Originally Posted by dhuey
As someone above pointed out, if this promotion makes such sense at 10k miles, why pull the plug so quickly (seems like not even 48 hrs.)? Just keep building up that goodwill for the next few weeks!
Of course, by then Delta would have given away more miles than its computers could tabulate.
.... perhaps there was a pre-defined limit set by the sponsors for their liability and it was hit quickly.