25% Delta Transfer Promotion (May 10- June 30, 2010)
May 10, 2010, 7:24 pm
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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25% Delta Transfer Promotion (May 10- June 30, 2010)
Once again- I generally don't recommend this, but if you want to book a Delta award (or SQ award until May 15), there is a 25% bonus from now until June 30. I actually have a family member who might be able to take advantage of this for a DL metal trip, but the "4-6 weeks" after the promo ends to post the bonus miles is ridiculous. And Delta is notorious for poor point posting.
https://www.delta.com/marketing/summerpromo/index.jsp
Register now and turn Membership Rewards® points from American Express into 25% more miles. Transfer points into miles now through June 30, 2010, and enjoy an additional 25% mileage bonus.
There's no limit to the amount of points you may transfer. See how far points (and the 25% bonus) can take you. With the extra 25% mileage bonus, you may be eligible for Award Travel, just in time for an upcoming vacation. Once you've registered, you can begin transferring points into miles.
You've earned your rewards—and now you can decide how you'd like
to enjoy them.
https://www.delta.com/marketing/summerpromo/index.jsp
Register now and turn Membership Rewards® points from American Express into 25% more miles. Transfer points into miles now through June 30, 2010, and enjoy an additional 25% mileage bonus.
There's no limit to the amount of points you may transfer. See how far points (and the 25% bonus) can take you. With the extra 25% mileage bonus, you may be eligible for Award Travel, just in time for an upcoming vacation. Once you've registered, you can begin transferring points into miles.
You've earned your rewards—and now you can decide how you'd like
to enjoy them.
May 11, 2010, 8:17 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Irvine, CA USA
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 510
Once again- I generally don't recommend this, but if you want to book a Delta award (or SQ award until May 15), there is a 25% bonus from now until June 30. I actually have a family member who might be able to take advantage of this for a DL metal trip, but the "4-6 weeks" after the promo ends to post the bonus miles is ridiculous. And Delta is notorious for poor point posting.
https://www.delta.com/marketing/summerpromo/index.jsp
Register now and turn Membership Rewards® points from American Express into 25% more miles. Transfer points into miles now through June 30, 2010, and enjoy an additional 25% mileage bonus.
There's no limit to the amount of points you may transfer. See how far points (and the 25% bonus) can take you. With the extra 25% mileage bonus, you may be eligible for Award Travel, just in time for an upcoming vacation. Once you've registered, you can begin transferring points into miles.
You've earned your rewards—and now you can decide how you'd like
to enjoy them.
https://www.delta.com/marketing/summerpromo/index.jsp
Register now and turn Membership Rewards® points from American Express into 25% more miles. Transfer points into miles now through June 30, 2010, and enjoy an additional 25% mileage bonus.
There's no limit to the amount of points you may transfer. See how far points (and the 25% bonus) can take you. With the extra 25% mileage bonus, you may be eligible for Award Travel, just in time for an upcoming vacation. Once you've registered, you can begin transferring points into miles.
You've earned your rewards—and now you can decide how you'd like
to enjoy them.
Just make sure you are registered for the promo prior to initiating the transfer. I would register a day or two before doing the transfer.
May 11, 2010, 9:16 am
#3
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...l#post12718391
Delaying the bonus changes the character of the offer from a discount to a promotion. If you must wait for the bonus you cannot merely reduce the number of points that you transfer to immediately redeem for an award flight. Instead, you transfer what you need for immediate redemption. Later, when you receive the bonus, you will likely feel that need to earn or transfer more to have enough for another award.
May 12, 2010, 11:35 am
#4
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FYI I did a test transfer two days ago and the bonus miles still haven't posted.
Looks like anyone will have to wait 4-6 weeks after the promo ends to take advantage.
Shame, because DL is actually requiring the lowest amount of points and most direct itinerary for a flight I want to book.
Looks like anyone will have to wait 4-6 weeks after the promo ends to take advantage.
Shame, because DL is actually requiring the lowest amount of points and most direct itinerary for a flight I want to book.
May 13, 2010, 8:28 am
#5
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: NY
Posts: 231
Why this promo is not good
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...sj_share_ybuzz
"Delta Air Lines Inc. was among the stingiest, too, with awards requiring the lowest mileage available for only 12.9% of requests made by IdeaWorks Co., a consulting firm." WSJ 5/13/10
I've seen this myself with Delta -- mostly just mid and high awards available.
Delta
"Delta Air Lines Inc. was among the stingiest, too, with awards requiring the lowest mileage available for only 12.9% of requests made by IdeaWorks Co., a consulting firm." WSJ 5/13/10
I've seen this myself with Delta -- mostly just mid and high awards available.
Delta
May 13, 2010, 11:37 pm
#6
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SAT
Programs: UA-Gold, BA-Gold
Posts: 178
Is anybody else having trouble registering for this promotion at the given link?
In Firefox, I always get a 'sorry your session has expired' error when submitting the form (and a nice 'Powered by Rackspace' logo on the right side of the screen)
And in IE7 I just get a 'IE cannot display this page' message when visiting the url given by the OP: https://www.delta.com/marketing/summerpromo/index.jsp
In Firefox, I always get a 'sorry your session has expired' error when submitting the form (and a nice 'Powered by Rackspace' logo on the right side of the screen)
And in IE7 I just get a 'IE cannot display this page' message when visiting the url given by the OP: https://www.delta.com/marketing/summerpromo/index.jsp
May 14, 2010, 6:10 pm
#8
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If anyone does this promo- can you report how long it takes for your bonus miles to post? I hate these DL promos..sometimes it is 2 minutes, sometimes 2 hours, sometimes 2 months or more
May 14, 2010, 9:03 pm
#9
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: WAS
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Given that you do not always get 25k awards on DL, and assuming you get half 25k, half 40k, the average award cost is 32.5k. With this promo, you get 31.5k at least.
The best use is for a partner award that you can hold and transfer Amex for e.g. on SQ today and use the bonus for later as an extra reward.
The best use is for a partner award that you can hold and transfer Amex for e.g. on SQ today and use the bonus for later as an extra reward.
Last edited by ffI; May 15, 2010 at 6:40 am
May 17, 2010, 1:51 pm
#10
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: West Michigan
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Posts: 1,963
The last time that MR offered this bonus, the bonus DL miles posted immediately. I just did another one today with no immediate bonus posting.
Jun 7, 2010, 3:21 pm
#12
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Jun 8, 2010, 10:15 am
#14
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 18
It's not buried information.
Jun 10, 2010, 12:55 pm
#15
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: MME, UK
Programs: DL PL, Hertz #1CG
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Maybe I'm just not smart enough for this lark, but I just tried to do this to add my meager AMEX points to my (equally meager) SkyMiles account.
First part went quite well.
Second part? Not so well.
Did I miss something? Are there multiple levels of the MR program?
First part went quite well.
You've successfully registered to earn an additional 25% mileage bonus every time you transfer Membership Rewards® points from American Express into miles now through June 30, 2010. Remember, there's no limit to the amount of points you may transfer.
The ability to transfer points to a frequent flier or frequent guest program is not available in the Membership Rewards Express(R) program.
To book travel online with the American Express Travel site and pay with points, click here.
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