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Related: Great New Benefits For The Delta AMEX Platinum Card (Waived expedite fees, waived partner airline fees, online companion certs)

Delta AMEX Platinum Card Linky


Double Delta Flight Miles Offer Linky

With this promotion, not only will you earn double miles on the purchase of a Delta ticket, but you will earn double the miles for your actual flights flown for the rest of this year!

This offer is not targeted, it will work for any new or existing primary Delta AMEX cardholder.

Offer Linky (Exp: 07/31)

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When renting from Avis supply your Delta Skymiles number and use coupon code: MUAA088
-Valid through 07/31
-Valid for rentals of 2 days or more (a rental greater than 1 day but under 2 days should count)
-Maximum of 5 bonuses per customer
-5,000 miles are in addition to the normal miles earned per rental.

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Related:

Buy Delta Miles For Under 1.1 Cents Per Mile!

Delta Platinum AMEX Linky

Delta has added a number of new benefits for holders of the Delta Platinum AMEX:

They are listed under April 2009 on the Skymiles integration page.

1. Waived expedite fees on all award tickets.

Delta normally charges the following expedite fees on award tickets:

Redemption 8-20 days prior to departure: $75

Redemption 4-7 days prior to departure: $100

Redemption 3 days or less prior to departure: $150

Effective immediately if you have a Delta Platinum AMEX (or the Delta Reserve AMEX) you are exempt from all expedite fees.

2. Waived partner airline charge on award tickets.

Delta normally charges $25 to redeem miles on a partner airline. Effective immediately if you have a Delta Platinum AMEX (or the Delta Reserve AMEX) you are exempt from the partner airline charge.

3. Companion certificates can now be used online, and older ones requiring phone redemption are no longer subject to a call center fee.

AMEX issues an annual free companion certificate good for travel in the US48 (also good from Hawaii or Alaska to the US48 if you’re account has a Hawaii or Alaska address). These certificates have no blackout dates or minimum fare rules, and can now be used online!

-The Delta Platinum AMEX has an annual fee of $150, or just $95 if you already have an AMEX charge card.
-It comes with a signup bonus of 20,000 miles, including 5,000 Medallion (Elite) Qualifying Miles even if you already received that bonus from the Delta Gold AMEX previously.
-You can also get an additional 2,500 miles by adding an additional cardholder when you apply.
-The Delta Platinum AMEX also has built-in “Miles Boosts” that give you an additional 10,000 Medallion (Elite) Qualifying Miles upon spending $25,000 in a calendar year and another 10,000 Medallion (Elite) Qualifying Miles upon spending $50,000 in a calendar year.
-With the signup bonus and Miles Boosts if you spend $50,000 on your new Delta Platinum AMEX credit card this year and you’ll be elite until 2011 in addition to having over 90,000 more miles to fly almost anywhere in the world! Start buying up those coins from the Mint now!

Update: Northwest has added the same charge for tickets bought on or after 04/22 for travel on or after 07/01.

Delta will now charge $50 for checking a 2nd bag on all international tickets bought on or after 04/21 for travel on or after 07/01.

Last February United started charging $25 to check a 2nd bag on domestic tickets which was matched by all major carriers. Last May AA started charging $15 to check even 1 bag on domestic tickets which was also matched by all the major carriers.

I’m sure it won’t be long for the others to catch up and start charging for all checked bags even on international tickets…

As usual, Elite members and their companions are exempted from this fee.

Update: Promo booking period ends on 04/20!!!

Related: Fly On Delta’s Brand New Lie-Flat Business Elite Seats To Israel For Just 90,000 Miles Round Trip!

Originally posted on 04/06:

With this promotion:
-BusinessElite tickets to Israel are now 90,000 miles.
-Coach tickets to Israel are now 72,000 miles.

Starwood points transfer into Delta or Northwest miles at a 20,000:25:000 ratio. Delta and Northwest miles are now transferable in either direction.

Northwest Offer Linky

Delta Offer Linky

Save 10%-20% off the normally required miles for a coach ticket, and 25% off Business class tickets to international destinations!

Rules:
-Book by 04/20.
-Book at least 14 days before departure
-Travel between 04/20 and 06/15.
-Stay over Saturday night
-Valid on Delta and Northwest (and KLM for Northwest Worldperks members)

Related:

Starwood AMEX Linky

Link your Northwest and Delta accounts and get 500 miles. Plus you’ll be able to transfer an unlimited amount miles back and forth for free.

25% Off Delta Business Elite Class Tickets

Lie-Flat Seats to Tel Aviv for 90K Miles

Delta and Northwest are running promotions for double miles when transferring miles to someone else’s Delta or Northwest account through 05/31/09

The fee for doing so is a penny per mile plus a $25 transaction fee on Northwest or a $30 transaction fee on Delta.

You can transfer up to 30,000 miles in a shot, which would give the recipient 60,000 total miles for a cost for $325 on Northwest or $330 on Delta. Of course charging it to a card like your Starwood AMEX will also net you 325-330 Starpoints on the transaction, bringing down the cost even further.

You can then transfer back the miles to your account, which will double them again. Be creative and you’ll be able to keep on going and going and going…

Northwest limits the amount of incoming miles via the inter-account transfer to 30,000 per year and the amount of outgoing miles via the inter-account transfer to 75,000 per year.

Delta limits the amount of incoming miles via the inter-account transfer to 300,000 per year and the amount of outgoing miles via the inter-account transfer to 150,000 per year.

In my experience the Northwest transfer occurs instantaneously, and the bonus miles will post immediately together with the transferred miles. The Delta transfer may take a day and the bonus miles will come within another day or two.

With this promotion you should be able to earn 90,000 Delta miles, or the amount of miles required for a Business Elite class trip to Tel Aviv during the current mileage ticket promo, for under $1,000.

Northwest 2x Transfer Miles Offer Linky

Northwest Transfer Miles Linky

Northwest Transfer Miles T’s And C’s Linky

Delta 2x Transfer Miles Offer Linky

Delta Transfer Miles Linky

Delta Transfer Miles T’s And C’s Linky

Update: This bonus has been extended until 04/30!

Originally posted on 02/01:

You can now transfer miles between Delta and Northwest in either direction for free, as many times as you want!

You need to link the accounts first, and you will get 500 miles just for linking the accounts!
Although the description of the offer implies that you need to actually transfer miles to get the miles, the terms make it clear that you only need to link the accounts.

Offer Linky

Terms:
“Members of the SkyMiles and WorldPerks programs may link their accounts and receive a one-time bonus of 500 bonus miles. To be eligible for this offer, the member will need to complete the linking process application on delta.com between January 29, 2009 and March 15, 2009. Bonus miles will post the member’s SkyMiles account 4-6 weeks following the end of the promotion, March 15, 2009.”

I have been busily booking up tickets for friends and family on Delta’s fabulous 25% off business elite mileage tickets sale.

While I don’t think much of the 72,000 mile offering in coach to TLV, the 90,000 mile business elite offering is quite nice. It didn’t take much to convince my father in-law to pay the $100 redeposit fee and an extra 10,000 miles to cancel his coach MCI-TLV ticket and rebook it in business elite.

At any rate on select dates Delta will be flying their brand new 777-200LR aircraft to Tel Aviv which has the brand new lie-flat Business Elite seats. I was just able to snag some seats for my Aunt and Uncle on the lie-flats at the 90k rate!

Here are some links to give you an idea of the difference between Delta’s old and new Business Elite seats:

Old Business Elite

New Business Elite (777-200LR)

And finally a picture of good ole’ cattle class (where you should never have to sit if you play your miles right)

I see the 7770-200LR aircraft operating on the following dates for example:
JFK-TLV:
05/21
05/23
05/25
05/27
05/29
05/31
06/02
ATL-TLV:
05/31
TLV-JFK:
05/23
05/25
05/27
05/31
06/02
You have to click on “view seats” to see if it is listed as a 777-200LR. If you find more dates be sure to post!

Related:
AA/United Offer
Continental Offer

Delta Offer Registration Linky

Oh boy does the Delta marketing team know how to work PR spin.

AA started off the fun offering double elite miles on newly purchased tickets, which United soon matched.  Continental then offered double elite miles even if the tickets had already been purchased. None of these airlines made restrictions regarding what kind of fare you booked with.

Now Delta is touting up to “triple elite miles.”

The reason it is bogus is simple, the only fares that will earn “triple” elite miles are business/first and full-fare coach tickets that anyway earn 150% elite miles. (Specifically fares booked in codes: J, C, D, S, I, F, A, Y, B, M) Those fares will now earn 300%, or double the normal rate.

Tickets booked in non-discount coach (fare codes: H, Q, K) will earn 200% elite miles.

All other regular discount coach fares that the vast majority of people buy (fare codes: L, U, T) will not earn any bonus elite miles.

The “promotion” is valid for flights booked abd flown on between March 23 and June 15, 2009.

Offer Registration Linky (Exp: 03/31)

Offer Registration Linky

Delta recently slashed fares at their Cincinnati hub and is now offering bonus miles to back up the new pricing scheme.

Bonus miles offer:
-3,000 miles for the first round-trip flight
-3,000 miles for the second round-trip flight
-4,000 miles for the third round-trip flight
-5,000 miles for the fourth round-trip flight
-10,000 miles for the fifth round-trip flight

Valid for flight roundtrip nonstop flights between 02/12/09 and 05/12/09 to/from Cincinnati and
-Atlanta
-Baltimore
-Charlotte
-Dallas/DFW
-Denver
-Kansas City
-Los Angeles/LAX
-New York/LGA
-Newark/EWR
-Philadelphia
-Phoenix
-San Diego
-San Francisco
-Seattle
-Washington/DCA

Update 4-02/15: Delta came through in the end-The full mileage bonus has posted! Congrats to those who went out on a limb and cashed in on this promo, a friend of mine got nearly 1.5 million Skymiles from his Starpoint balance! Please post in the comments how many Skymiles you got!

Update 3-12/25: Ending soon! This promo runs through 12/31!

This deal was originally posted on 11/20 at 12:15am:

Update 2: According to the following internal Delta memo this promotion has been cancelled but customers who are already registered will get the bonus points!
Even those who are registered may want to wait it out a little longer to make any further transfers until Delta makes this memo public knowledge.
The memo also make a few clarifications regarding the promo:
-The Delta bonus miles will post in February or March of 2009.
-AMEX membership rewards is specifically excluded from the promo.

Internal Delta Memo:
09706-SM MILEAGE BUILDING PG 21 PAGE 21
24 *PUBLIC* ———————————————-
25 PROMO NAME – MULTI-PARTNER BONUS (CANCELLED)
26 VALIDITY – THIS PROMO WAS CANCELLED EFF 21NOV08.
27 ORIGINAL DATES FOR PARTICIPATION WERE
28 13NOV-31DEC 2008. CUSTOMERS WHO ENROLLED
29 PRIOR TO CANCELLATION MAY STILL EARN
30 BONUS AS NOTED
31 DESCRIPTION – RECEIVE A 50..100..OR 150 PERCENT BONUS
32 ON MILES EARNED BY QUALIFYING NON-AIRLINE
33 PARTNER ACTIVITY
34 ELIGIBILITY – SKYMILES MEMBERS WORLDWIDE ;
35 .
36 HOW TO EARN – ENROLL ONLINE
37 – PARTICIPATE IN ANY NON-AIRLINE PARTNER
38 ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE FOR MILEAGE CREDIT
39 – MORE –
40 – EARN 1000-4999 PARTNER MILES* AND RECEIVE
41 A 50 PERCENT BONUS
42 – EARN 5000-9999 PARTNER MILES* AND RECEIVE
43 A 100 PERCENT BONUS
44 – EARN 10000 OR MORE PARTNER MILES* AND
45 RECEIVE A 150 PERCENT BONUS
46 *EXCLUDES ANY BONUSES FROM OTHER PROMOS ;
47 .
48 *EXCLUDES AMEX MEMBERSHIP REWARDS (AX)
49 NOTE – QUALIFYING PARTNER ACTIVITY BEFORE
50 ENROLLING IN PROMO WILL BE INCLUDED
51 TRACKING – 1K – 4999 THRESHOLD – 8P MULTPNR 50
52 5K – 9999 THRESHOLD – 8P MULTPNR 100
53 10K – MORE THRESHOLD – 8P MULTPNR 150
54 – BONUS MILES POSTED 8-10 WEEKS AFTER PROMO
55 ENDS
56 ACCNT RMKS – 1K – 4999 THRESHOLD – QUALIFIED 08
57 MULTI-PARTNER 50PCT BNS 97062124
58 5K – 9999 THRESHOLD – QUALIFIED 08 ;
59 MULTI-PARTNER 100PCT BNS 97062124
60 10K – MORE THRESHOLD -QUALIFIED 08
61 MULTI-PARTNER 150PCT BNS 97062124
62 ADVERTISED – E-MAIL
63 .
64 .
65 .
66 .
67 .
68 .
69 .
70 ——————————————————-;
71 REVISED/24NOV08/ATLHGDL/CE

UPDATE: Delta has taken this promotion down from their website today! Luckily I saved a copy of it!

Delta Promotion Part 1

Delta Promotion Part 2

Delta Promotion Part 3

Nobody knows what is going on right now with the promotion but its possible that they will change the terms of it. However anyone that already registered under the old terms should be OK. For anyone that wants to contact Delta about the promotion it says to refer Delta representatives to promotion 97062124.

Answers to people’s questions from the comments:
General: This promotion is valid for transfers into Delta until 12/31. There are many partners besides for Starwood that qualify for the promo, read the fine print on the bottom of the offer for the whole listing.

You can transfer a maximum of 27,000 Starpoints into Delta per day, so you will want to just do one 20,000 Starpoint transfer per today in order to maximize both the Starwood 25% and Delta 150% bonus.

The 150% bonus points will likely not post to your Delta account until sometime after the promotion end date of 12/31/08! So you will first get the 25,000 Skymiles for the 20,000 Starpoint transfer, and then after the Delta promotion ends you will get the 150% bonus of 37,500 Skymiles.

Here is Delta’s Mileage chart for all award redemptions.

Q: How many miles does Delta charge to go to Israel?
A: Delta is the only airline that has 3-tier mileage pricing. When few seats on the plane are sold there is low availability, normally when the plane is filling up there is medium availability, and there is always high availability.

Delta coach to Israel, each way:
Low=40,000
Medium=65,000
High=95,000

Delta BusinessElite to Israel, each way:
Low=60,000
Medium=115,000
High=185,000

Q: Is it worth changing all starwood points to delta miles???
A: Good question! Starwood points are extremely valuable, but getting over 3 Delta miles for each Starpoint is quite tempting! Ultimately it boils down to how you personally value your Starpoints and Skymiles, and that will be different for everyone.

Q: Can i transfer the points now without booking a ticket?
A: Of course! The Delta Skymiles will be waiting for you when you are ready!

Q: Can I transfer my Northwest miles to Delta now that they are merged, or does that happen automatically? If I can, I wonder if I can get this bonus?
A: They can’t be transferred, it will be merged automatically, most likely at some point over the next year.

Q: Do you know if you can then transfer Delta miles to any other airline?
A: I don’t know of any method of transferring out Delta miles-you’ll have to use them for flights on Delta or their partners!

Q: Do delta skymiles expire if i transfer to them?
A: Yes, you must have earning or spending activity in the account every 2 years to keep them from expiring.

Q: Do you actually have to use the skymiles before December 31, or just transfer them by then?
A: Transfer by then, the miles are then valid forever as long as you have activity in your Skymiles account every 2 years.

Q: If I open a starwoods card now, will I get the 10k bonus points in time to use for this promotion?
A: Under normal conditions you should be able to apply today, use the card once, and get the points before 12/31. However sometimes AMEX doesn’t give the points on the first statement, in which case you would have to call them up and try to convince them to push the points over before waiting for the next statement.

Q: How do i transfer now after i signed up with delta???
A: Go to spg.com, login to your Starpoints account and go to redeem Starpoints.

Q: Will I be able to get Delta skymiles and then transfer them to Continental miles?
A: No, but you can use Delta miles to travel on Continental, or any other Delta partner airline.

Q: What about if i only have 15,000 starwood points? would that be worth transferring?
A: You would not get the 25% Starwood bonus, so you would get a total of 37,500 Skymiles. By transferring just 5,000 more Starpoints you get 25,000 more Skymiles! Go apply for another Starwood card today-or go buy money from the mint!

Q: I clicked on the linky and I filled in my name, e-mail and skymiles number in the register box. now it says, “You have successfully registered”. Now what?
A: Now you’re registered! All you have to do now is transfer your Starpoints!

Q: If don’t have any plans to travel in the near future (maybe Florida), is it still worth it to transfer my starwood points to skymiles & let it sit there till I want to travel?
A: Do the math and figure out if you’ll get greater value out of 20,000 Starwood or 62,500 Delta and that will be the answer!

Q: If I remember correctly, didn’t you once post that you can fly to Israel with about 55k starwood points? If so, how?
A: You’re looking for S.B.S.’s famous “Using Starwood Starpoints To Get To Israel PDF Guide”

Q: So i just registered for the promotion, do i need to wait , or can i just go into spg.com and transfer now?
A: Transfer away!

Q: Will the recent merger of NWA/Delta affect Skymiles in any way? Will I regret switching the points to miles?
A: The Skymiles program will have to be realigned with the Worldperks program, but I wouldn’t expect any massive changes.

Related: The Starwood AMEX easily gives the best reward value and bang for each buck of purchases made out of any credit card out there today. It also comes with tons of nice benefits and a sweet (and valuable) 10,000 Starpoint signup bonus for free for each card that you get. Between a myriad of incredible mileage transfer options and unbeatable blackout-free hotel redemption options you should have no problem getting incredible value out of every Starpoint that you have!

Starwood Consumer AMEX
Starwood Business AMEX


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Delta is currently running a promotion for a 150% base miles bonus when you transfer 10,000+ partner program points into Skymiles.

20,000 Starwood points thus earns the usual 25,000 Skymiles, plus 37,500 Skymiles for the 150% bonus miles, leaving you with 62,500 Skymiles for you 20,000 Starpoints!  There is no limit on the transfer bonus, so you will earn 62,500 Skymiles for each 20,000 Starpoint incremental transfer!

Offer Linky

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Offer Linky (Exp:12/31)

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Related:
Domestic Airlines Joining The Fuel Surcharge Club (07/10/08)
Stealth Mileage Deflation: Airlines That Charge Fuel Surcharges On Award Tickets (06/02/08)


Delta and Northwest have joined AA in eliminated the fuel surcharge on mileage tickets originating in the US and Canada that they instituted earlier this year.

This leaves USAirways as the sole US airline charging a fuel surcharge on mileage tickets.

Related: Apply for a first year fee-free Delta Consumer AMEX or Delta Business AMEX and get 20,000 (when applying for the base card) or 25,000 miles (when applying together with 2 additional fee-free cardholders) for each card!

Delta is currently running a promotion for double miles when transferring miles to someone else’s Delta Skymiles account.

You can transfer a maximum of 30,000 miles at a time.  The cost to transfer 30,000 miles is 1 cent per mile plus a $30 processing fee for a total of $330.  The “recipient” will then receive 60,000 miles in their account.

The cost for 30,000 miles is thus 1.1 cents per mile, but it is actually even lower because the purchaser will also receive miles on their credit card for the purchase-if you have a Delta Skymiles AMEX you will get double miles for the purchase!

Delta normally charges about 3 cents per mile to buy miles.

The promotion applies for mileage transferred in October.

It shouldn’t be too hard to find uses for the miles that net well over 1.1 cents per mile.

-A maximum of 300,000 miles (excluding the bonus) can be transferred into any individual SkyMiles account per calendar year.
-Up to 150,000 miles can be deducted from a Skymiles account per calendar year.
-Transfer Miles transactions are nonrefundable and may take up to seven days to post to the recipient’s account.
-Bonus miles will be posted to the recipient’s account 4-6 weeks after the transfer transaction is complete.

Offer Linky

Offer Linky (Exp:09/30)

Delta.com Tickets: Get an automatic 5% cash rebate on your AMEX statement and double miles by using the Delta business Amex.
Get an automatic 3% cash rebate on your AMEX statement by using a Starwood or Jetblue business amex…

Apply for a first year fee-free Delta Consumer AMEX or Delta Business AMEX and get 20,000 (when applying for the base card) or 25,000 miles (when applying together with 2 additional fee-free cardholders) for each card!


Promo Offer Registration Linky

“Every time you book a flight or check in online at delta.com now through October 31, 2008, we’ll donate 250 miles to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. If you’re a SkyMiles member, you’ll also earn 250 bonus miles for helping us help a great cause.”

Update: Monday is the last day for this promo! Thanks to the commenters who have shared their experiences!

Originally posted on 08/17:

Offer Linky

This is one of the more unique/bizarre mileage promos out there.

Schedule and show up for a free hair-loss consultation by 08/25 and you’ll get 20,000 free Delta Skymiles!

Over at flyertalk even men and women with a full head of hair have been doing this as a “preventative consultation,” or because of a “family history of hair loss.”

If anyone does this please be sure to come back and share the details!

If you actually do have a procedure done you can earn an additional 150K Skymiles.

Related: Delta Tickets: Get an automatic 5% cash rebate on your AMEX statement and double miles by using the Delta business Amex.
Get an automatic 3% cash rebate on your AMEX statement by using a Starwood or Jetblue business amex…


Offer Registration Linky

Earn 1,000 miles per ticket booked on Delta.com with any AMEX, up to 25,000 miles! Prior registration is required.

Related:

Earn 50,000 Delta Skymiles For Free With 2 Delta Credit Cards

Delta Skymiles Award Chart Linky



Offer Linky

Offer is valid only for first time Delta mileage purchasers.

The normal price is 2.75 cents per mile.  With this promotion you will get 2 miles for 2.75 cents.

There is a minimum purchase of 2,000 miles (which will become 4,000 miles with the promo) at a cost of $55.

There is a maximum purchase of 50,000 miles (which will become 100,000 miles with the promo) at a cost of $1,375.

Taxes add 7.5% to the purchase price.

Purchased miles will post to your account within 3 days, bonus miles will post to your account in 4-6 weeks.

Offer expires 08/30.

FYI: Coach tickets to Israel on Delta or any partner airline are 80,000 miles, Business/First tickets are 120,000 miles.

You can now get a free domestic ticket on Delta or their Skyteam partners (Continental, Northwest, etc.) when you apply for either of these credit cards and add 2 additional cardholders!

Delta Consumer Card:
-Signup bonus is now 20,000 miles, plus you can get an additional 5,000 miles if you apply for 2 free additional cardholders at the same time as you apply for the card!
-No annual fee for the first year.
-The Delta consumer AMEX gives double miles for all spending at:
Stand-alone supermarkets, Gas stations, Drugstores, Home improvement stores, The U.S. Postal Service, Wireless service providers, and on Delta tickets.

Delta Business Card:
-Signup bonus is now 20,000 miles, plus you can get an additional 5,000 miles if you apply for 2 free additional cardholders at the same time as you apply for the card!
-No annual fee for the first year.
-OPEN savings: Get a automatic 5% Cash rebate in addition to miles for spending on Delta tickets and with many other OPEN savings partners various other stores/chains/hotels and all Delta tickets.
-Threshold bonuses: Get an additional 5,000 bonus miles after hitting 15K and again after 25K in yearly spending.
-Get a $99 companion certificate upon renewal of the card.

Related: Get $25 Off And 50 Trueblue Points For Booking Jetblue Travel On An AMEX.

Earn Double Elite Qualifying Miles On Delta


Delta Tickets: Get an automatic 5% cash rebate on your AMEX statement plus double miles by using the Delta business Amex.
Get an automatic 3% cash rebate on your AMEX statement plus Starpoints/Trueblue points by using a Starwood or Jetblue business amex…



It’s another mileage promo for the purchaser of the tickets, although this time it is unclear from the terms and conditions what will happen if the purchaser is not traveling…


Registration Linky


Terms & Conditions
-SkyMiles members can earn up to 5,000 bonus miles per month (one bonus per month) for tickets purchased at delta.com using any American Express Card and flown between March 3, 2008 and July 31, 2008.
-For transactions including 2 tickets, the purchaser will receive 1,000 bonus miles.
-For transactions including 3-4 tickets, the purchaser will receive 2,500 bonus miles.
-For transactions including 5 or more tickets, the purchaser will receive 5,000 bonus miles.
-To qualify, tickets must be purchased on the same itinerary.
-SkyMiles members must register online between March 3, 2008 and July 31, 2008.
-Registration must occur before flight is taken.
-Miles will be awarded to the first individual on the itinerary who is registered in the program.
-Any reissue of tickets must be completed on delta.com, and the form of payment for any additional fees must be paid with any American Express Card.
-A qualifying flight includes any Delta, Delta Shuttle, or Delta Connection carrier flight.
-Codeshare flights operated by carriers other than the Delta Connection carriers are excluded from this offer.
-One bonus per itinerary.
-Tickets must be purchased on the same itinerary to qualify.
-Travel Period: March 3, 2008 – July 31, 2008. All travel must be completed by July 31, 2008.

Related: Earn Double Elite Qualifying Miles On Delta.

Hilton Offer Linky

Airlines rarely ever like to part with elite qualifying miles. Delta is giving them out like candy.

The “Big 6″ network carriers are sustained by their elite customers. These customers typically are willing to pay a significant premium to fly on their preferred carrier and have extreme brand loyalty. In return the airlines pamper them with goodies such as upgrades, tons of bonus miles when flying, enhanced mileage availability, premium seat availability, reduced fees, extra luggage allowances, priority customer service/security screening/boarding, etc, etc.

There has been no program devalued as quickly of late as Delta’s Skymiles. They have by far the worst mileage seat availability. They are the only network carrier that got rid of “last-seat” availability for “rule-buster” mileage tickets. They have added tons of new fees that have angered their elite travelers.

It won’t help matters that they are in the process of closing down quite a few of their airport lounges that premium customers demand. They are also closing down all of their BusinessElite lounges.

They are bleeding elite customers and can’t seem to find a carrier willing to merge with them.

In response they have unleashed unprecedented promos for elite miles in an effort to try and regrow a loyal customer base. It is a path fraught with peril. If current elite customers are angered by all of the new “elite-light” customers they may bolt to other carriers.

At any rate, whether you are gunning for bottom or top tier, with promotions such as double elite miles there’s never been a easier way to earn elite status than now. One RT flight from Atlanta to Tel Aviv is all it would take become elite until 02/10. Delta elite status is honored across the board on all SkyTeam alliance carriers, such as Air France, Continental, KLM, and Northwest. It will even exempt you (and possibly your companions) from new restrictive checked luggage rules on all of those carriers. (More on that in a future post) With elite-status matching you can even get other carriers with a better elite product to match your Delta status to their own equivalent status!

Related: Get 2,500-5,000 Delta miles when renting with Avis by 12/31/08

Avis Linky

Earn 5,000 miles for a rental of at least 1 day by using coupon code: MUAA074

-You can use this promo up to 3 times.
-1 day minimum rental
-Rental must begin by 04/30/08
-Allow 4 to 6 weeks for miles to post.

I honestly can’t recall ever seeing such a rewarding promo to attain elite status. You can become elite (good through 02/28/10) with just two transcontinental round-trip flights (with some help from creative routing)! Maybe they want to make up for all those new fees?

Promo Registration Linky

-Registration is required.

-Valid for tickets booked booked between 03/31 and 04/30

-Valid for travel through 06/30.

Delta will soon be changing their checked luggage policy, I am waiting until the official policy is released before commenting…
No fooling, all of these charges are effective today, 04/01!

• Handling charge for any award that includes a segment on another airline: From free to $25
• Award ticket re-issues and redeposits: From $75 to $100
• CRC one-visit pass: From $25 to $30
• Unaccompanied Minor fee: From $50 nonstop/$100 connecting flights to $100 for all flights
• Pets in cabin fee: From $75 to $100
• Pets as checked luggage: From $150 to $200
• Curbside checked bags: From free to $3
• Oversize bag fee: From $100 to $150
• Direct Ticketing Charge: from $20 to $25
• Reissues of non-refundable tickets: From $75 to $100 (only for tickets originally issued after 4/1)

Avis Linky

Earn 2,500 miles for a 3 day rental by using coupon code: MUAA078
Earn 5,000 miles for a 4 day or longer rental by using coupon code: MUAA082

-There is currently no limit to the amount of bonuses that you can earn.
-Rental must begin by December 31, 2008 to get the miles.

Offer Linky

You can earn 5,000 miles for each rental of at least one day completed by 03/31!

Now that you can get such an incredible value out of AMEX MR points with Choice and Southwest it seems this deal is not so hot…but it’s not bad if you actually can find skysaver seats with Delta on a trip that you need to book anyway…

20% Bonus Skymiles Offer Linky 

HT: Mendel 

If only Delta’s Saver reward availability wasn’t so incredibly poor, this would actually be a sweet deal…

Offer Linky

According to Delta.com,
“For safety reasons, you may not operate the following devices onboard:
-Peripheral devices for computers or games connected by cable.”

Anyone know what kind of safety reason there is to not be allowed to use an external hard drive on a plane???

Update: Vote now for the final round!

Originally posted on 08/08.

This offer is open to everyone (non-targeted!)
Delta Video Voting Registration Linky

“You watch the travel videos of the teams in each destination. Then, you vote for the video that most makes you want to travel to that place.
The team with the fewest votes gets eliminated from the Challenge! (Ouch.) The other teams go on to the next round.
There are four rounds in all.
You can get 250 bonus miles for every round you vote in.
Plus, you can get an extra 1,000 miles if you vote in all four rounds—for a total of 2,000 bonus miles.
Destination 1-Voting August 6,7,8
Destination 2-Voting August 20,21,22
Destination 3-Voting September 3,4,5
Final Destination-Voting September 17,18,19″

During Registration be sure to check the box that says “Sign up to earn double miles from American Express.”

“As part of the SiteSeer Challenge, American Express Cardmembers can also earn double flown miles! Enroll between 7/25/07 and 9/19/07, and then use any American Express Card to purchase a ticket on delta.com. This offer is available for flights between 7/25/07-9/30/07. All travel must be completed on 9/30/07.”

HT: Asher O.

Update-11:45AM: DEAD!

Save 5% on Delta tickets by using the Delta business Amex.
Save 3% on Delta tickets tickets by using a Starwood or Jetblue business amex…

This fare valid only for weekend travel.
NYC-Denver, NY-$120+ RT On Delta

www.mets.com/delta
Use promotion code: SKYMILES

All tickets must be picked up at will-call.
A 500 mile Delta voucher will be included at will-call for each ticket purchased.

The Upper Reserved seats are normally $17, and are just $10 with this promotion.
Valid dates:
Tue., August 7 7:10 p.m. vs. Atlanta Braves
Wed., August 8 7:10 p.m. vs. Atlanta Braves
Thu., August 9 12:10 p.m. vs. Atlanta Braves
Tue., August 21 7:10 p.m. vs. San Diego Padres
Wed., August 22 7:10 p.m. vs. San Diego Padres
Thu., August 23 7:10 p.m. vs. San Diego Padres

You can purchase up to 12 tickets per game.
There is a ticketmaster surcharge of $2.25/ticket and $4.50/order.

This article has been corrected, sorry for the mistake!
Enrollment Offer Linky

5,000 Miles-No purchase or flight required!
Offer Linky

Update: Unfortunately this is a targeted offer, so so only certain people will be eligible. It worked for me though!

I have added a couple more targeted links for 500 and 1,000 miles-try them out, and good luck!
It just takes a quick signup for some emails!
Almost as good as the famous 10,000 Skymiles offer from days of yore (or at least from the first 2 weeks of this site’s existence)

5,000 Mile Offer Linky
500 Mile Offer #1 Linky
500 Mile Offer #2 Linky
1,000 Mile Offer Linky