Originally Posted by
El Boocho
Delta miles are worth less than Amex points so I wouldn't transfer them on spec.
If you find a flight with a good redemption the transfer might make sense.
2 options to accumulate miles:
- get a delta amex CC with sign up bonus and start spending
- get on a bunch of planes
this (highlighted) is generally regarded as the biggest issue w SkyMiles and is a big part of why they're widely disparaged as SkyPesos
that said, my son recently got a one-way SJC-SEA in F ($249 equivalent) less than a week out for 13500 miles, so unicorns aren't entirely extinct (for comparison, coach on the same flight was $179 or 9500 miles) ... whether you or anyone else would consider this a good redemption or not, though, isn't up to me