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Old Nov 11, 2020, 7:13 pm
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Gig103
 
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Originally Posted by Dieuwer
Delta and others just slaughtered the Golden Goose.
Do they really think AMEX is going to fork over TENS OF BILLIONS of dollars for nothing? No credit card users = no forking over billions for Skymiles.
The estimate was $7 billion (per this article last year) and was before Covid hit, but I get your point. The more Delta devalues the Skymiles, the less attractive they are as a card and as a transfer partner. But honestly, even among Flyertalkers, are many people are building massive Skymiles balances intentionally using the cards, and not as a side effect from MQM bonuses or MQD waivers? Even when I had an AA card, it was just for the free bags, I never even booked flights on it, and their points have some stronger redemption values than Skyteam.
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