If there’s an airline which is aiming to commoditize their mileage currency, it’s Delta. Their long term goal seems pretty clear — they want their program to be as revenue based as possible, where each mile has a certain value regardless of how you redeem it. As of now that target value seems to be…
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Given that I don't know the first thing about you, looks like you will be reviewing private jet flights now?
@ Ben -- I would consider this if we had 5 million miles rather than 2.3 million. Depending on the exact terms, this could be a good way to bypass DM qualification requirements.
What about people with 7-8 digit MR balances? Can miles transferred from Amex be used?
I will once again call bs on your claimed avgeekness. That cabin picture is of a much larger business jet, not a CJ. Heck, the CJs don't even have the flat floor, yet alone space for a couch...
We all like to make fun of TV networks using wrong pictures for aircraft they are covering. This is very misleading and makes it look like a much better deal than it actually is.
@Dima
But this is a photo from when Lucky flew on a Gulfstream, It would be nice to have a caption though to remind people of that.