500 Bonus Miles: Link Your SkyMiles & WorldPerks Accounts
Jan 30, 2009, 7:15 am
#61
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Programs: HH Gold; AA AAdvantage Mbr; DL Skymiles Silver Medallion; World of Hyatt Mbr; NK Free Spirit Mbr
Posts: 2,531
Jan 30, 2009, 8:59 am
#62
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: CLT
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 1,551
This is an awesome feature!!!
I have been trying to get an award ticket in J with Delta from GVA - AKL. Delta doesn't publish Europe to South Pacific on their award chart but her the Executive Partner desk it would be 230,000 SkyMiles and >$500 in taxes thanks to the international origination surcharge.
Last night I "liberated" 230,000 miles from Delta to NW. A 45 minute call to NW with a competent agent got me an award ticket in J on KLM and Malaysian Air for 150,000 miles and $100 in taxes! <TWO THUMBS UP>. I will either send the remaining 70,000 miles back or save them to use on future NW award bookings.
Using NW to redeem miles instead of Delta is finally the first workaround I have found to avoid the international origination surcharges, which as I have found can sometimes make an Award ticket cost more in taxes and fees than an actual Revenue ticket.
I have been trying to get an award ticket in J with Delta from GVA - AKL. Delta doesn't publish Europe to South Pacific on their award chart but her the Executive Partner desk it would be 230,000 SkyMiles and >$500 in taxes thanks to the international origination surcharge.
Last night I "liberated" 230,000 miles from Delta to NW. A 45 minute call to NW with a competent agent got me an award ticket in J on KLM and Malaysian Air for 150,000 miles and $100 in taxes! <TWO THUMBS UP>. I will either send the remaining 70,000 miles back or save them to use on future NW award bookings.
Using NW to redeem miles instead of Delta is finally the first workaround I have found to avoid the international origination surcharges, which as I have found can sometimes make an Award ticket cost more in taxes and fees than an actual Revenue ticket.
Jan 30, 2009, 9:11 am
#63
Join Date: Jan 2008
Programs: DL-PM/R, 1985 US
Posts: 301
There are a few "theories" over on the NW forum:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/north...erks-visa.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/north...erks-visa.html
Jan 30, 2009, 9:56 am
#64
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: PBI / JFK, ISP, LGA
Programs: AA, AS, AV, B6, DL, F9, WN
Posts: 866
I just tranferred all my miles to DL and all went well. Received the confirmation email seconds later. Good job DL/NW! The 500 bonus miles are great too!
Jan 30, 2009, 10:39 am
#66
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: HH Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Gold, Hyatt something
Posts: 33,539
The transfer works quite smoothly. I can only think that it was the NWA IT people who worked on it, and not the DL. Otherwise, we'd be waiting for 6 more months before a jury rigged app would be available. 
Jan 30, 2009, 11:00 am
#67
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 78
No problems here using Firefox to link accounts
Jan 30, 2009, 11:30 am
#68
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: (not Montana. Nor is my name really Helena, nor am I female)
Programs: Delta, USAirways, Starwood, Priority Club, Marriott, Amex
Posts: 2,557
How are people getting 500 bonus miles posted instantly to their NW accounts with this? The NW page says the 500 bonus miles will be posted into the linked Skymiles account 2-4 weeks after qualification.
Jan 30, 2009, 12:30 pm
#70
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: KOA
Programs: DL Gold/MM, HH Diamond, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Lifetime Gold
Posts: 2,280
Jan 30, 2009, 1:33 pm
#71
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: STX
Programs: Used to have a bunch of shiny metallic cards. That was one life ago.
Posts: 1,807
Well, I'm SM, not WP, so I don't know if anyone is actually seeing the bonus. However, I think we're getting some T/C changes on the sly. I distinctly remember reading on DL's version of the landing page that Worldperks members would see the bonus immediately and SM members would see it 4-6 after the end of the promo. Any reference to immediate bonus has since been removed.
However, the following language on the NW page is interesting (emphasis mine) ...
However, the following language on the NW page is interesting (emphasis mine) ...
Account Linking Bonus Miles Terms and Conditions
1. A member with both a WorldPerks and a SkyMiles account can earn 500 Bonus Miles by linking their WorldPerks and SkyMiles accounts.
2. 500 Bonus Miles will be deposited into the SkyMiles account provided at the time of linking.
3. Maximum Bonus Miles any one member can earn with this promotion is 500 Bonus Miles.
4. Promotion Period January 29, 2009 – March 15, 2009
5. Bonus Miles will be credited to SkyMiles member's account 2-4 weeks after the end of the promotion.
1. A member with both a WorldPerks and a SkyMiles account can earn 500 Bonus Miles by linking their WorldPerks and SkyMiles accounts.
2. 500 Bonus Miles will be deposited into the SkyMiles account provided at the time of linking.
3. Maximum Bonus Miles any one member can earn with this promotion is 500 Bonus Miles.
4. Promotion Period January 29, 2009 – March 15, 2009
5. Bonus Miles will be credited to SkyMiles member's account 2-4 weeks after the end of the promotion.
Jan 30, 2009, 1:41 pm
#72
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: BDL/PVD/BOS
Posts: 565
However, the following language on the NW page is interesting (emphasis mine) ...
2. 500 Bonus Miles will be deposited into the SkyMiles account (number) provided at the time of linking (2-4 weeks following the end of the promotion).
Jan 30, 2009, 1:59 pm
#73
Join Date: May 2003
Location: ATL/MOO (Many Others Often)
Programs: DL GM (2MM), Lifetime Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, IHG Plat
Posts: 2,456
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Updated a few minutes later. Perry, at the WorldPerks Res Desk, said no that is not doable and never has been (?). He said since Moscow is in Europe the ticket would have to be via ATL or CDG or AMS. Is there a not known to Perry option that is out there for the taking? Any help you could provide would be very helpful. Thanks!
Last edited by woody125; Jan 30, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Jan 30, 2009, 2:34 pm
#74
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Programs: DL DM; UA; AA
Posts: 446
Linked, transferred (from NW to DL). Took a grand total of about two minutes, including locating my WorldPerks card 
Excellent.
Excellent.
Jan 30, 2009, 2:36 pm
#75
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: STX
Programs: Used to have a bunch of shiny metallic cards. That was one life ago.
Posts: 1,807