#1
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: TOL/ATL
Programs: PC Plat. Ambassador, DL PM
Posts: 401
Delta Eliminates SkyMiles Expiration
#2
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: VA
Programs: DL PM, AA GLD, HH GVIP, SPG GP, PC PLT, Nat'l. Exec., ML +3
Posts: 517
no more expiring SkyMiles :)
Good news in my inbox this morning: Delta has decided to eliminate SM expiration.
https://www.delta.com/skymiles/about...ates/index.jsp
I noticed a few other updates on the above page as well, most notably that GM is STE+ after 3/1/11.
#3
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: AVL
Programs: AA/BA/DL/US Air
Posts: 324
Just confirmed this on
Delta's site too.
Last edited by ncvet61; Feb 15, 11 at 8:45 am ..
Reason: added link
#4
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: IAH/HOU
Programs: SPG Plat
Posts: 218
Just received an email with the same. Great change, though worried what changes will come to offset it!
#5
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Volusia County, FL
Posts: 103
Sounds good to me, though it hasn't been an issue.
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#6
Join Date: Dec 2005
Programs: Delta FO, AA, US
Posts: 925
Very interesting ... I wonder if they will increase the value of miles, or further devalue the skymiles due to hoarding.
#7
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Washington, D.C.
Programs: UA Premier 1K: DL GM, MM; CO Plat Emeritus; NW Plat Emeritus
Posts: 2,925
I'd guess that the people who account for the bulk of the most miles (like us!) never have them expire anyway.
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#8
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: HSV
Programs: DL DM, Hilton Diamond, Priority Platinum, Avis First ;)
Posts: 4,499
Looks like the expiration date information has already been removed from the account information at delta.com.
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If
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#9
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: DL PM, AA LT PLT, SPG Plat, Hyatt Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 2,491
this is good news... not that hard to keep from expiring, but I manage accounts for Me, Mrs MA, Master MA and Miss MA and this will certainly help.
My guess is the new CO/UA mix will retain's CO's old policy, leaving US/AA in the dark (as always
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#10
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: PHX/CGK, Hilton Gold, Priority Club Royal Ambassador, Hyatt Diamond, AS, CO, Hertz #1 Gold, DL Silver, HA Gold
Posts: 15,378
I'd say that DL has already eliminated billions of FF mileage during the merger, so have probably gotten rid of much of the dead weight. I know a few people with over 500K in mileage that expired in the last couple of years, because they couldn't find low mileage, and were waiting until they could. Whoops.
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#11
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: SEA
Programs: DL PM
Posts: 404
Quote:
Last year, frequent flyers redeemed more than 264 billion miles in the SkyMiles program for more than 12 million award redemptions
Huh? That's an average of 22k/redemption.
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#12
Join Date: Jul 2010
Programs: DL PM, AA mile collector, ex-CO lover b4 UA, SPG, Marriott Silver
Posts: 260
Very nice change indeed, especially for the non-FT casual flyers. I just got the e-mail as well.
#13
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: LAX + JFK
Programs: AA EXP, Delta Gold
Posts: 102
Quote:
Originally Posted by
discstickers
Huh? That's an average of 22k/redemption.
I wonder if they're counting Marketplace, MFU redemptions, etc., not just flights.
#14
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 4,245
I really do not understand why they did that. Breakage has traditionally been a decent moneymaker, why do something that mostly benefits kettles?
#15
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: EWR
Programs: UA Premier Gold, HH Silver, MR Silver
Posts: 294
I love when airlines take things away and then slowly give them back touting to be "the only major U.S. carrier" with this feature. Now that I stopped flying DL, I look forward to hanging on to my miles until DL becomes "the only major U.S. carrier" to have domestic roundtrip award flights available for 25,000 miles.
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