Misplaced FF account
May 11, 2001, 9:51 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 2001
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Misplaced FF account
Weird. I got 'time sensitive' mail from Delta Skymiles today -- at an address I haven't lived at for 10 years. Turns out I had a Frequent Flyer account with Delta back when I was a teenager, living at home, that I forgot about. It's got 13,000 miles just sitting in it. Since they're FF miles, and not SkyMiles, they never expire.
Anyway, I have to send in a written message to merge my two accounts. I got the mail over an offer to get magazine subscriptions with my FF miles. It looks like monthly magazines cost from 400 to 1000 FF miles, and weekly ones from 1000 to 2000 FF miles. The few I'm interested in our 500 FF miles for a monthly subscription. I'm not sure if it's worth the miles or not. It SEEMS cheap, though...
Anyway, I have to send in a written message to merge my two accounts. I got the mail over an offer to get magazine subscriptions with my FF miles. It looks like monthly magazines cost from 400 to 1000 FF miles, and weekly ones from 1000 to 2000 FF miles. The few I'm interested in our 500 FF miles for a monthly subscription. I'm not sure if it's worth the miles or not. It SEEMS cheap, though...
May 12, 2001, 12:19 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: lax
Posts: 727
Don't let DL transfer yout "old" FF miles for the new "skymiles". There are some good awards, even for 13k, that you can use. Upgrade from "L" fares, etc. Ask DL to retain your old miles, and to have it kept under one account.
Others here might have more info on this.
Others here might have more info on this.
May 12, 2001, 12:41 am
#3
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: PARIS, France
Programs: Skymiles GOLD, Frq +, Klm GOLD, Miles & More, Priority Club, Marriott Rewards, MilleMerci (Avis FR)
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It could be that your old miles were with Pan Am.
I agree: these miles are in some cases better than the current skymiles, aprticularly for upgrade, becasue you are able to upgrade cheap class of tickets, instaed of the usual B/Y/M for the skymiles miles.
I agree: these miles are in some cases better than the current skymiles, aprticularly for upgrade, becasue you are able to upgrade cheap class of tickets, instaed of the usual B/Y/M for the skymiles miles.
May 12, 2001, 12:43 am
#4
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: PARIS, France
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BTW, sorry to write in 2 messages, but I think that, if you have only 13k, and you need to upgrade a cheap one-way ticket transatlantic, which is 20k, you are allowed to mix the 13k old with 7k new ones; that was what I was told a a Delta agent in Paris 2 years ago. But you need to do that far before your flight, first to be sure its true, second, to get the old miles package for the award in time.
May 12, 2001, 8:02 pm
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I've got 6K or so original FF miles on my main SkyMiles account as well. How do I find out the different awards I can spend these miles on?
May 12, 2001, 8:05 pm
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Join Date: Apr 1999
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You cannot mix new mileage with old mileage in order to claim an old award.
In addition, in order to claim an award under the old program you must be a current Medallion
TW
In addition, in order to claim an award under the old program you must be a current Medallion
TW