For rates and fees of the Amex Business Platinum, please click here. For rates and fees of the Delta Reserve Card, please click here. For rates and fees of the Delta SkyMiles Gold card, please click here.
Terms Apply. Disclaimer: The responses below are not provided or commissioned by the bank advertiser. Responses have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by the bank advertiser. Many of the credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear.
This site does not include all credit card companies or all available credit card offers. Please view our advertising policy page for more information. Skip to content. Advertiser Disclosure. Andrew Kunesh. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Sign up. I would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not sell your email. Please enter a valid email address Please check mailing preferences. Sign-up Successful! Welcome to The Points Guy!
He's been a miles and points fanatic since and previously wrote for Upgraded Points and Credit Karma. Outside of the travel world, Andrew is a cyclist, craft coffee aficionado and — despite now living in NYC — a Chicagoan at heart. Alaska Airlines is making 3 big changes to the upgrade process. Higher earning on gas and more: New sign-up offers on the Chase Freedom cards. Earn 3X Miles on Delta purchases and purchases made directly with hotels.
Earn 2X Miles at restaurants worldwide, including takeout and delivery and at U. Earn 1X Miles on all other eligible purchases.
Receive a Domestic Main Cabin round-trip companion certificate each year upon renewal of your Card. Trans-Atlantic upgrades from K Class fare or higher for 60, miles each way. Better upgrade availability for Delta flights then through partners Cons Dynamic award pricing often results in sky-high award prices, especially for premium cabins.
Premium awards for long haul routes routinely show prices north of , points which are significantly higher than on other programs Above-average flying and spending thresholds to earn status in the program Excellent for Domestic flights within the US start at 5, miles for one way in Economy. Flights from the U. Consider getting one of the Delta co-branded Amex cards if you don't fly enough to make status on your own and usually fly in Economy.
If you can make status on your own, go Business Platinum Amex or Chase. SkyMiles does not present great value as a transfer partner from AmEx membership rewards their only partner. You often get a better deal for Delta operated flights through Virgin Atlantic Flying Club direct partner transfer with many programs and Velocity you can transfer points from all credit card mega programs to Krisflyer and then to Velocity.
Write a comment. Comments: 0. Choose one of the three point combination options which is applicable to you. If you don't have any miles in any airline accounts you can leave those fields blank.
Input all of the different points you have on the credit cards you are planning to use. You can enter as many as you like. If you have multiple cards on one name from the same bank you can combine and enter the total amount of points between all of your cards.
Enter all the miles you have in airlines frequent flyer programs on the left hand side following the airlines name. Once you input the information, click on the analyze button at the bottom of the page. The analyzer will offer you the optimal transfer combinations to explore as well as pros and cons of each. Review analyzer recommendations. Total number of miles is not the only consideration you should take into account.
Analyzer will give you additional information about each program to make the right decision. You can also download results to a pdf and even send them to others if you like. Proceed to check availability with respective airlines. Below is a more granular list of changes that can unlock the ability to make fee-free changes and cancellations to SkyMiles award tickets regardless of elite status.
Oftentimes, SkyMiles award tickets with very unfriendly routings will price out lower than alluring, sensible routings. Then, you cross your fingers that a schedule or routing change occurs over the next six months. Related: What to do when an airline changes your flight. Assuming that change does indeed happen, you should check new routings at Delta. Do not call Delta up, kvetch about the schedule change and then ask the agent to find you a superior routing. Even if the new itinerary shows a higher price than the one you originally paid, the agent should be able to move you without requiring any additional miles again, kindness goes a long way in making this happen.
Much to the chagrin of mile maximizers the world over, Delta has started enforcing married-segment logic on SkyMiles award seats. In the halcyon days of yore, you could search award availability at Delta.
That no longer works. As of now, you should search Delta. The results that populate adhere to married-segment logic, which means they are pre-paired by Delta and sold as a single ticket.
This definitely limits how creative you can get when it comes to assembling low-priced SkyMiles award tickets. That being said, Delta. While standard SkyMiles pricing for award tickets has continued to inch up over the years, Delta has extended an olive branch of sorts with recurring deals and flash sales. The airline now has a web portal devoted to deals and segmented by region. The good news for casual flyers is that our staff at TPG does that for you, and we post the SkyMiles deals that are actually worth your while over at our TPG Deals portal.
Sometimes you can get lucky with these flash sales, but note that some of the lowest deals book into basic economy. Related: Ultimate guide to Delta One Suites. Delta recently made several positive changes to its Upgrade Certificates , available exclusively to some Delta Platinum and Diamond Medallion members.
This is especially great since the prices for booking Delta One or first class awards outright can sometimes be extremely high. Related: All the tips and tricks you need to use Delta Upgrade Certificates. Here are some ways you can earn them:. There are many ways to boost your Delta SkyMiles account balance.
These come in a variety of flavors terms apply :. Related: Choosing the best credit card for Delta flyers.
0コメント