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250 Free Airline Miles from Delta – 1 Question Survey

jim — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:00:21 +0000

Get 250 airline miles absolutely free from Delta Airlines for answering a single question survey.

1000 Free Bonus Airlines Miles with an Avis Car Rental

jim — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:39:18 +0000

Avis is running a promotion until the end of the year where you can get 1,000 airline miles with the following programs with a qualifying rental:

No More Song for Delta

jim — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:04:18 +0000

Delta reported that they were going to stop their budget carrier, Song, and integrated back in with the main Delta fleet next year. The Song planes currently only have a single coach class of seats so they plan on retrofitting the planes with first class seats before putting them into service. In total, 48 Boeing 757-200 planes will be converted.

Via USAToday.

Struggling Airlines In Trouble

jim — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:22:10 +0000

Hurricane Katrina’s been in the news lately, battering Louisiana and Florida and driving up the price of fuel. One of the consequences of Katrina has been its effects on airlines trying to stay above water:

The storm forced the closure of several airports and caused scores of flight cancellations throughout the Gulf Coast region Monday. It also caused a surge in oil prices, something the airlines have been battling for months with no end in sight.

The result could mean more pain for Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc., a major carrier to the area affected by the hurricane, as it continues to try to avoid a Chapter 11 filing. More broadly, the other airlines also could suffer. Like Delta, Eagan, Minnesota-based Northwest Airlines Corp. also is in danger of bankruptcy.

Check your frequent flyer miles and see what recourse you may have if either Northwest or Delta go under.

500 Free Delta Skymiles

jim — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 17:19:32 +0000

Request an auto insurance quote from American Express and score 500 Delta Skymiles, no expiration date listed.

You are being offered a chance to earn 500 miles for a qualified auto insurance quote!

We believe safe drivers should pay less. The American Express Property Casualty companies reward safe drivers for their good driving records. We have established high standards to consistently provide you with the service you can count on from an American Express company.

Delta SkyMiles Transfer Promo

jim — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 17:15:47 +0000

Delta (and Amex) are having a promotion from now until Sept 15th:

Earn a 35% Delta SkyMiles bonus when you transfer Membership Rewards points to your Delta SkyMiles account between August 1 and September 15, 2005. Transfer Membership Rewards points today and start planning your next Delta getaway.

Basically, that means you can convert one Membership Reward point into 1.35 Delta Skymiles. All the points you convert will accrue and then you get the 35% bonus according to this:

Bonus miles will be posted up to 8 weeks from the expiration date of the promotion, September 15, 2005.

Here are additional terms & conditions as well as the link to register and transfer your points.

Airline Networks – Delta Skyteam Alliance

jim — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:29:24 +0000

This will be the first in a set of articles that will simply list the various airline partnership networks and their member airlines to help you find other airlines that may accept the frequent flyer miles you’ve accrued on your major airline program. This article will list the airlines in the Delta Skyteam Alliance as well as Delta specific partners (that aren’t part of the alliance) and briefly how your miles accrue in the program.

The majority of these airlines will credit you actual mileage or a minimum of 500 miles per coach ticket in the Delta Skymiles program. With first or business class tickets, you can get anywhere from 115% to 150% of the mileage versus a standard 150% of mileage on Delta flights.

From the Alitalia Website:

Since Northwest, Continental and KLM airlines joined SkyTeam on September 15, 2004, the alliance now caters to 341 million passengers a year, providing 14,320 flights a day to 658 destinations in over 130 countries.

Skyteam Alliance Partners:
AeroMexico – website
AirFrance – website
Alitalia – website
Continental Airlines – website
Czech Airlines – website
Delta Air Lines – website
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines – website
Korean Air – website
Northwest Airlines – website

Other airline partners (outside of the actual Skyteam Alliance but still affiliated with Delta):
AirJamaica – website
Alaska Airlines – website
Avianca – website
China Airlines – website
China Southern – website
EL AL Israel Airlines – website
Emirates – website
Malaysia Airlines – website
Singapore Airlines – website
South African Airways – website
Virgin Atlantic Airways – website

Delta also has a few subsidiaries:
Delta Shuttle
Song
Delta Connection

Delta Skymiles Silver Medallion Status – One Flight

jim — Tue, 03 May 2005 15:42:18 +0000

Silver Medallion is one of the levels in Delta’s Medallion program, part of Delta’s SkyMiles Frequent Flyer program. The silver medallion is the lowest of the three (Silver, Gold, Platinum) but still affords some nice benefits over regular passengers. These benefits are all yours until February 28th, 2006 if you take a flight out of one of 14 cities.

The page that offers this promotion is available here.

Here are the terms and conditions, including the fourteen eligible cities:

Purchase and fly one qualifying Delta marketed and operated flight between April 19, 2005 and July 15, 2005, and earn Silver Medallion status through February 28, 2006. *A qualifying flight includes any Delta, Delta Shuttle®, Delta Connection® carrier or Song® flight that originates from one of the following cities: Binghamton, NY, Burlington, VT, Buffalo, NY, Charlotte, NC, Erie, PA, Wilmington, NC, Harrisburg/Middleton, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Providence, RI, Richmond, VA, Rochester, NY, State College, PA, Syracuse, NY. Codeshare flights operated by carriers other than the Delta Connection® carriers are excluded from this offer. Flights must be sold under the DL code.

What are some of the benefits of the Silver Medallion?
1. Priority boarding – board flights before general members
2. Earn a 25% mileage bonus in addition to miles earned for each trip
3. Unlimited complimentary domestic upgrades
[ Full Benefits ] (of all levels)

Normally, without this offer, you would need 25,000 “Medallion Qualification Miles” which are calculated based on these rules. But because of this offer, you can get almost a year’s worth of the medallion at a fraction of the miles.

10,000 Continental OnePass Miles

jim — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:43:38 +0000

Airlines frequent flyer miles are typically valued at around a penny per mile, so getting ten thousand frequent flyer miles is worth about a hundred bucks. It’s worth even more if you’re close to getting a free frequent flyer ticket and you really want to take that trip on the airline’s tab. That’s when a frequent flyer mileage card comes in incredibly handy. If you sign up for a Continental Airlines World MasterCard® from Chase, you get will get ten thousand OnePass miles at the cost of a $85 annual fee. Plus, you earn a mile for reach dollar you spend, so it’s basically 1% back.

These deals are great when you’re very close to getting a free ticket or when your miles are close to expiring. The annual fee would be high if you weren’t getting ten thousand free miles but you’re actually making $15 worth of free miles. Plus, if you’re eleven thousand miles away from a free flight… you just spend a thousand dollars on the card after you get it and you can fly for free.

They’re critical in any trip planning strategy. Usually a flight from a discount carrier across the country will run you around $300 (Southwest, if you book ahead of time) and if you look at some deluxe carriers like Continental, you’re talking $2000 for last minute arrangements.

Here’s some of the financial mumbo jumbo regarding the card:

Fixed 7.9% APR on purchases and balance transfers for 6 months

Double OnePass® Miles at Lowe’s® Home Improvement Warehouse, CVS/pharmacy®, AT&T, Hertz®, Macy’s, Bed Bath and Beyond®, KB Toys, U.S. Postal ServiceTM, Best Buy – and any bookstore.

Double OnePass® miles on the purchase price of Continental Airlines tickets purchased directly through Continental

Earn 10,000 OnePass® miles upon payment of the $85 annual fee

No pre-set spending limit*

Earn one OnePass® mile for every dollar you charge

Dine at any of the more than 7,500 participating restaurants and you’ll earn up to 10 OnePass® miles for every dollar you spend when you use your card

$85 Annual Fee

[ Apply Here ]