DL - Double miles with Savings Bonds?
Sep 23, 2003 | 7:29 am
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DL - Double miles with Savings Bonds?
I was reading todays Washington Post Business Class column. The author mentioned getting double miles using AMEX-DL Skymiles card if you bought savings bonds. But I could not find any info on DL site about this double miles deal. Also, always double miles has no mention of it either... any thoughts?
Sep 23, 2003 | 8:29 am
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There was a double-miles-on-everything Delta Amex promotion earlier this year, but it's over and everyone is waiting for the double miles to post...expected in early to mid-October.
You can get single miles now by purchasing at www.savingsbonds.gov (not dot com).
Beginning the end of this year it will become impossible to purchase bonds with a credit card, so if you want miles you have to do it in the next few months.
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You can get single miles now by purchasing at www.savingsbonds.gov (not dot com).
Beginning the end of this year it will become impossible to purchase bonds with a credit card, so if you want miles you have to do it in the next few months.
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Sep 23, 2003 | 8:31 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by compuser1973:
But I could not find any info on DL site about this double miles deal.</font>
But I could not find any info on DL site about this double miles deal.</font>
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum21/HTML/011692.html
Sep 25, 2003 | 7:27 am
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I am not sure if the previous post deals with limits on savings bond purchases imposed by American Express OR by the Treasury. I don't know about AMEX, but as for the Treasury, you can easily evade the yearly purchase limits (15K E and 30K I, IIRC) by putting your mother's, father's, kid's, or wife's name as the first owner of the bond and yourself as the second owner.
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The month of October promises to be GLORIOUS!
Sep 25, 2003 | 7:44 am
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There are several threads in either AMEX or DL's forums discussing just about everything possible regarding the soon-to-end ability to purchase bonds using credit cards. I'm surprised UPGRADME hasn't provided the links 
Sep 25, 2003 | 5:21 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by compuser1973:
The author mentioned getting double miles using AMEX-DL Skymiles card if you bought savings bonds.</font>
The author mentioned getting double miles using AMEX-DL Skymiles card if you bought savings bonds.</font>
Sep 25, 2003 | 7:21 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ned:
Wait until October and you will get triple mile.</font>
Wait until October and you will get triple mile.</font>
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