Okay I prepared this chart but decided not to post it until there was yet one more thread with the confusion "why are my million miler miles so low compared to my lifetime miles?"

We (now) have 5 balances to track on our Delta accounts (not counting SkyBonus). So it's understandable why there would be confusions. Lifetime Miles are rather new to Delta folk while NW people know them well. AA people can't understand miles from shopping NOT contributing to million miler status.

I think I covered most everything but I'm sure I must have missed something. Here goes..