue, Virgin America Elevate and British Airways Avios.
These are cards that earn miles directly
into your account with one airline, like a Delta
SkyMiles American Express.
After reading this far
into the review, you may be wondering whether the Platinum Delta
SkyMiles ® Credit Card from American Express is worth it.
If you are a frequent traveler, look
into the Gold Delta
SkyMiles ® ($ 0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $ 95).
But there are also many American Express cards where you can earn AMEX Membership Rewards points that you can transfer
into Delta
SkyMiles.
With bonus points on purchases at U.S. supermarkets, U.S. gas stations, and U.S. restaurants, you'll earn Membership Reward points fast, which you can then transfer
into Delta
SkyMiles.
It offers several credit cards that allow you to transfer reward points
into Delta
SkyMiles.
This is the only no annual fee card that lets you earn points you can turn
into real airline miles with several frequent flyer programs, including Delta
SkyMiles and Air France Flying Blue on a 1:1 basis, so there's no dilution.
The rewards are in the form of Membership Rewards points, which you can convert
into Delta
SkyMiles for those upgrades.
In subsequent years I'll be able to earn 70,000
Skymiles and 20,000 MQM at a cost of up to $ 545, or 0.77 cents per redeemable mile, without taking
into account the benefits of higher Delta Medallion elite status than I would otherwise qualify for.
The reason is that while I value the 5 bonus Hilton HHonors points per dollar at about 2 cents, and I value one United MileagePlus or Delta Skymile at about 2 cents, I earn
Skymiles through flying domestically on Delta and partner flights, and can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points to United, while earning Hilton HHonors points will become much harder after the changes to the earning structure of their co-branded American Express credit cards go
into effect in May.
You could think of this as buying
Skymiles at 1.09 cents each, or paying $ 999 in order to convert 28,571 Avios
into 120,000
Skymiles.
After reading this far
into the review, you may be wondering whether the Platinum Delta
SkyMiles ® Credit Card from American Express is worth it.
It offers several credit cards that allow you to transfer reward points
into Delta
SkyMiles.
AMEX SPG also allows you to transfer your Starpoints
into Delta
SkyMiles at a 1:1 ratio.
Two of their most popular partners are Delta
SkyMiles and Air Canada Aeroplan, but like with all transferrable points programs, once you convert your points
into airline miles or hotel points, you're now subject to the rules of that program.
if you're sitting on hundreds of thousands of American Express Membership Rewards points that you plan to transfer
into your Delta
SkyMiles account, better act fast.
TICKET readers have been waiting with baited breath for this one: Today Delta rolled out a short - term program that helps busy
SkyMiles members avoid those time - consuming end - of - year mileage runs and instead buy their way
into Medallion status in 2012.
Once the certificate is deposited
into your Delta
SkyMiles account, in the My Wallet section, you can access it and book the tickets.
And as you're booking a few weeks beforehand, using points accrued on Delta
SkyMiles is another option worth looking
into.
I had been in Europe for a week, flying
into London with Delta's «Delta One» business class (booked for 70,000
Skymiles — they have no First Class), then onto Geneva on a free private jet (thanks to the JetSmarter promotion earlier this year offering a free 3 month membership) and then on to Tallinn, Estonia where I spent the weekend.
Personally, I'm not
into earning Delta
SkyMiles but if you are then there are some great earning opportunities here, especially if you're
into stacking promotions.
I bought
into the notion that
SkyMiles were not worth my time for far longer than I should have, and only in recent years have learned that
SkyMiles are actually an extremely valuable airline mileage currency for my family.
You can do this by signing
into your SPG account and then adding your
SkyMiles number or by signing
into your Delta account and adding your SPG number.
Once you earn them, they go immediately
into your Delta
SkyMiles account each month.
However, with the Gold Delta
SkyMiles Amex, since the total required spending across both tiers is just $ 3,000, I took both tiers
into account.
I checked my
SkyMiles account and to my surprise the 245 miles I earned 5 days before were just deposited
into my account.
* Let's pour one for the Queen of the Skies * We could have dropped close to $ 400 each to fly
into Siem Reap, but we thought it was a good opportunity to use those
SkyMiles.
There are still some reasonable redemptions for them but Delta Airlines has shown us that they plan to devalue
SkyMiles into the ground making earning (and burning them) make no long term financial sense.