they dont? thats what it says on their site though
No it's not.
On DL a new account that never has had ANY activity EVER will be deleted after 12 months, but that's not what's being discussed and not relevant, you're confused (and potentially confusing others.)
they dont? thats what it says on their site though
From DL.com
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SkyMiles Mileage Expiration Policy Changes
On January 1, 2009, the SkyMiles program mileage expiration policy changed from a two-year policy tied to the end of the calendar year to a rolling 24-month policy for all SkyMiles members. Miles will expire 24 months after a member’s last qualifying activity rather than at the end of the year. To ensure a smooth transition to this 24-month policy, miles will not expire earlier than April 30, 2009. You can check your February online statement or log into your SkyMiles account beginning February 1, 2009, for your updated expiration date.
An example of the 24-month policy: if a member’s last qualifying activity took place on August 31, 2009, the member’s miles will expire on August 31, 2011 – not on December 31, 2011.
A qualifying activity occurs when a member earns, receives or redeems miles. Examples of qualifying activities include:
* Earning miles when flying Delta or a partner airline
* Using a Delta SkyMiles Credit Card
* Earning miles through Delta’s more than 100 SkyMiles partners
* Buying or transferring miles (Recipient only when transferring)
* Redeeming miles for magazines, upgrades, Delta Sky Club™ memberships, Medallion Marketplace® merchandise, or Award Travel
* Bidding miles for items on the SkyMiles Auction
* Transferring Membership Rewards®, Hilton, Marriott or Diner's Club® partner points to miles
* Donating miles to one of several SkyWish charities
All SkyMiles program rules apply. To review the rules, please visit delta.com/memberguide.
From UAL.com
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# Effective December 31, 2007 miles will expire if there is no current activity for 18 months consecutive. Therefore if the expiration date on your Mileage Plus summary is December 31, 2007 or after, your new expiration date will be 18 months after your last activity. Activity includes flying, using your Mileage Plus Visa and more, for example:
- Fly UA or a Star Alliance partner
- Use your Mileage Plus credit card
- Do business with a Mileage Plus partner
-Redeem miles for award travel
-Buy miles or transfer miles
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I am still trying to figure out how greed can be used to describe an industry that is barely staying afloat.
Ok, I'm not even sure I understand what you are talking about at this point, but I guess I'll take a run at this too.
You seem to be confusing two uniquely separate events. There is a difference between having miles in an account expire and having the entire account effectively canceled. These are not the same thing.
Canceling an account would essentially mean the "user id" (e.g. account number, etc.) has been completely deleted from the membership roles. Account history is gone, etc. Essentially, at that point one is no longer a "member" of the program.
However, one could, through say inactivity, or even actually using all of your existing miles, allow a mileage account balance to drop to zero. This does NOT mean the membership account proper is deleted. You can still be a "member" even with a mileage account balance of zero.
Regards
Last edited by scubadu; Apr 4, 09 at 11:45 am.
Reason: cleaned up readability
Ok, I'm not even sure I understand what you are talking about at this point, but I guess I'll take a run at this too.
You seem to be confusing to uniquely separate events. There is a difference between having miles in an account expire and having the entire account effectively canceled. These are not the same thing.
Canceling an account would essentially mean the "user id" (e.g. account number, etc.) has been completely deleted from the membership roles. Account history is gone, etc. Essentially, at that point one is no longer a "member" of the program.
However, one could, through say inactivity, or even actually using all of your existing miles, ones mileage account balance could drop to zero. This does NOT mean the membership account proper is deleted. You can still be a "member" even with a mileage account balance of zero.
Regards
Ok, let me clarify. The one I want to know is having the entire account being cancelled, not miles being return to zero.
just use rewardsnetwork. my mom and sister have quite a few miles in their accounts but all they seem to do is travel on award tickets taken from my dad's account and thus, their accounts have no activity for long periods of time. I reset their account expiration clocks from time to time by having a credit card that i use once in a blue moon registered to their rewardsnetwork account (i manage them all since they never eat out). I just go down to the mangia pizza down the street from me, purchase a $1.50 bottle of diet pepsi with the appropriate card and BOOM, it resets the expiration clock on their accounts and keeps my credit card active (since i never use the card otherwise, $1.50 charge on the card per 9 months, heh heh...) Another easy to use option is iTunes. Just go buy a 99 cent song or even a 69 cent song and you're set. even 1 measly mile will reset the expiration clock...
