what do i do w/ 57k worthless Delta miles
Mar 26, 2010 | 11:07 pm
#16
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It's going to depend mostly on your travel pattern. I also consider DL miles pretty worthless, but 60,000 is worth, at a minimum, a last minute domestic flight. If you ever find the need to take one of those, the miles will come in handy.
Seems like you are more interested in a US-Asia trip, however. If you haven't already, try looking at partners like Korean and Malaysian. Also try searching starting in cities other than SFO. I think they now fly from SEA, PDX, and of course cities in the midwest and east coast. An unconventional routing may not show up in the award calender, even if it is available.
Seems like you are more interested in a US-Asia trip, however. If you haven't already, try looking at partners like Korean and Malaysian. Also try searching starting in cities other than SFO. I think they now fly from SEA, PDX, and of course cities in the midwest and east coast. An unconventional routing may not show up in the award calender, even if it is available.
Mar 27, 2010 | 4:10 pm
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Mar 27, 2010 | 10:02 pm
#21
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Looks like 24,000 orphaned NW miles are going towards a hotel purchase.
Anyone know the details on this? I couldn't find any on the marketplace site.
Mar 27, 2010 | 10:58 pm
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If you have any use for a domestic trip, use 50K of the miles for two RT tickets within the US. Low/saver availability is widely available for many routings... I redeem dozens per year. If you have sufficient status with DL, you can leverage the value further by redeeming, with no fees, for last-minute flights that often cost a lot otherwise, sometimes achieving CPMs of 3+.
Mar 27, 2010 | 10:59 pm
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Mar 28, 2010 | 1:30 am
#24
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Mar 28, 2010 | 3:26 am
#25
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I've wondered the same thing about my relatively worthless skymiles. But I just discovered their new (?) marketplace site and found you can get some excellent value out of your miles via hotels. You might check this option out...
https://travelmarketplace.delta.com/travel/arc.cfm
https://travelmarketplace.delta.com/travel/arc.cfm
Mar 28, 2010 | 9:07 am
#26
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Mar 28, 2010 | 10:01 am
#28
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I second that, thank you so much for this post. So good redemption rates for Bali ^^^
I've wondered the same thing about my relatively worthless skymiles. But I just discovered their new (?) marketplace site and found you can get some excellent value out of your miles via hotels. You might check this option out...
https://travelmarketplace.delta.com/travel/arc.cfm
They have tons of hotel choices nearly anywhere in the world and in places where my Starwood or Hilton points are of no help. Now, instead of avoiding skymiles earnings I may just go for more knowing I can use them this way.
There are other merchandise purchasing options too but I think for me, the hotel option is the way to go.
Haven't checked into the car rental option yet but I'm sure most any of these options will be easier to get value from compared with their pitiful flight awards.
https://travelmarketplace.delta.com/travel/arc.cfm
They have tons of hotel choices nearly anywhere in the world and in places where my Starwood or Hilton points are of no help. Now, instead of avoiding skymiles earnings I may just go for more knowing I can use them this way.
There are other merchandise purchasing options too but I think for me, the hotel option is the way to go.
Haven't checked into the car rental option yet but I'm sure most any of these options will be easier to get value from compared with their pitiful flight awards.
Mar 28, 2010 | 1:18 pm
#29
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It might be a good use of orphan miles, or to get out of SkyMiles for good, but that makes it a good idea, not an excellent value.Care to elaborate? I wouldn't mind being proven wrong on this point! I was able to use up my DL miles for 2 biz tix to Europe, which at 100K each provided an excellent value, but that option is getting harder and harder.
Mar 28, 2010 | 2:06 pm
#30
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If you get a DL Amex, you can use Skymiles to buy tickets at the published price with a value of $0.01 per Skymile. And you can combine miles and cash.