MilesBuzz! - Link Delta and Northwest Airlines account for 500 Delta miles

Link (http://www.nwa.com/worldperks/acctlink/) your Northwest and Delta Airlines accounts by March 15, 2009, to earn 500 Delta Airlines miles. This will allow immediate unlimited free transfers of miles between the two programs. Remember that the two programs will merge sometime this year.

If you have only one of these accounts, go ahead and get the other and then link them for the 500 miles.

The right to transfer miles between the accounts could be quite useful for people who don't have enough miles in either account to get the ticket they want, and for people who can get the ticket they want from only one of the two airlines, but need more miles for it in that airline's account.

Thanks, OP!

Much more info and discussion here ...

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta-skymiles/915963-link-nw-dl-accounts.html

Thanks for the info. I'm just wondering if there is any downside to linking the accounts?

Thanks for this info. I was tossing old papers earlier today and one of the things to go into the to be shredded was my NW account info since I was sure there were no miles in the account. Turns out I still had 1000 miles in the account from when I signed up in 2000. This will be a nice 1500 mile bonus for my Delta account.

You can also link to NW World Perks University through the OP's excellent website and pick up another quick 500 NW miles before you do the transfer if you haven't "attended" the University yet. Just click on the link at the bottom of the OP's post and go to Registration and Other Bonuses for Northwest.

You can also link to NW World Perks University through the OP's excellent website and pick up another quick 500 NW miles before you do the transfer if you haven't "attended" the University yet. Just click on the link at the bottom of the OP's post and go to Registration and Other Bonuses for Northwest.

There are also many other opportunites listed on my website below to get free or very cheap Northwest Airlines miles that might disappear after the merger. Particularly good ones are listed on my Other Programs I Like > Dining, on my Credit Cards > Annual Fee Cards > Northwest Airlines and American Express sections (though the first year is free), and on my Finance page. Get to those pages, click on each (important), then do a word search on "Northwest Airlines". Go get them while they last!

There are also many other opportunites listed on my website below to get free or very cheap Northwest Airlines miles that might disappear after the merger. Particularly good ones are listed on my Other Programs I Like > Dining, on my Credit Cards > Annual Fee Cards > Northwest Airlines and American Express sections (though the first year is free), and on my Finance page. Get to those pages, click on each (important), then do a word search on "Northwest Airlines". Go get them while they last!

Are there any worthwhile opportunities that don't require new credit card/bank/brokerage accounts?

Thanks OP! ^
I had been trying to find a way to link before and couldn't. This was helpful, + 500 miles!

thanks. did it tonight.

Thanks OP! ^
I had been trying to find a way to link before and couldn't. This was helpful, + 500 miles!

Does this count as an activity for both NWA and DL to extend the expiration date of miles?

Does this count as an activity for both NWA and DL to extend the expiration date of miles?

Transfers will extend the expiration for NW accounts but will NOT do so for DL accounts.

Transfers will extend the expiration for NW accounts but will NOT do so for DL accounts.

My wife has a NW account that has not had activity for 13 months. I transferred 1 mile to her Delta account then tranferred it back to NW. Voila! New account activity for her. ^

There are also many other opportunites listed on my website below to get free or very cheap Northwest Airlines miles that might disappear after the merger. Particularly good ones are listed on my Other Programs I Like > Dining, on my Credit Cards > Annual Fee Cards > Northwest Airlines and American Express sections (though the first year is free), and on my Finance page. Get to those pages, click on each (important), then do a word search on "Northwest Airlines". Go get them while they last!

US Bank has removed the annual fee for the Worldperks Platinum and Worldperks Visa signature cards for 2009 (effective January 1, 2009). This applies to new applications (the T&C list the annual fee as $0) and to existing cardholder accounts (per US Bank CS). This makes these cards an even better deal. The change is for the year 2009, and who knows what they will do in 2010.

An interesting observation from one of my readers: "On the Delta site it says. 'Link your accounts and transfer your miles before March 15, 2009 and earn 500 bonus miles in your SkyMiles account.' Note the comment about transferring miles. The statement about 'and transfer your miles', only seems to appear on the Delta site as far as I can see and seemingly not in their 'Terms and Conditions' for this promotion."

If you want to be super sure of the 500 miles, you might do a small transfer of miles between the accounts. But this is probably just a typical example of unclear writing on the part of Delta.

Did anyone see the bonus yet? I linked but didn't see a bonus...

I linked a couple weeks ago and haven't seen anything, I seem to remember there being something in the T&C about the mikes not showing up until march

I have an NWA account but no Delta account. Can I open a Delta account and then link the two? I will of course have no miles in the Delta account but am interested to know if just linking will get me the 500 bonus.

My wife has the opposite problem – Delta account but no NWA account. If she opens a NWA can she then link the two and get the 500 bonus?

We do not use these accounts too often but we would like to keep them active.
Thanks.

I have an NWA account but no Delta account. Can I open a Delta account and then link the two? I will of course have no miles in the Delta account but am interested to know if just linking will get me the 500 bonus.

My wife has the opposite problem – Delta account but no NWA account. If she opens a NWA can she then link the two and get the 500 bonus?

We do not use these accounts too often but we would like to keep them active.
Thanks.

Yes, that'll work. I didn't have a NWA account until the other day, now I do and I'll have 500 more skymiles! woohoo!

I linked a couple weeks ago and haven't seen anything, I seem to remember there being something in the T&C about the mikes not showing up until march

From Delta:
Link your accounts and transfer your miles before April 15, 2009 and earn 500 bonus miles in your SkyMiles account. Refer to the terms and conditions for complete details.

Terms & Conditions
Offer: 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 April 15, 2009. Bonus miles will post the member’s SkyMiles account 4-6 weeks following the end of the promotion, April 15, 2009.

:)Now Fixed:
Is anyone else having trouble linking their accounts?
My name appears the same on each.
I know my email, address, and even phone is the same and STILL it claims my name is not the same, so it won't link. I do use first initial and middle name.

I have called twice, and written 3 emails to Delta on this. Agents in the past have stated they can't see the other system's accounts. Is this still true?? Though the 3 email responses are signed by names that appear real, I have gotten form-letter responses, or clear indication that either the person responding either 1) does not use English as their primary language, or 2) frankly can't read for comprehension, as none of them have bothered to even CHECK that my name is the same on both. Two of the responses were so off base as to hardly be called answers.

It tells me to put this in writing (no address given - assume NW Worldperks service center since both now use an NWA page to link the accounts), with a request for a "name change", and further asks me for legal proof of "name change".

*** Fixed: Delta does not have a middle name field for Skymiles. NW WorldPerks does. So if your middle name is in your first name field in DL Skymiles, then you will have to move it there for NW Worldperks also. Then the linking will work.

I opened an NWA account long time ago and really didn't get to accumulate any points. I realized for this promotion, all I have to do is to add a link and I get to add 500 miles to Skymiles which I am accumulating. Also got a 1k bonus by signing up to the dining network as listed in the partner promotions. Next step, sign up for the NWA mall and buy something I need anyway.

Thanks to everyone for the NWA posts.

I opened an NWA account long time ago and really didn't get to accumulate any points. I realized for this promotion, all I have to do is to add a link and I get to add 500 miles to Skymiles which I am accumulating. Also got a 1k bonus by signing up to the dining network as listed in the partner promotions. Next step, sign up for the NWA mall and buy something I need anyway.

Thanks to everyone for the NWA posts.

Do the World Perks University promotions too!

It's amazing there is no fee to do this. An actual FREE benefit being offered by Delta Airlines? Unbelievable!:D

nice to see they extended it another month as I had a few friends that are lazy and didn't do it yet even though I told them a long time ago!

I transferred 25K from NW to DL. It's so easy I'm suspicious. I booked a FC award and it went right through. Even if the 500 mile bonus never shows up this program is still great.:)

but I have not seen it reciprocated by Delta.

is a moot point since they are now linked (i.e., Delta not reciprocating date).

I linked my accounts a few weeks ago...and they are posted now!

500 big ones :)

I linked my accounts a few weeks ago...and they are posted now!

500 big ones :)

Same here. :)

i linked my accounts a few weeks ago...and they are posted now!

500 big ones :)

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9p link acct 0 500 500

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Me too,
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Nice. Mine posted. ^

Do the World Perks University promotions too!

Where is this one?

me too...and shopping bonus 1000!

Where is this one?

See the thread here (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/northwest-worldperks/665831-master-worldperks-university-thread-merged-threads.html).

http://www.nwa.com/worldperks/university/

500 miles is a joke.

lol


Yes, I may have to eventually link my accounts, but to do it for such a small amount, riiight.

Any other Platinums frel the same way? I fly more than 8000 miles a month on average (not including bonus points and matches...)

500 miles is a joke.
The ability to transfer miles back and forth is useful...the 500 miles a bonus.

FTers will fill out surveys for 500 miles, get insurance quotes for 500 miles, etc. This is simple *and useful*.

The ability to transfer miles back and forth is useful...the 500 miles a bonus.

FTers will fill out surveys for 500 miles, get insurance quotes for 500 miles, etc. This is simple *and useful*.
Agreed. I filled out surveys for 250 miles before. Better than nothing, I suppose. :)

500 miles is a joke.

lol


Yes, I may have to eventually link my accounts, but to do it for such a small amount, riiight.

Any other Platinums frel the same way? I fly more than 8000 miles a month on average (not including bonus points and matches...)

For those of us who don't have to actually pay money for flights due to our ability to collect free miles, these small amounts of points help us keep our many airline account active so that our miles are not cancelled.

Link (http://www.nwa.com/worldperks/acctlink/) your Northwest and Delta Airlines accounts by March 15, 2009, to earn 500 Delta Airlines miles.
Now the terms and conditions (http://www.nwa.com/worldperks/acctlink/) state:
4. Promotion Period January 29, 2009 – April 15, 2009

It seems the promo got extended.

For those of us who don't have to actually pay money for flights due to our ability to collect free miles, these small amounts of points help us keep our many airline account active so that our miles are not cancelled.

Warning! These are "bonus miles" and do not extend the expiration of DL Skymiles accounts. Warning!

If I have rewards network bonus waiting to posts, should I hold off on linking until they post?

If I have rewards network bonus waiting to posts, should I hold off on linking until they post?

Don't see why you'd need to wait. As soon as the accounts are linked you can transfer miles back and forth at will. We've already done it 3 or 4 times. :cool:

I went to link my other WP accounts to my SM account and it came back with an error message:

One or both of your accounts is already linked to another account.

So what is the solution for someone who has more than one wp account?

So what is the solution for someone who has more than one wp account?

You need to merge your WP accounts.

the new expiration date seems to be april 30, according to the email i received from WP

Uurrrggghh! I am so obtuse!

I am a PE on NW but only 5k miles on DL. Knew that there was program reciprocity for elite boarding etc., but wanted upgrades on DL. @:-)Transferred 70+k miles to Sky Miles and will see if those upgrades start rolling in......

I linked my accounts a few weeks ago...and they are posted now!

500 big ones :)

If you log in to DL and link and then log in to NW and link, you get 1000 miles! Each airline gives 500 for linking!

If you log in to DL and link and then log in to NW and link, you get 1000 miles! Each airline gives 500 for linking!

Could not get this double dip approach to work. System already recognized the linked accounts so could go no further

Can someone post the link for both 500 pt deals in one thread? I only thought there was one. Thanks.

Could not get this double dip approach to work. System already recognized the linked accounts so could go no further

26 Apr 2009 Adjustment: NWxxxxxxxxx
0 0 -10000
03 Apr 2009 9P SM WP LKBNS
0 500 500
02 Apr 2009 Delta SkyMiles Credit Card GOLD 1ST USE
0 10000 10000
01 Apr 2009 Delta SkyMiles Credit Card - (posted on 02Apr2009)
60 0 60
19 Mar 2009 9P LINK ACCT
0 500 500

I did both when the promo came out, from both websites.
I was not sure if it would work to link, so was just trying it out to link and transfer. You can see I got both credits.
Now I tried again to link and there is no more.

By the way, this happened to me earlier with the 20 % bonus on Amex MR transfers. I signed up on both Amex and Delta websites and got a 40% bonus for the transferred miles!
However, I missed the 150% bonus in Nov by transferring in Sept.
Win some, lose some

I did both when the promo came out, from both websites.
I was not sure if it would work to link, so was just trying it out to link and transfer. You can see I got both credits.

Everyone who linked early on got two postings of 500 miles each.
Explained here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/11548629-post201.html

Is there any reason that someone couldn't do both the NW 25k promo & the Delta 25k promo after linnking their accounts? I don't want to go to all the trouble for NW if I won't get those bonus miles.

Is there any reason that someone couldn't do both the NW 25k promo & the Delta 25k promo after linnking their accounts? I don't want to go to all the trouble for NW if I won't get those bonus miles.

What is the NW promo?
Is it the Amex card?

What is the NW promo?
Is it the Amex card?

i believe it is the new PileOnTheMiles promo

Deadline has been extended again to May 31, 2009 :) !

Linked :) This sure helps my account activity :D

This sure helps my account activity :D
It does NOT count as activity for DL to extend account expiration.

Eeek, thanks soitgoes. Back to the drawing board. In my haste, I read an ealier post but managed to skip yours (your reponse to another poster). Thanks for the reminder. Much appeciated.

I linked on April 18, after the original expiration and before the extension. I still don't have bonus miles posted. How long should I wait before I contact them to ask what happened?

Those things usually take a while (6-8 weeks). I linked accounts on 1/29, I got the first 500 miles on 3/19 and the second 500 miles on 4/3.

I have a question about this.
What is the advantage (besides the 500 bonus miles) of linking the two accounts?
I have no miles in Delta and lots of miles with NWA... Should I transfer them all to Delta or just leave them on NWA? Will they eventually be transferred to Delta anyway?
Thanks