Question on new SM number format
Jul 19, 2011, 2:25 pm
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Question on new SM number format
I did a search and didn't see anything about this. I know for 20+ years Delta issued FF/SM numbers that started with a 2 and were 10 digits (in my family we have numbers starting with 208, 217, 229, 255). And I've heard the early DL FF numbers started with a zero, and the carried over Pan Am ones started with 4000.
Today I enrolled two children in SM, and both got 10-digit numbers that start with 930. Anybody know when DL ended the 2 series and went to 9? I created an account for someone right around the time of the merger, and I recall it was still a 2-series number. Was this something that came from NW after the merger? Just curious.
Today I enrolled two children in SM, and both got 10-digit numbers that start with 930. Anybody know when DL ended the 2 series and went to 9? I created an account for someone right around the time of the merger, and I recall it was still a 2-series number. Was this something that came from NW after the merger? Just curious.
Jul 19, 2011, 2:44 pm
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I did a search and didn't see anything about this. I know for 20+ years Delta issued FF/SM numbers that started with a 2 and were 10 digits (in my family we have numbers starting with 208, 217, 229, 255). And I've heard the early DL FF numbers started with a zero, and the carried over Pan Am ones started with 4000.
Today I enrolled two children in SM, and both got 10-digit numbers that start with 930. Anybody know when DL ended the 2 series and went to 9? I created an account for someone right around the time of the merger, and I recall it was still a 2-series number. Was this something that came from NW after the merger? Just curious.
Today I enrolled two children in SM, and both got 10-digit numbers that start with 930. Anybody know when DL ended the 2 series and went to 9? I created an account for someone right around the time of the merger, and I recall it was still a 2-series number. Was this something that came from NW after the merger? Just curious.
Jul 19, 2011, 4:31 pm
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Jul 19, 2011, 9:32 pm
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I kind of miss the 2xxxxxxxxx format that counted up through the years. I could almost pinpoint the year that someone joined SM by the number.
Jul 20, 2011, 11:27 am
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Mine is 10 digits and starts with 22
I merged my old NW account with the Delta account. Pretty scary that I still remember my NW number.
I merged my old NW account with the Delta account. Pretty scary that I still remember my NW number.
Jul 20, 2011, 11:51 am
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Jul 20, 2011, 11:56 am
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Jul 20, 2011, 12:30 pm
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Jul 20, 2011, 12:49 pm
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Original NW numbers, or maybe NC/Republic numbers were 9 digits and mine led with 022. My DL number is 10 digits and begins with 200 -- and it dates back many years. My NW miles just rolled into my old DL account
Jul 20, 2011, 12:52 pm
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My number starts with 100X, fairly certain I got it in the mid-80s. I think I also got one when they converted my PanAm account into a Delta account, but later merged the two Delta accounts into one.
Mrs. TrojanTraveler got hers in the 90s, and it starts 20X.
Mrs. TrojanTraveler got hers in the 90s, and it starts 20X.