On Thursday, November 15th, Delta announced two changes to their ever-shifting Sky Club access policies: - Effective immediately, single-visit passes, previously sold for $59 or 5,000 SkyMiles, will no longer be available. - Effective January 1st,…
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Delta Flash Sale: 98,000 SkyMiles Roundtrip For Business Class To Europe
For 48 hours only, Delta is selling roundtrip tickets from North America to Europe for 98,000 SkyMiles. Tickets need to be booked by 11:59 PM ET on Thursday, November 15th (yes, tomorrow), and the sale is valid for travel from December 24th, 2018 through…
Save On Delta Flights With New Amex Offer (Targeted)
For those of you not familiar with Amex Offers, it’s a program available through most Amex cards, where different cards are eligible for different savings and bonus offers. In many cases the offers can be huge, and more than offset the annual fee on…
Delta To Launch Service Between Atlanta And Burbank
Most Angelenos will concede that LAX, the area's flagship airport, leaves a lot to be desired. While there are plans underway to modernize the airport before the 2028 Summer Olympics and create light rail transit links to points throughout the city,…
Delta Reportedly Submits Offer For Alitalia
Alitalia has been on the verge of liquidation since early 2017. Last March Alitalia announced a restructuring plan, given how much money the airline was losing. Employees voted against this plan, given that they didn’t want lay-offs or pay cuts. While…
Debating SkyTeam Airlines With A Delta SkyClub Agent
I wanted to share a funny experience I had yesterday while trying to enter the Delta SkyClub at JFK. I took Kenya Airways’ inaugural flight from JFK to Nairobi, which operates out of Terminal 4 at JFK. I was the first business class passenger to check-in,…
Delta Shares First Glimpses Of A220 Interiors
Delta is the first US airline to take delivery of the Airbus A220 (formerly known as the Bombardier CSeries). This is a fabulous plane from a passenger experience standpoint, and the airline has 75 of these planes on order. In terms of size, the A220…
A Guide To Delta’s Choice Benefits
One of my favorite features of Delta's sometimes-otherwise-questionable SkyMiles program is the ability to redeem something called Choice Benefits. This program allows Diamond and Platinum Medallions to select bonus "gifts" in the form of upgrade certificates,…
Delta Adding New Seasonal Boston To Edinburgh Flight
It's fascinating to see Delta's big new focus on Boston. Just a couple of weeks ago the airline announced a new route between Boston and Lisbon, while now the airline is announcing yet another transatlantic route out of Boston. Delta will be adding seasonal…
Five Redeeming Qualities Of Delta SkyMiles
Earlier this week, Ben wrote about his recent experiences flying Delta, and the marked difference in quality of service when compared with American Airlines. As expected, the post brought out a flurry of comments, not only because the question of better…
Update: Virgin Atlantic Backtracks On Delta Award Surcharges (For Now)
This is just an update to a previous post (the original post is below). It looks like Virgin Atlantic Flying Club has undone this change, and they're no longer imposing surcharges on Delta award tickets, with the exception of awards originating in Europe,…
What Makes Flying Delta Different
While I started a Delta Platinum status challenge late last year, I haven't flown them a whole lot this year. I'm not sure why exactly, but I guess I just focused on requalifying for status with American, since I value oneworld more. In the past few…
Delta Shifts Lisbon Flight From Atlanta To Boston
Delta has just announced that they'll be swapping one transatlantic route for next summer, which I find to be quite interesting. Delta will be launching summer seasonal nonstop flights between Boston and Lisbon. The route will operate between May 23…
Heads Up: Aeroflot Awards Not Currently Bookable With Delta SkyMiles
This is an interesting development, and I'm not quite sure what to make of it. Booking Aeroflot with SkyMiles has always been complicated (though possibly not as complicated as visiting the ticket office in Minsk). Aeroflot gives painfully little award…
Delta Announces New Detroit To Honolulu Route
It's cool to see some longer nonstop flights being added from further East in the mainland to Hawaii. A couple of weeks ago Hawaiian Airlines announced that they'd start flying between Boston and Honolulu, which will be the longest domestic US flight.…
Which Business Card Is Better: Amex Platinum Or Delta Reserve?
A couple of days ago we saw the introduction of a new best-ever bonus on the Delta Reserve® for Business Credit Card from American Express. This is Delta's most premium business card, and one on which we don't often see big bonuses, so that's a pretty…
New Best-Ever Delta Reserve Business Card Welcome Bonus
We recently saw big welcome bonuses on Delta's co-branded Gold and Platinum American Express cards, though those offers got pulled at the beginning of the week. Now we're seeing a best-ever welcome bonus on the Delta Reserve® for Business Credit Card…
Delta Raises Checked Bag Fees
In late August JetBlue raised many of their fees, including checked bag fees. Among other changes, they raised the cost of a first checked bag on a domestic itinerary from $25 to $30. It’s interesting to see JetBlue be the first US airline to raise the…
Hours Remaining For Delta Amex Bonuses Of Up To 70K Miles
Since the beginning of August, Delta's co-branded American Express cards have been offering some of their best welcome bonuses ever. These increased bonuses are limited time, and expire on September 19, 2018. That means you have just one day remaining…
Is The Delta Amex Companion Certificate Worth It?
Through September 19, 2018, there are increased welcome bonuses on some of the popular Delta Amex co-branded credit cards. These include the following: -- The Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express & Gold Delta SkyMiles® Business Credit…
Free Delta SkyMiles For Seahawks Fans
For several years now Delta has been growing their presence in Seattle, and has been taking market share from Alaska Airlines. Seattle is a different market than most, in the sense that locals are fiercely loyal, and like giving business to companies…
