Originally Posted by
mersk862
This is just another case of something that's positive to some people, but of little consequence to FlyerTalk - definitely not worth slamming Delta over because there are plenty of people out there that will find benefit in this.
For the uninformed, yes they will find benefit. Or for someone who started a thread recently (can't remember if it was here or another forum) about whether to use 25K miles or pay $288 for a ticket. Seems to me that is obvious. But I can see someone paying $84 for 3,000 SkyMiles. Then doing that 8 times and saying, "Wow, I have enough miles now for a 'free' ticket."
It is to idiots like this who Delta is marketing to.
(from above):
$84 x 8 = $672 = 24,000 SkyMiles
$28 x 1 = $28 = 1,000 SkyMiles
Total: $700 for 25K SkyMiles