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Direct link at Delta.com: http://www.delta.com/content/dam/delta-www/skymiles/2015-program/2015SMP-award.pdf
New Delta Award Redemption Charts Released
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Of the 44 Award level pricing changes, more than 95% represent decreased mileage requirements.
One can fault DL for citing a narrow metric but that doesn't change the flyer's burden of reading it correctly.
http://www.delta.com/content/dam/del...5SMP-award.pdf
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Been there for a while: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...-released.html
Consensus is that we aren't going to see that many tier 1/2 awards, though...
Consensus is that we aren't going to see that many tier 1/2 awards, though...
Regardless, I think we can all agree the new program makes it HARDER TO EARN.
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I think that remains to be seen. Given the estimate from most people that their mileage earning will drop by about half (ignoring full F/J OPM fliers), that would give DL flexibility to follow through on EASIER TO REDEEM promises, meaning more low tier awards. A 10cpm/125k DM would earn roughly enough for 2 low J r/t awards under the current program (~280k), but only 1 low J under the new program (~140k).
Regardless, I think we can all agree the new program makes it HARDER TO EARN.
Regardless, I think we can all agree the new program makes it HARDER TO EARN.
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US to Central America in Economy - mid-tier (level 3) goes from 60k to 55k, and top-tier goes from 80k to 75k. Anywhere you see a blue cell, it's a decrease. Anywhere you see a dark gray cell, it's an increase.
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For UA international, you are only penalized (more miles) for using partners for premium cabins so it doesn't matter who you use for the overwater carrier when traveling in Y.
I'm trying to make it simpler than it really is because this does not take into account saver vs standard. UA Partners are only available at saver but you may have to pay the standard price if the UA operated segments are only available at the standard level. So in theory it could be a tier 2 if DL withholds the tier 1 seats on their own metal
At least when UA updated the award chart, they were all published at the same time.
I'm trying to make it simpler than it really is because this does not take into account saver vs standard. UA Partners are only available at saver but you may have to pay the standard price if the UA operated segments are only available at the standard level. So in theory it could be a tier 2 if DL withholds the tier 1 seats on their own metal
At least when UA updated the award chart, they were all published at the same time.
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@:-) Maybe less shopping???
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As a simple example, an Amex card holder spending $12500 gets 25000 miles (assuming exclusive use for DL purchases). A DM flyer earns almost the same 25000 miles by flying JFK-SFO round trip twice, at an off peak cost of perhaps $700. ie: It's much, much easier to earn miles by flying, especially if you're not pushing tens or hundreds of thousands through your credit card.
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Maybe. To know this we'd need to know the number of miles issued by flying vs by credit card. If anyone has real numbers on this, I'd love to see them. (Perhaps they're in the annual report?)
As a simple example, an Amex card holder spending $12500 gets 25000 miles (assuming exclusive use for DL purchases). A DM flyer earns almost the same 25000 miles by flying JFK-SFO round trip twice, at an off peak cost of perhaps $700. ie: It's much, much easier to earn miles by flying, especially if you're not pushing tens or hundreds of thousands through your credit card.
As a simple example, an Amex card holder spending $12500 gets 25000 miles (assuming exclusive use for DL purchases). A DM flyer earns almost the same 25000 miles by flying JFK-SFO round trip twice, at an off peak cost of perhaps $700. ie: It's much, much easier to earn miles by flying, especially if you're not pushing tens or hundreds of thousands through your credit card.
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