Originally Posted by
Beckles
In general, any time miles are posted to your SkyMiles account from a partner, Delta is getting paid, Delta doesn't really care if the merchant received any revenue for those miles or not, they get paid either way.
I agree. Delta should not care if 1K came from no $ or lots of $. But the might care if the 1K meant the difference between giving someone 12,000 bonus SkyMiles as opposed to 20,000 (19 partners versus 20 partners). Not that I think this will happen. I plan to use a minimum of 22 partners to give me a buffer above the 20-count threshold. YMMV
