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Jan 12, 2014 | 1:10 pm

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Adam1222

Join Date: Jul 2009

Location: Washington, DC

Programs: DL PM; Hilton Dia; Marriott Titanium/LT Gold

Posts: 8,479

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Originally Posted by Agremeister

So I've ended up signing up for Delta SkyMiles because a different trip I am taking to Europe on them should help earn miles. I decided that with the miles transferring between Delta, Virgin, KLM, and AF that it was going to be plenty useful, and the miles from the earlier trip would likely outweigh any advantages the other programs were offering.

Thanks for the help everyone, and I look forward to many exciting trip reports and travel stories in the near future.

Eep! Remember you can't actually *transfer* miles, you can redeem on those airlines though. For transatlantic flights, there is very limited availability on Air France and there are higher fees related to Virgin Atlantic miles. There are very few low mile redemption opportunities on Delta, you'll see people referring to Skymiles as "Skypesos."

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