Effective December 20, 2017, SkyMiles Members can use miles to upgrade from a purchased
ticket on Delta - marketed flights operated by Aeromexico for travel between the United States and Mexico through Mileage Upgrade Awards.
Effective July 13, 2017, SkyMiles Members can use miles to upgrade from a purchased
ticket on Delta - marketed, Virgin Atlantic - operated1 flights through Mileage Upgrade Awards.
AirFrance / KLM requires 15,000 points each way or 30,000 points for a roundtrip economy
ticket on a Delta flight from the mainland US to Hawaii.
roundtrip first class
ticket on Delta booked with Korean Air: 45,000 miles (Delta charges 22,500 each way or 45,000 roundtrip in economy, so this is a great deal!)
For example, an economy
ticket on Delta from DFW to Paris is $ 250 in fuel surcharges (and $ 123 in taxes).
I was able to purchase each First Class
ticket on Delta for 62,500 SkyMiles.
You may only access Sky Clubs when you are traveling on a same - day
ticket on a Delta operated or coded flight.
The certificate is good for one round - trip
ticket on Delta, Delta Connection and Delta Shuttle flights within the lower 48 states.
That's a notable, but not huge difference that amounts to a one - way domestic saver
ticket on Delta.
With the Korean Air SkyPass program, you can book a round - trip business class
ticket on Delta for only 45,000 miles.
It's much harder right now to find a good award
ticket on Delta than it is with American or United.
Airport lounge access: You get Delta Sky Club access when you have a same - day
ticket on Delta (just for the cardholder; there's a $ 29 charge for each guest).
Unlike using Korean Air SkyPass to book award
tickets on Delta to London, you won't get hit with high fuel surcharges.
You can book round - the world
tickets on Delta (SkyTeam) for 180,000 miles in economy and 280,000 miles in business class, United (Star Alliance) for 180,000 miles in economy and 260,000 miles in business class, and American Airlines (oneworld) for 100,000 - 160,000 miles in economy and 180,000 - 330,000 miles in business class (exact number depends on miles flown).
You can find low - level economy award
tickets on Delta Air Lines for as little as 12,500 miles each way but the cost can surge to 45,000 miles for a peak one - way award ticket.
However, the best value will be realized when redeeming miles for airline
tickets on Delta and its SkyTeam alliance partners.
Tickets on Delta Airines are pricey; a business class award seat to Europe, for example, will cost you 125,000 miles per roundtrip.
While miles can only be redeemed for
tickets on Delta and its partner airlines, you'll be earning a large number of miles with this card and there are plenty of redemptions that offer good value.
Virgin allows you to book one - way
tickets on Delta for half the cost of a roundtrip.
Purchasing round - trip
tickets on Delta Airlines with 25,000 air miles is still possible, especially if you book flights out of Atlanta, the airline's headquarters.
In general,
tickets on Delta listed as 22,500 miles one way in economy or 45,000 roundtrip between the US and Hawaii are thought to be the saver level tickets.
I purchased new
tickets on Delta (more than $ 5 00 for two one - way tickets) and left a day early from Philly instead.
Not exact matches
Delta Air Lines is allowing passengers booked
on tickets that allow lounge access to enter using fingerprints.
A dog named Jazzy waits in line with
Delta Air Lines passengers at a
ticket counter in Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J.,
on Aug. 8, 2016.
Unlike booking directly with
Delta, Korean Air lets you put award
tickets on hold.
During the brand's first - quarter 2018 earnings call
on April 12, when asked about passenger
ticket revenue,
Delta CEO Ed Bastian said the company was thinking about diversified revenue streams, and said «there's no question, our non-
ticket-based revenues... And it's been for some time now, it's been growing at a much faster clip than the
ticket revenues.
When Martin Madrid got his seat assignments
on a
Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to Orlando, he spotted a problem: Even though the airline knew that he and his wife were flying with a 4 - year - old and an infant - you have to tell the airline your birth date when you book
tickets - the couple had been assigned seats a few rows apart.
A little of this, a little of that, and a whole lot of reasons to spend your hard - earned money
on movie
tickets... plus «
Delta Farce,» «Hostel 2,» «Skinwalkers,» and, almost certainly, «Underdog.»
The four things we suggest focusing
on when comparing between the three
Delta cards are the «Miles Boost», round - trip domestic companion
ticket, MQMs, and
Delta Sky Club ® Access.
Gold
Delta SkyMiles membership offers insight
on local entertainment events by providing exclusive access to
ticket pre-sales or membership - exclusive events ranging from sporting events to music concerts.
This card comes with a Companion Certificate upon account renewal, which enables you to bring along a companion
on a domestic main cabin round - trip flight
on Delta Airlines just by paying the taxes and fees of your companion's
ticket.
Unlike booking directly with
Delta, Korean Air lets you put award
tickets on hold.
Co-branded airline cards, like the Gold
Delta SkyMiles Amex card and Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card, can be great if you often fly
on the carrier since they give you bonus miles for
ticket purchases and other perks, like free checked bags.
Earn 2 miles per dollar spent
on eligible
Delta purchases like flights
tickets, food, beverages and movies.
For example, it costs 25,000 Korean Air miles for a round - trip coach
ticket within North America
on Delta.
By earning 2 miles per dollar you spend
on eligible purchases made directly with
Delta (for airline
tickets, etc.), or 1 mile for every eligible dollar you spend elsewhere, your
Delta airline miles rewards can add up significantly.
This works because you get a point multiplier when you use the
Delta card on the Delta website to buy delta tic
Delta card
on the
Delta website to buy delta tic
Delta website to buy
delta tic
delta tickets.
But the annual companion
ticket you get with the
Delta Reserve card more than makes up for a few lounge fees if you happen to have to pay for access
on a few trips.
Make sure you've got the right airline cards for your holiday travel If you're flying somewhere to celebrate (or avoid the celebrations), this is a good time to make sure you have the co-branded card for the airline you're flying — like the Gold
Delta SkyMiles card from American Express.You'll earn bonus points when purchasing your
ticket on the card, and with most airlines you'll save a bunch of money with free baggage check, and beat the holiday airport madness with priority boarding.
That's at least 100,000 bonus SkyMiles in a year for this amount of spend
on the
Delta Reserve ® Credit Card from American Express, which is at least one international First Class
ticket, or a couple of domestic round - trip flights.
If
Delta has award availability
on a flight you want, this fee probably shouldn't be enough to stop you from transferring your miles and booking the
ticket, but it's something to be aware of nonetheless.
Then when you're done with that, consider the
Delta SkyMiles Gold Amex, which has the same deal — at least 30k points, which is enough for a one way
ticket to Europe
on flights where «Saver» space is available.
The best way to estimate the out of pocket for an award
ticket with
Delta is to price the exact
ticket out
on the ITAMatrix website.
If I can make as controversial a claim as is supported by the evidence, even the American Express
Delta Platinum credit card, with its $ 195 annual fee and companion
ticket awarded
on each account anniversary, only makes sense (compared to redeeming Arrival + miles) if you can consistently redeem the companion
ticket for flights costing more than $ 672 — the value of the Arrival + miles you could manufacture with the same $ 195 in disposable income — or if you can use the Medallion Qualifying Miles earned with the card to achieve Platinum or Diamond Medallion status.
Other Notable Features: Annual companion certificate, first checked bag free, priority boarding, preferred seating, no foreign transaction fee, discount
Delta Sky Club access (including two companions), 20 percent discount
on Delta in - flight purchases (in the form of a statement credit), discounts
on travel packages, lowest hotel rates guarantee, car rental insurance, baggage insurance, extended warranty, return protection, purchase protection,
ticket presales and VIP events, $ 0 fraud liability, year - end summary, roadside assistance, global assist hotline, car purchase discounts, ShopRunner membership
But if you buy that
ticket with a Gold
Delta SkyMiles credit card from American Express, you and up to nine people traveling
on the same reservation get a free checked bag.
• Korean Air miles can be used
on Delta and offer more availability for Upper Class award
tickets to Asia than most other programs.
Even if I want to fly Virgin Atlantic, I'll book it with
Delta miles and avoid the fuel surcharges, and I'll use up whatever Flying Club miles I currently have left
on Delta tickets.
Tickets from the U.S. to London are available
on both
Delta and Virgin Atlantic, but you generally won't find low - level availability for
Delta's own flights.
An American Express Platinum card, for example, presented along with a government - issued ID and same - day
ticket, will get you into American Airlines Admirals Clubs,
Delta Sky Clubs, US Airways Clubs and Airspace Lounges — depending
on which airline you're flying.