Changing Country of Residence in the Post-MQD Era (Definitive)
May 28, 2015, 11:44 pm
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Took them 4 or 5 days after faxing in the info, but they made the change to my home address on my profile (but I was never notified).
Does anyone know: will Delta only email the credentials to the primary address on the account? I'm in a country that has no real postal service to speak of, and so it would be advantageous to have it sent to a U.S. address to pick up when I'm back.
Does anyone know: will Delta only email the credentials to the primary address on the account? I'm in a country that has no real postal service to speak of, and so it would be advantageous to have it sent to a U.S. address to pick up when I'm back.
May 29, 2015, 10:46 am
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Took them 4 or 5 days after faxing in the info, but they made the change to my home address on my profile (but I was never notified).
Does anyone know: will Delta only email the credentials to the primary address on the account? I'm in a country that has no real postal service to speak of, and so it would be advantageous to have it sent to a U.S. address to pick up when I'm back.
Does anyone know: will Delta only email the credentials to the primary address on the account? I'm in a country that has no real postal service to speak of, and so it would be advantageous to have it sent to a U.S. address to pick up when I'm back.
May 29, 2015, 3:26 pm
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For me, I switched to AA/US and haven't looked back. Just burning all my miles with DL.
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May 29, 2015, 4:07 pm
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May 29, 2015, 4:42 pm
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This may be a case of "getting the customers they deserve".
I am curious when DL will be found negligent for mishandling customer information it demands for customers' international address changes.
May 30, 2015, 8:24 am
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Changing Country of Residence in the Post-MQD Era (Definitive)
I don't buy into the big bad corporation line. That being said, I have family in Canada and could easily "prove" residence there but I don't need to at this point. if my travel and spending changes I would easily consider doing it to take as much advantage of the program as I can and would not be phased in the least by the snoot's calling me a cheater
May 30, 2015, 9:28 am
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I have a feeling that if most of your itineraries began and ended in BOS or JFK, and few of them were to Canada, Delta would be very suspicious of your Canadian residency.
May 30, 2015, 1:45 pm
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(at least TPAC I have seen this actually cheaper to the extent that one SEA based DM has driven up there and began TPAC flights out of YVR to save 300-400 USD.)
Similarly for TATL
YTO-LON
LON-NYC-YTO
(assuming there were any cost savings.)
May 30, 2015, 2:29 pm
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Lots of frequent US travelers who are resident outside of the U.S. have many/most/all of their (post-expatriation) domestic US itineraries beginning and ending where they or their employer/clients are domiciled in the U.S.
May 30, 2015, 8:03 pm
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Obviously if I decide to fly a Korean Air flight from ICN - HKG and credit to KE FF as opposed to DL because DL sees KE as a low partner (barely any miles accrual), it shouldn't be anyone's problem of my choice.
May 31, 2015, 7:00 am
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I think Delta would get suspicious and want additional verification of where you live. (This is assuming that you made the address change after MQDs were announced. Before then, not only was there no advantage in having a foreign address it was actually a disadvantage as you received no targeted promos. I doubt that Delta would bother verifying the foreign address of anyone who has had it in his records for years.)
May 31, 2015, 8:31 am
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I think Delta would get suspicious and want additional verification of where you live. (This is assuming that you made the address change after MQDs were announced. Before then, not only was there no advantage in having a foreign address it was actually a disadvantage as you received no targeted promos. I doubt that Delta would bother verifying the foreign address of anyone who has had it in his records for years.)
May 31, 2015, 8:35 am
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PMNW was more generous in lounge access for those with addresses in Japan.
At some point, residents of Hawaii were given upgrade certs that were valid on any fare to the mainland IIRC, but I've never heard of anyone having to verify that he/she was a genuine resident of Hawaii.
At some point, residents of Hawaii were given upgrade certs that were valid on any fare to the mainland IIRC, but I've never heard of anyone having to verify that he/she was a genuine resident of Hawaii.