No more Thanks Again miles
Dec 24, 2014, 6:20 am
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: CT
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No more Thanks Again miles
Got this email this morning:
Dear Thanks Again Member,
You may be aware that the Delta Air Lines® has announced significant changes to the SkyMiles® program.
One of the changes affects Thanks Again members directly.
Delta has chosen to reduce the number of “earn” partners.
This means that Thanks Again will no longer be able to purchase SkyMiles.
This decision impacts many other companies
– not just Thanks Again.
The points posted sporadically at times but it was nice to get miles for parking my car at the airport. So what is next, no more Dining for Miles?
Dear Thanks Again Member,
You may be aware that the Delta Air Lines® has announced significant changes to the SkyMiles® program.
One of the changes affects Thanks Again members directly.
Delta has chosen to reduce the number of “earn” partners.
This means that Thanks Again will no longer be able to purchase SkyMiles.
This decision impacts many other companies
– not just Thanks Again.
The points posted sporadically at times but it was nice to get miles for parking my car at the airport. So what is next, no more Dining for Miles?
Dec 24, 2014, 7:36 am
#3
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: DL DM+(segs)/MM, UA Ag, Hilton DM, Marriott Ti (life Pt), TSA Opt-out Platinum
Posts: 3,227
Another Dick (Anderson) move by DL.
I used this program. Admittedly, I wasn't collecting enough skypesos to matter, but I don't appreciate the additional kick in the pants.
I used this program. Admittedly, I wasn't collecting enough skypesos to matter, but I don't appreciate the additional kick in the pants.
Dec 24, 2014, 7:39 am
#4
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NYC, MSY
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Dec 24, 2014, 8:10 am
#5
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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If that's true then why will DMs on paid J earn less than the advertised 11 RDM/$, due to the cap of 75K RDM/ticket? That doesn't seem like rewarding people who spend the big bucks.
Dec 24, 2014, 8:26 am
#6
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Because FF programs, like any other business, aren't built on .0000001% exception scenarios. To be fair, people who run into that scenario often probably could care less about the skypesos they are (or aren't) receiving.
Dec 24, 2014, 9:16 am
#9
Join Date: May 2014
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That's probably a rhetorical question, but I'll have a go at it:
Because FF programs, like any other business, aren't built on .0000001% exception scenarios. To be fair, people who run into that scenario often probably could care less about the skypesos they are (or aren't) receiving.
Because FF programs, like any other business, aren't built on .0000001% exception scenarios. To be fair, people who run into that scenario often probably could care less about the skypesos they are (or aren't) receiving.
Dec 24, 2014, 9:40 am
#10
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Dec 24, 2014, 10:17 am
#11
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Dec 25, 2014, 7:45 am
#12
Join Date: Dec 2009
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I will respectfully disagree with you on that point as I do care about the miles and the cap will affect me every overseas trip I take since we buy refundable BE tickets. As the other poster said, if Delta really cared only about the high spender as the segment runners like to suggest, why cap it at 75,000? Instead, go unlimited and some of the people on here will likely buy more expensive tickets since they already will take away from their weekends to do MRs to earn some status on an airline that they think makes them valued.
I wouldn't be surprised if DL later changes the 75k cap to say 100k after they have some data on how the program's working.
"Segment runners", that's a good one. I guess that's all of us that don't live in a hub.