MilesBuzz! - 10,000 Free Skymiles (crosspost)

Easiest 10,000 miles you'll ever get. Cross posted for those of you that don't frequent the Delta Forum but are still interested in a few thousand skymiles.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378703&page=1&pp=15

Thanks for the cross-post. Fabulous offer, if it comes through!
Adam

:-: OH-SO-THANK-U for the crosspost! :-:

Muchas gracias!

Thank you! ^ ^ ^

Awesome. Put me over the top! ^

Easiest 10k I ever got times 4. Now what to do with DL miles?

Easiest 10k I ever got times 4. Now what to do with DL miles?

They are in SkyTeam with Northwest and Continental...... But if the 10K is all you have in the Delta account...... time for some magazines!

many many thanks and I was just about to do a transfer but had no tea leaves!

anyway, AWESOME POST! good thing it was in here too!

:)MM

I just played the game as well and earned the 10,000 miles -- received the confirmation shortly after too! ^

I like how it allows you to replay the game if you don't earn the full amount on the first attempt. Is Delta getting that desperate for business or are they just in a generous mood for the holidays? Anyway, this will top off my account nicely. :D

this thread is an excellent example of justifiable exceptions to the no cross-post rule (right up there with valumags, anything points, and $25 tickets to paris). many thanks.

There apparently is some conflict with the site and Norton Internet Security. I had to temporarily disable NIS for the site to work.

Also, I accepted the Marriott Vacation Club offer only to receive the following message:

There are currently no packages available for this state.

Please click to view available offers.
http://www.marriottvillarentals.com/skymiles

Otherwise, 10 minutes for 10k miles is a worthwhile investment (now to see if the junk mail increases).

Thanks for the link.

Thanks for cross-posting this! I rarely read the DL forum these days.

There apparently is some conflict with the site and Norton Internet Security. I had to temporarily disable NIS for the site to work....
I guess this is why I have not been able to get in. Why would NIS block this site? :confused:

I guess this is why I have not been able to get in. Why would NIS block this site? :confused:

you should be able to get onto the site; i'm guessing norton is preventing the software from installing on your machine.

you should be able to get onto the site; i'm guessing norton is preventing the software from installing on your machine.
Thanks. I went ahead and disabled Norton on my older computer (just in case....). Played and then rec'd an email saying the 10,000 miles will post! ^

i felt bad for not buying the 25k for $150 a few months ago, but feel much better now!

Thanx for the info.

How do you guys find all these great deals? Thanks!

How do you guys find all these great deals? Thanks!

How did the Terminator find Sarah Connor?

It's what he does. IT'S ALL HE DOES!

;)MM

Thanks so much

Superb find. I love the way Delta gives away miles. I can always count on them to get my fix.

Nice find! I (and everyone I know) thank you!!!

When I try to play the game, I get the error message:

"So sorry you missed your chance to dash to the gate"

Thanks. I went ahead and disabled Norton on my older computer (just in case....). Played and then rec'd an email saying the 10,000 miles will post! ^

To those that mentioned they received the 10,000 Skymiles. Did your e-mail specifically say you won 10,000 miles? I played the game getting all the questions correct and received a confirmation e-mail. However, the confirmation e-mail just says that I won Skymiles. No mention of how many. Fine print at the bottome reads "Earn up to 10,000 miles".

No idea how many miles I've won. Any chance they already gave out the maximum number of 10,000 awards and now will be rewarding less?

To those that mentioned they received the 10,000 Skymiles. Did your e-mail specifically say you won 10,000 miles? I played the game getting all the questions correct and received a confirmation e-mail. However, the confirmation e-mail just says that I won Skymiles. No mention of how many. Fine print at the bottome reads "Earn up to 10,000 miles".

No idea how many miles I've won. Any chance they already gave out the maximum number of 10,000 awards and now will be rewarding less?

If you attemp to replay the game, you will get a message stating you have already played and how many miles you won. I won 6250, but my daughter won 8000 and my son 7000. Go figure ;)

There is an online image at the top of the confirming email (if you haven't disabled the ability to read them) that states the number of miles won - fills about half of the computer screen. I assume that, since the game has ended for now, that a quota of miles to be earned was filled. Glad I got in early - last evening and got 10,000 each for 5 accounts <self and relatives>.
:)

To those that mentioned they received the 10,000 Skymiles. Did your e-mail specifically say you won 10,000 miles? I played the game getting all the questions correct and received a confirmation e-mail. However, the confirmation e-mail just says that I won Skymiles. No mention of how many. Fine print at the bottome reads "Earn up to 10,000 miles".


I have to enable HTML graphics in the email I got. It does say "Congratulations, you've won 10,000 miles".

The game has been pulled. It now reads So sorry you've missed your chance to Dash to the Gate. If you haven't already played, you'll have an opportunity in the near future

Thank you for your interest in Dash to the Gate
So sorry you've missed your chance to Dash to the Gate. If you haven't already played, you'll have an opportunity in the near future at delta.com/dashtothegate.

Be sure to visit delta.com/skymiles to learn more about the great offers from SkyMiles and our partners.

It could come back, much less geneous than it's original form

Yea I saw that it had been ended........but says that you will be able to play in the future.....????????????

The game has been pulled. It now reads

I have to enable HTML graphics in the email I got. It does say "Congratulations, you've won 10,000 miles".

My email comes with HTML enabled by default. I can see the Congratulations image, but it just says: "Congratulations, you've won miles." It doesn't specify how many miles though. Hopefully I'll get my 10K.

After fighting through busy server and 4 games played due to the error screens, i finally managed to "successfully" convert my 10,000 points to miles. however, i have not received a confirmation email.. it's been almost 2 days.. what gives?

i have not received a confirmation email.. it's been almost 2 days.. what gives?
I got the mail within one minute of completing the game. I'd say it doesn't look good for you.

I'm not sure why people are getting messages that say the game has ended (Posted Yesterday) I played today about 2:00PM MST and got 7250 for my best attempt. Got the confirmation email, etc.

So you may want to try again.

YMMV

I always seem to be traveling when these great deals appear. I missed the Icelandair deal in May and now I missed the 10,000 free Delta miles. :(

I'm not sure why people are getting messages that say the game has ended (Posted Yesterday) I played today about 2:00PM MST and got 7250 for my best attempt. Got the confirmation email, etc.

So you may want to try again.

YMMV

From Delta website:
http://www.delta.com/travel/sp_offers/dashtothegate/index.jsp

I'm not sure what kind of questions you all recieved but I think I would have gotten 10 of 10 tripping on mushrooms. They Qs were like:

You can earn points on Delta buying your mom flowers - True or False

Pretty much if you assume Delta had tie in that the questions inferred and knew that Delta was an airline and not a petting zoo you'd get 10 of 10 from my group of Qs?

What were the tough ones?

hi,

played the game 8 times for all of our family members at 12/11 1:45am PST. stated that i earned 10,000 each time. got confirmation emails for all 8 games.

here's the link i used:
http://69.88.133.30/skymiles101/index.html

hope it works for you all!

hi,

played the game 8 times for all of our family members at 12/11 1:45am PST. stated that i earned 10,000 each time. got confirmation emails for all 8 games.

here's the link i used:
http://69.88.133.30/skymiles101/index.html

hope it works for you all!

That link now says, its ended too!!

I'm not sure what kind of questions you all recieved but I think I would have gotten 10 of 10 tripping on mushrooms. They Qs were like:

You can earn points on Delta buying your mom flowers - True or False

Pretty much if you assume Delta had tie in that the questions inferred and knew that Delta was an airline and not a petting zoo you'd get 10 of 10 from my group of Qs?

What were the tough ones?

I played four times (one for each member of the family) and only missed one question...You receive 10K bonus miles for signing up for an Amex standard, Amex gold or Amex platinum.

There's a different bonus for each type of card and I did not have that info in my head so I missed. The correct answer was gold.

I could have gone back and replayed but I was already late to work! :)

So my wife only got 9K miles! :)

What were the tough ones?

My first question, before I knew what to expect, was this:

What is a Delta Black Koozie?

a) a kind of Apaloosa horse
b) a variety of squirrel native to the Mississippe River delta
c) a beverage insulator / holder

Well, I've never been to a Crown Room of flown DL first, and back in Y you don't get can holders with your beer. But Googling failed to find anything that matched (a) or (b), so I tried (c), which was correct.

I got 9 of 10. The one that I missed had a couple of answers which I thought might have been correct. I went to try and replay for my wife, but game had already ended by then. I sure hope it returns soon.

After fighting through busy server and 4 games played due to the error screens, i finally managed to "successfully" convert my 10,000 points to miles. however, i have not received a confirmation email.. it's been almost 2 days.. what gives?

I'm in the same boat. "Won" the 10k points, converted to miles, but two or three days later...still no e-mail. I e-mailed Delta to ask about it, I guess it's a wait game for now. Altho, I (a HUGE mistake, I know...) I didn't print out the temporary memberhsip card it showed me---figured I'd just snag the FF number off the e-mail when it arrives, and wait for the actual card in the mail.

I'm in the same boat. "Won" the 10k points, converted to miles, but two or three days later...still no e-mail. I e-mailed Delta to ask about it, I guess it's a wait game for now. Altho, I (a HUGE mistake, I know...) I didn't print out the temporary memberhsip card it showed me---figured I'd just snag the FF number off the e-mail when it arrives, and wait for the actual card in the mail.

There is a possibility (no guarantees) that the message was cached on your computer. If running IE 6, Check Tools-->Internet Options-->(under Temporary Internet Files)-->Settings-->View Objects (search for Delta items dated the day you did the game). Do this while working offline, either through File-->Work Offline or by turning off your modem. Warning, depending on your settings and your visits to Delta.com, there may be many Delta objects to check.

I got the 10,000 miles too ...but I am a little leery ...why would Delta make it so easy to earn 10,000 miles

I guess it's a wait game for now. Altho, I (a HUGE mistake, I know...) I didn't print out the temporary memberhsip card it showed me---figured I'd just snag the FF number off the e-mail when it arrives, and wait for the actual card in the mail.

skye1, did you at least write down your SM#? I didn't print the temp SM card either, but I did copy down the assigned FF#. I figured I would able to check it online and see if those miles posted.

I did, however, find out from Delta FAQs that the enrollment package will only be mailed in 4-6wks (?) after your earn mileage credits. Well, here's my questions for your brilliant minds:
1. Does the game I just played days ago count for mileage credit? I won 10K with email confirmation.
2. If it did, assumed my 10K will be posted in 8 weeks (i.e. by 2/4/05), when will my membership card/enrollment package be sent? Another 4 weeks from early Feb, if I would receive it at all?

Very confused but not concerned now. :)

Well, here's my questions for your brilliant minds:
1. Does the game I just played days ago count for mileage credit? I won 10K with email confirmation.
2. If it did, assumed my 10K will be posted in 8 weeks (i.e. by 2/4/05), when will my membership card/enrollment package be sent? Another 4 weeks from early Feb, if I would receive it at all?



1. Yes
2. Yes

Offer is no longer valid. It does indicate that the offer will be repeated for those who didn't take advantage of the first offering. Just have to keep checking back often to catch it again.
Bev :rolleyes:

i did this offer for 4 people in the family and in any case where we did not see the email minutes later, we did the game again and then it came. I printed everything and if I have to fax to DL in 2 months, then i have the ammo.

if anyone else needs copies of these things, give me a fax number some time and you can then show them you too had the same offer...
:)MM

hi,

played the game 8 times for all of our family members at 12/11 1:45am PST. stated that i earned 10,000 each time. got confirmation emails for all 8 games.

here's the link i used:
http://69.88.133.30/skymiles101/index.html

hope it works for you all!


This link seems to be working :eek:

That link just takes me to the same "sorry" page as the others :(

I got the 10,000 miles too ...but I am a little leery ...why would Delta make it so easy to earn 10,000 miles

I dunno, why are there so many Marathon Men?

I figure they are trying to get us to get 10k miles and then feel the need to use partners like points.com to transfer them and thusly pay the fees to do so.
A few references to that partner were woven throughout the offer and the survey.

I printed everything out I did for all family members for this deal. I figure after the 8 weeks I have to wait to get these miles, there will SURELY be glitches in posting them. I bet DL got swamped and like most marketers, partly regrets some of its own self-made monster here...

BA did this with the jaguar thing and who knows how that worked out but I finially used the airline once because I had miles, and another person in my party had to buy a ticket to fly with me. So maybe DL thinks something like this may happen for them.

:)MM -the real one.

Gee, Go to Europe for a week and miss out. I tried to get into the site today for the first time and it say "Sorry you missed out"
Rats!

JudyJFLA

Its ok, I played it at the time, never got the e-mails and probably won't get the miles. Good news though for those that get the miles.

Gee, Go to Europe for a week and miss out. I tried to get into the site today for the first time and it say "Sorry you missed out"
Rats!

JudyJFLA

but did you get miles or use them to fly? If so you were in the game but just in another area!

I am curious, as those who know me would expect, to see how many people get the miles in 7 weeks from now, how many glitches there will be in the system, and how many customer service issues will come of it.

I look forward to doing battle if need be... it is 10k after all, and I did it for 4 family members w/ DL accts. Good luck to those who did this, and as said before, I printed out copies of each page of the survey so if anyone needs them to later try to show they did this and back up other proof of doing it you may have, it may help so you can ask me to fax it to you. First see what happens in 7 weeks, and then we will try that option if needed.

;)MM

Thank you Marathon Man. Our family may need to take you up on your offer. I really appreciate your offer to help. The 4 of us in our family have not received our confirmation emails after doing the survey. I called Delta and their online support was supposed to email me within 5 business days after investigating the problem, but it has been longer than that and we still have not heard from them. This has REALLY been aggravating. I look forward to seeing if and when the miles start posting for our fellow Flyer Talkers. At least I know I am in good company if we have to go to battle for the miles. :p

desire leads to greediness leads to unhappiness...just remember that.
Now I'm not saying that it's OK for a company to do a promotion then ditch it, but I'm sure DL and partners do not regret such marketing promotion that will spur people to talk about and possibly fly DL.

I didn't have a Delta account before this promotion, so I went and set one up before I played the game. Then, I saw that you didn't have to have a Delta account; it would let you create one after you played. So, I played for my wife and daughter. It wasn't until the latter that I noticed, after you filled out all their information and created the account, you had to click another button labeled "convert points into miles." I played again for my wife, and then I got the e-mail confirmation. If you were creating the account after the game, you may have missed the button, and could be out of luck.

Now I'm not saying that it's OK for a company to do a promotion then ditch it, but I'm sure DL and partners do not regret such marketing promotion that will spur people to talk about and possibly fly DL.

Why do you think DL is going to ditch the promotion and not give out the miles? And no promotion is open forever.

but did you get miles or use them to fly? If so you were in the game but just in another area!

I am curious, as those who know me would expect, to see how many people get the miles in 7 weeks from now, how many glitches there will be in the system, and how many customer service issues will come of it.

I look forward to doing battle if need be... it is 10k after all, and I did it for 4 family members w/ DL accts. Good luck to those who did this, and as said before, I printed out copies of each page of the survey so if anyone needs them to later try to show they did this and back up other proof of doing it you may have, it may help so you can ask me to fax it to you. First see what happens in 7 weeks, and then we will try that option if needed.

;)MM

Of course we could always use the confirmed email that says we won 10K miles for proof, right? You need to be a little more optimistic about these things. Those of us that have confirmed emails have nothing to worry about. Why would you be looking forward to battling with Delta? Most of us hate chasing miles, it looks like you welcome controversy. :rolleyes:

CF

Of course we could always use the confirmed email that says we won 10K miles for proof, right? You need to be a little more optimistic about these things. Those of us that have confirmed emails have nothing to worry about. Why would you be looking forward to battling with Delta? Most of us hate chasing miles, it looks like you welcome controversy. :rolleyes:

CF

well you can be as cynical as some of the other naysayers I have met in this place (and most are not, but there are some indeed) but I tend to find that most promos have issues. many work for me all the time, and I did get the confirmation emails, but the difference between you and I is quite obvious now: I care about those who did the deal and somehow did NOt get the email.
They I will assist or suggest ideas to. I think you should do the same--and begin by not suggesting you know what I want just because we all know there WILL be people who were left out in the cold on this deal without real reason.

the conf email had errors in it for sure, meaning, some should have gotten it that did not. We were lucky. Does that make them losers? gee, I hope not, because if it happens to you, it would say the same thing.

I will help my fellow FTer.
:)MM

well you can be as cynical as some of the other naysayers I have met in this place (and most are not, but there are some indeed) but I tend to find that most promos have issues. many work for me all the time, and I did get the confirmation emails, but the difference between you and I is quite obvious now: I care about those who did the deal and somehow did NOt get the email.
They I will assist or suggest ideas to. I think you should do the same--and begin by not suggesting you know what I want just because we all know there WILL be people who were left out in the cold on this deal without real reason.

the conf email had errors in it for sure, meaning, some should have gotten it that did not. We were lucky. Does that make them losers? gee, I hope not, because if it happens to you, it would say the same thing.

I will help my fellow FTer.
:)MM

What in the heck are you saying: "...as cynical as some other naysayers..." :confused: I said "be optimistic". I have FAITH that Delta WILL give the miles. You are the cynical naysayer, you are figuring that we will not get the miles, and you're looking forward to doing battle. You need to read a dictionary and get off the endorphins. You will help your fellow flyertalker with screenshots from your play... almost fraud, but I see what you're saying. I don't think we were LUCKY to get the email. All that followed through did get it, at least all 20 or so people that I know did. The only reason people would not have got the confirmation email is because they failed to click on the final page. I almost did it myself, but caught it right before I went to another site. It was easy to miss, so that's why some got it and others didn't.

I didn't want to get into a pissing match with you on the subject, so this will be my last squirt:

You say above, "...but I tend to find that most promos have issues. many work for me all the time..." :confused:

and

1) You are looking forward to doing battle; 2) you are willing to give someone else your game play and pass it off as they're own.

I can clearly see the difference between you and I now. :D

CF

What in the heck are you saying... CF

Gosh, I hate having to defend myself because someone thinks I did fraud and decides to broadcast that in a live public forum without totally understanding the direction I am heading. Well, that happens in here a lot but what can ya do?... We will have to chaulk it up as a possible miscommincation error.

Look, I don't want to get into a pissing match with you or anyone either. I think from the outside, it is both of us who appear to be cynical or ready to do battle--with each other! So this post is going to be not directed at you anymore, and I am done playing against another FTer in this way. This was supposed to be a freakin' Delta game with a lot of points at stake! I want to have us both un-angrily post at each other, and go forward from here without any more of this, ok?

Ok. I figured we'd both agree on that. I mean, let's not argue and bicker over who killed who.

I am also having no endorphin rush. I am also not passing off info suggesting that my data belongs to someone else who did not particiapte in this promo/

My ideas are simply this:

1) Yes, I too know about 20+/- people who were successful with this and they followed thru.

2) I noted that when doing the ones for my family, you had to click thru to the end and then you should get the email. BUT...

3) In doing the 4 members of my family, some on different PCs at different times of the day, things did not always work out so easily all the time. I found that even when doing everything right, a couple of things did take place:

(A) In one case, the last page never came up when something must have hiccupped in the Internet connection or something, so we saw no email and then had to go back and play the game again. Good thing we thought of doing that. I bet many people did not think of that.

(B) In one person's play, we did everything correctly, noticed no problems, and yet we found no email at the end, so we played again. There was no reason for this person to fail and they had gained all 10k miles in the game, but it did fail and so by playing again. To do this, we reset it for that player because the game allowed you to do this. You could play as many times as you like so we guessed this would work. Got the email after the second time but it did take a bit longer to show up. And that could have been Yahoo's fault in receiving it, but one never knows.

(C) Experience with previous promos of this nature shows me that you must print things out and keep records of them just in case--at least until you see your miles post. I have gone further and offed to share info with other people who did this legitimately. I would be sharing the parts that all of us would have seen, which are the scenes of the game itself or a copy of my email or the initial sign in page where one would have put in DL data.

Now, maybe that action alone is something a person does when they worry too much or something, but I know things can go wrong. Many things work for me (showing that I do have successes and do have luck with this crap, and many things fail or have issue that involve faxes or phone calls to airlines. I HOPE they don't, I play miles games on the premise that they won't, but it is almost funny (in a sarcastic way) that nearly every promo is laced with many things that just plain fail for many people for no reason at all. For this, I look forward to solving the issue for others or myself in case that does occur. Not to say others cannot take care of themselves, but I find most people rely on these things too much and when something does happen, they have nothing to show for it. That's a shame. I think marketers make mistakes but I also think people should keep records of things. If I were running the DL promo, I might not fault someone 10,000 miles if they happen to not keep good records, but I think it is a good idea to do so because that is how much one could lose in this case. (I think a great promo would be to see how many people do keep records, hence proving loyalty to the airline somehow). I think we should be able to rely a bit more on this stuff and I do not think it is wrong to complain when you did not receive the email. I do not assume that always means that the USER must have done something wrong. It's not always user error!

Example:

Let's say your own sister does everything correct on this promo on time and in full. She prints nothing out figuring that she should naturally get the miles in 8 weeks. Then 8 weeks pass and even though she did it all, she gets nothing. When she finally reaches the right person at Delta, they say, "Ok, sis, just fax in something from the promo." She has nothing to show them though. Then you come over and say, "What, you didn’t get the email? Did you print this page out?" (You show her the first page of the promo where you first sign in, and you happened to print that out with your details in it before hitting submit). She says, "No, what email?" Or, worse, yet, she HAS the email but still gets nothing! Could happen. Happens with Kellogg’s, Mypoints, and countless other big and small gigs I won't both mentioning in here because this post is getting too long anyway. But you get the idea... She has to show DL something showing she did something for them to do anything for her. If they have something from her, they can at least try to help her. A note or letter may help as well. Maybe it won’t help, but it's worth a try! (And how many times have we been lucky and gifted to run into a nice CSR who says, "well, I see you have been thru a mess of a time with this one, so I will just credit you a couple thou anyway..." Could happen, has happened, and probably will. I am not saying people should abuse this, but man, if you did the promo and think you should get the miles, then by all means, fight for them! If you are nice to the CSR when doing so, it may pay off! If you have the pieces of the promo you need to do this, you are a step ahead in that process.)

What I am suggesting is that people simply need the guts of the game they actually played--further proof that any of us could have seen when doing this--that show we did something. A copy of the email from another member even, would show DL that you knew what should have come, and so they should look for your copy on file. A copy of the play pages (which changed slightly when doing the game again and again, but were generally the same basic questions and layout) would show DL that you had the savvy to print the guts of this stuff out and thus, would also show these people have been paying as much attention to this as you did it.... They don't need to know that someone did not really keep their copy, especially if his copy and her copy are basically showing the same thing.

My email and my initial sign up page are different, but the guts of the game--the steps of all screenshots along the way--are universally the same for everyone who played it! THAT is what I am printing out here! That is what I am offering up. Copies of the guts. And if someone needs to show what the promo is by also including a copy of the email or the original play sign up page, then that is OK to pass along even if it has my name on it.

THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE AIRLINES HAVE SO MANY PROMOS, THEY OFTEN NEED TO SEE A COPY OF THE VERY THING THE CUSTOMER DOES NOT HAVE IN ORDER TO GET THE PROPER CODE OFF OF IT.

Furthermore, based on previous experience with these things, I strongly believe it all comes down to the theory that DL needs to see who was paying attention to this and who was not. If they see you were paying attention, they will probably be more inclined to manually give you the miles or at least give it an attempt on your behalf. And this would be for people who DID in fact do the promo. I did and so did my family members. We did it all correctly. There is no fraud unless this becomes a mass exodus and involves people who hadn’t even complaining about this stuff in this thread to begin with! I have had 3 people PM me. All of them made it clear that something is wrong in their play of the promo and yet, they claim to have done everything. All of them were mentioning an issue before I ever mentioned any of my possible way through it. Several other people here have had issues as well. They are not fraud-doers but many did not get the email or something. Are we saying they are committing fraud just because they did not know as much as you and I to check and recheck that the email came? NO! Am I committing fraud just because I am helping people on understanding why it is necessary to print things out and being prepared to fax to Delta? No. You seem to have something inside telling you to check and to be more in tune with this stuff... Isn't my version just another version of that gut feeling or experienced method of doing promos? I say it is.

The saying, "you pick your battles" is used when someone decides to pursue these sorts of things. 10,000 DL miles is worth fighting for if, in fact, one did plan to receive those miles. Yes, this one was free and dropped on our lap with less effort than most, but should that automatically invalidate the needs or concerns of the many people who did not win the game? Not at all. These people, we have to believe, did everything we did. It's as if the fact they did not keep records is why they have the problem to begin with. I wonder if that is Murphy's Law or cynicism? I dunno which, but I am offering to help if it is needed and it costs me nothing. To know that something will go wrong with some people's promos here is not cynical... that's just knowing how many miles things work. I do think it is a battle we will have to fight. I don't necessarily think you and I will have to do battle with DL, but certainly, many others may have to. And yes, I look forward to it if it should come. If the airline screws up my 4 family members and I can show them I did everything correctly, and if it screws up the games some other friendly posters in here played, then we will be able to show them we have done this game by faxing things in.

For all posters reading this thread, I regret if all of this got into a pissing match. I am just trying to help. I am going to assume now that CF is attempting the same thing from here on out. But let's not blame each other anymore. For those missing pieces of this puzzel, I am NOT inclined to say, "you lose!" and I will fax pieces if needed, but the advice in life is to keep records of everything you do--if the results really might matter in the long run! This is not a bad thing to practice. I am sure most FTers would agree but many won't publically admit it. I do.

:)MM

Anyone else totally exhuasted? :rolleyes:

mike

SHUT IT! . . .

Can we all get 10,000 miles if we write a 2,000 word theme?

SHUT IT! @:-)

(that's basically what I had been saying in my long posts too, and later the other person and I PMd with all things worked out)

Now back to the 10k miles please.
;)MM

Anyone get miles yet?

8 weeks. so about 6+ to go...

waiting...waiting...waiting....waiting...waiting.. ..waiting....

Oh my...its sounds like the ATL airport!

Mine posted this morning:

Date Description Miles Bonus Miles Total Miles
27 Dec 2004 DASH TO GATE 0 10000 10000
*
Yes, I did receive a confirmation email after I played.

Got it this morning.


27 Dec 2004 DASH TO GATE 0 10000 10000


And I did NOT get the email confirming I was getting the miles.

Mine posted this morning:

Date Description Miles Bonus Miles Total Miles
27 Dec 2004 DASH TO GATE 0 10000 10000
*
Yes, I did receive a confirmation email after I played.

Same here

I DID receive email confirmation after playing but did NOT receive miles today as others have. Will give it a little time but hope this isn't a bad sign.

I DID receive email confirmation after playing but did NOT receive miles today as others have. Will give it a little time but hope this isn't a bad sign.
Same here... :(

I'm one of those who DID NOT receive confirmation email BUT GOT THE MILES TODAY. SWEET!

Wow! This additional 10,000 miles gives me a total of 40,000 since Aug. 04 without even stepping onto a Delta flight! The other 30K were from the Intercontinental Hotel deal.

27 Dec 2004 DASH TO GATE 0 10000 10000

Thanks again to FlyerTalk and jakeryan1 ^

Posted for both me and my daughter, but not my wife. We all got e-mail confirmation.

posted for mom and self, did not check wife's yet as I left her DL number at home.

wow! even me, the skeptic has to say this was a great gig! 10k posted in like 2 weeks, not 8!

got 41+k now and it was all because of this, the DL thread on Priority Club and al the transfers involving that nice little promo from several months ago.
That's gonna be one cheap ticket to Europe when i reach 50k!

:)MM

i also got the conf emails for everybody

Mine have just arrived too! I checked in response to this thread. They had not arrived when I checked at 1AM EST last night. Now I'm in the same position as Detouring above + in Sep. I got a refund of 5K+ miles I had donated last year to HeroMiles = 0 to 45K since Sep. 01 :) ! :-:

Also, I played for my friend Tommy. I just checked & he got his today, too!
Merry Christmas to all from the Delta Santa Claus! ;)

I got mine today also. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth....but this was uncharacteristically painless and generous for Delta.

My husband, my daughter & I all received our 10,000. Hers took a couple of hours longer, for some reason.

Mine posted this morning:

Date Description Miles Bonus Miles Total Miles
27 Dec 2004 DASH TO GATE 0 10000 10000
*
Yes, I did receive a confirmation email after I played.

I got both email confirmation and miles. ^

I got mine today also. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth....but this was uncharacteristically painless and generous for Delta.

indeed it was! Now, to redeem these miles, they'll put you on a flight with their sub partner, COMM AIR!

hope not!

SHUT IT! @:-)

(that's basically what I had been saying in my long posts too, and later the other person and I PMd with all things worked out)

Now back to the 10k miles please.

;)MM

Actually, he PMed me and said he was sorry it got into a pissing match and I responded with "Me too". That was it, not sure what he meant by "all things worked out" because I still disagree with what was posted.

Now to call Delta... I'm soooooo mad that my miles posted this early, what ever happend to 8 weeks??? ;)

CF

Actually, he PMed me and said he was sorry it got into a pissing match and I responded with "Me too". That was it, not sure what he meant by "all things worked out" because I still disagree with what was posted.

Now to call Delta... I'm soooooo mad that my miles posted this early, what ever happend to 8 weeks??? ;)

CF

Hey CF, I did mean that you and I had PMd and worked out the fact we should not be in a pissing match. I know we may dissagree on some posts but that's fine. I am not upset. And I know we may dissagree about some things in my post so I did not mean to imply that this was what was worked out... But I more recently posted my shut it comment to the other three people who later posted being nothing but wiseguys. I think they were out of line. It didnt even involve them and maybe they just did it because they have nothing better to do. Whatever. That's who I said Shut it to. Not you. I just hope they got all their miles too. Whatever.

Anyway, all that aside, I seems to have been proven wrong on some of my original gripe anyway, seeing as how many people have reported the miles have come in! I am glad we got these miles so quickly! (Well, I have not checked my wife's account yet)

I like how you said you are soooo mad that the miles came EARLY!
(;)) Now I have no cause to fight for too, I guess. :(

I think there will certainly be people in here who, despite doing things correctly, will have problems with their miles posting now or in 5 more weeks. In that case, they hopefully have a way to talk to DL and get some resolution. If not, my offer to fax commonly seen pages of the original deal still stands. then, if needed, they can try to ask DL based on what they show them of this deal.

happy holidays.
:)MM

Another data point: I got 10K posted today as well.

I got mine. Mrs. doglover's did not post. 1 for 2.

Got mine! Thanks for cross-posting ^ ^ ^ - never would have seen it on Delta board.

3 for 3.
my wife's posted and we have 10k each.

My miles posted today! how nice!

~icorproadie

4 for 4 :D :D :D :D

Thank You to all who discovered and promoted this great promotion.


4 for 4 :D :D :D :D

Thank you! Mine and DH posted today ^

Thank you! Mine and DH posted today ^

Designated Hitter :confused:

This was the easiest 10k I have ever received. What a great find!

I did not get a confirmation e-mail, but my miles posted today. (Sadly, I was one of the unfortunate souls who got less than 10k miles even though we answered all questions correctly and got the bonuses -- I'm still happy with my 7500 miles, though!)

-Sabrina

My 10,000 miles posted today also. Thanks again for the person who posted the promotion.

Rex
US Navy

Posted today too :)

Now what can one do with a total of 10,500 DL miles?

Posted today too :)

Now what can one do with a total of 10,500 DL miles?
Be a good friend and transfer those miles into another DL acct.(think you have to do this prior to 12/31).

Be a good friend and transfer those miles into another DL acct.(think you have to do this prior to 12/31).


Mine posted today as well, but with expiration of Dec 31, 2004. :(

Mine posted today as well, but with expiration of Dec 31, 2004. :(
So, find a friend with DL miles or call DL and possibly ask for an extension. You still have time to transfer those miles.

Designated Hitter :confused:

Dear Husband

Dear Husband


Ah :o


:D

Posted today too :)

Now what can one do with a total of 10,500 DL miles?

Wait for their next promotion -- I've gotten 21,000 miles from their promotions without having flown them once, and they were easy miles. Just remember to make a purchase through their shopping portal every once in a while to keep the miles active. Actually, I'm thinking of taking a few flights with them to get to 25K miles so I can get a free ticket. Alternatively, get their credit card and buy all your groceries, gas and stamps with it. With double miles, you can get to 25K fairly quickly.

I did not get a confirmation e-mail, but my miles posted today. (Sadly, I was one of the unfortunate souls who got less than 10k miles even though we answered all questions correctly and got the bonuses -- I'm still happy with my 7500 miles, though!)

-Sabrina



My 7000 miles posted today. I did get a confirmation email but it said only "you have earned skymiles" and did not give a number. The highest score I received was 7000 with all right answers and I did retry several times (with and without taking the shortcut). I was not able to play again for my other half - the game had ended even though I tried right after finishing my play. So I received 7000 and my other half nothing- oh well. I am really happy with the 7000 miles but I am a bit envious of those who not only received 10K for themselves but also for their whole family. Luck of the draw.

I still check the "dash to the gate" site every time I log on. It still says that the game will reopen soon. Are others still checking it out regularly?

TF

Wait for their next promotion -- I've gotten 21,000 miles from their promotions without having flown them once, and they were easy miles. Just remember to make a purchase through their shopping portal every once in a while to keep the miles active. Actually, I'm thinking of taking a few flights with them to get to 25K miles so I can get a free ticket. Alternatively, get their credit card and buy all your groceries, gas and stamps with it. With double miles, you can get to 25K fairly quickly.

it is obvious to me that DL is simply trying to get us to do exactly what you say you will do! And that is good. Hence, good marketing with great promos works very nicely! They are also in partnership with those who allow transfer such as Points.com who could allow one to transfer 10k miles to some other person for a fee. Also good even if the fees are a bit hefty. I am actually considering this even though many here may know me as one to not necessarily like points.com for other reasons. BUT my wife, who flew Delta once in 4 years, now has only 10k and change, and I have 41k. If we transfer her 10k from this promo over to my DL account, we would have enough for one trip to Amsterdam. A ticket to fly there can cost anywhere between $250-$700 RT depending on the time of year.

It may just be worth spending money on the transfer!
On the otherhand, those who mention this game could come back have gotten me thinking I should hold out.

Now I have to play a new game:
When to make the choice on whether to pay to transfer miles or play the game again if it comes in due time. (I have my idine and flight and CC things already set up in other areas and for other airlines of equal importance so I do very little with DL...)

Need to book something for the early summer using miles on DL and partner airlines for 2 to AMS (expensive peak time) and so who can tell me anything about the frequency of this game offer?

:)MM

Thank you, all 4 of our 10k's posted. In time to do a 10k transfer in this calendar year so another one can be done early 2005.

My 10,000 posted 12/27. Thanks again for initial post and also for the updates (I'd been on vacation and forgotten all about it -- pleasant surprise).

Got my 10k also on 12/27 :)

They posted--great promo.

They posted--great promo.

Same here. Thanks everyone.

I'm one of those who DID NOT receive confirmation email BUT GOT THE MILES TODAY. SWEET!

My husband & myself didn't get the email either but miles posted 12/27. YEAH!

From this thread (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383900&page=26&pp=15) in the Delta Forum:

I wonder who's going to the be the first to complain that they posted them much more quickly than the 6-8 weeks promised causing them to post in 2004 instead of 2005 and shorting them out of 12 months of extended expiration?

DING DING DING, we have a winner ...


Now to call Delta... I'm soooooo mad that my miles posted this early, what ever happend to 8 weeks???

;)

miles posted!

My 10,000 miles posted today. Thanks to OP for cross posting and to gleff for including the information on his fabulous travel blog.

Regards,
Stevekoe

Miles posted!! :D

4 x 10K miles posted for me, wife, and kids. Thank you Delta! Easiest 40K ever, even better than the 4 x 7500 miles for using UA partners last December.

I tried this promotion using both mine and my wife's account. I got a confirmation email, but she didn't. I checked my mileage today, and I got the 10k miles, but she didn't.

Oh well, a free 10k is still pretty good...

My husband and I each reached the 10K level. No confirmation email and no miles yet.

My #1 son got 7K, a confirmation and the actual miles. I fooled around trying to get his prize up to 10K and missed doing the contest for son #2.

I did save hard copies of all our results. Is anyone going to pursue trying to get the miles posted or since it was free do we all just roll over?

My husband and I each reached the 10K level. No confirmation email and no miles yet.

My #1 son got 7K, a confirmation and the actual miles. I fooled around trying to get his prize up to 10K and missed doing the contest for son #2.

I did save hard copies of all our results. Is anyone going to pursue trying to get the miles posted or since it was free do we all just roll over?

you know my answer already.
Delta's promo dept can probably be found by calling CS and asking where to fax what. Then a short note plus your printouts of everything may help you. I have copies of all pages as well and would gladly fax to you or anyone any of the commonly seen pages from this promo that may be needed to further support similar occurances throughout. These pages would have been experienced by everybody who did this even if you had no printout of it, from the fill in page to the email.

;)MM
Happy new year!

bobmann, did you get the fax?

MM: somehow I knew you would be supportive of me and others to get every mile due! Thanks as always and Happy New Year! :D

We all got ours ...30000. Now what to do with Delta Miles?

Online account shows that the miles posted on Dec 27 2004.

But the account page also shows:
SkyMiles Mileage Expiration 31 Dec 2004

Shouldn't this have reset the expiration?

consider donating them for tsunami aid! You will find that Delta actually has the program that seems to make the most sense, at least at first glance. Here is a thread about it:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=384712

and here is Randy's post outlining what each airline/program is currently doing:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/announcement.php?f=370&announcementid=57

Hello. I tried going to the original post but somehow Flyertalk lost it! Could someone please put up the website? I need to keep my Skymiles account from expiring! :confused:

Hello. I tried going to the original post but somehow Flyertalk lost it! Could someone please put up the website? I need to keep my Skymiles account from expiring! :confused:

Quick, order a magazine subscription using your miles 2 pay!

Hello. I tried going to the original post but somehow Flyertalk lost it! Could someone please put up the website? I need to keep my Skymiles account from expiring! :confused:
Original post didn't work for me either, so I went to the Delta Forum and copied the link from there.

Looks like we are too late. :(
http://www.delta.com/dashtothegate

Original post didn't work for me either, so I went to the Delta Forum and copied the link from there.

Looks like we are too late. :(
http://www.delta.com/dashtothegate


original post about the delta dash to the gate would be found in the...

DELTA FORUM!

(hence, the title of this post is cross post, indicating that the OP thought it was such a great gig, it deserved to be escalated beyond just one airline's forum...

So I looked and there is was:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383900

Dec 9, 04, 3:46 pm #1
jakeryan1

Free 10,000 Miles

-----------------

Sorry if this is a repost, did a search, didnt find anything.

http://www.delta.com/dashtothegate

Free 10,000 Miles for playing a game and answering few questions. It seems to be open to all.

-j


...and of course, you will notice that the link from DL now states that the game is over, which is why I printed out all the pages of my offer before the link of the same offer was changed. Web links do that, which is why saving them often does not work. Moderators and airlines change links. In the case of FT, it appears the moderator simply cut ties to the link to the DL forum seeing as how the offer is no longer valid. That is a logical move. Changing links is not a bad thing, but because of it, people need to remember to print out what was on the link the day they visited it. When I first saw this offer, I not only also found this original source, but also printed out all the pieces of the entire thing and then ever page of the game. If you wish to have copies of it to show what you had done (assuming you had done the game but need to now fax to DL and prove it) then perhaps I could send to you.

PM me.
:)MM

It's hard to believe I actually received the 30K points (4 accounts). My 2 1/2 year old is getting close to her first award!

Has Delta ever done a "dash to the gate" game before?

Me. my wife, and son all recieved our 10,000 miles postred on Dec 27.

my 10,000 also posted on 12/27! This is the easiest free ticket I ever got, I got 15,000 miles a few months ago for getting the cc, then 10,000 for dash to the gate. ==== FREE TICKET!! woo-hoo!