Perk Choice Going Away
Sep 8, 2009, 2:51 pm
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Minneapolis, MN - At least that's where I receive mail...
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Perk Choice Going Away
It appears that PerkChoice is going away.
From http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...pect/index.jsp
"The PerkChoice redemption program will be discontinued, however a similar Pay with Miles* program for eligible Delta SkyMiles American Express Cardmembers is available to purchase tickets with a combination of miles and money "
Thoughts?
From http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...pect/index.jsp
"The PerkChoice redemption program will be discontinued, however a similar Pay with Miles* program for eligible Delta SkyMiles American Express Cardmembers is available to purchase tickets with a combination of miles and money "
Thoughts?
Sep 8, 2009, 3:41 pm
#2
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Chicago
Programs: UA 1K, HH Diamond
Posts: 2,055
It appears that PerkChoice is going away.
From http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...pect/index.jsp
"The PerkChoice redemption program will be discontinued, however a similar Pay with Miles* program for eligible Delta SkyMiles American Express Cardmembers is available to purchase tickets with a combination of miles and money "
Thoughts?
From http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...pect/index.jsp
"The PerkChoice redemption program will be discontinued, however a similar Pay with Miles* program for eligible Delta SkyMiles American Express Cardmembers is available to purchase tickets with a combination of miles and money "
Thoughts?
Sep 8, 2009, 3:46 pm
#3
Join Date: Oct 2008
Programs: HH Diamond
Posts: 612
Delta technology can not handle this. Also, you can no longer prepay many fees with reservations due to the cut over to the Delta reservations system last week.
Sep 8, 2009, 3:52 pm
#4
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: UA 2P, NWA & AirTran A+ refugee
Posts: 188
Do you get EQMs for Perk Choice flight segments, or just non-qualifying miles?
Sep 8, 2009, 4:00 pm
#5
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Minneapolis, MN - At least that's where I receive mail...
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Yes, I think that this was quite sneaky of them . . . you could "pay with miles" for $100 of a $2000 international ticket and invalidate your entire ticket for frequent flyer miles.
Sep 8, 2009, 4:53 pm
#6
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: A3 *G, AA exePlat, AS MVP 75k Gold, JL sapphire, UA silver
Posts: 4,035
this is a big ripoff!
Sep 8, 2009, 7:14 pm
#8
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Programs: SkyMiles, NCR Emerald; Hilton Gold VIP
Posts: 118
It appears that PerkChoice is going away.
From http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...pect/index.jsp
"The PerkChoice redemption program will be discontinued, however a similar Pay with Miles* program for eligible Delta SkyMiles American Express Cardmembers is available to purchase tickets with a combination of miles and money "
Thoughts?
From http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...pect/index.jsp
"The PerkChoice redemption program will be discontinued, however a similar Pay with Miles* program for eligible Delta SkyMiles American Express Cardmembers is available to purchase tickets with a combination of miles and money "
Thoughts?
FAQs
Why was PerkChoice eliminated? Will it be reinstated?
Due to the significant challenges and resources required to integrate two programs on very different platforms, we are not able to develop this functionality for Delta at this time; however, a similar Pay with Miles program for eligible Delta SkyMiles American Express Cardmembers is available to purchase tickets with a combination of miles and money. Once total integration of the two airlines is completed, we will revisit the program and development of this option.
Sep 8, 2009, 7:27 pm
#9
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: EAU
Programs: UA 1K, CO Plat, NW Plat, Marriott Premiere Plat, SPG Plat, Priority Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,712
Sep 8, 2009, 8:11 pm
#10
Join Date: Mar 2004
Programs: DL PM, DL MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, SPG
Posts: 804
When does Perk Choice go away?
Who knows what date Perk Choice goes away?
Sep 8, 2009, 8:19 pm
#11
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 238
No official date has been announced....However, expect that once you lose your Worldperks acct and only have a SM acct, then this option will be gone...
They tell us it will come back when DL IT can handle it....So, judging from what I've seen...probably not anywhere in the near future...Seems like DL's technology is yrs behind the NW systems!!
They tell us it will come back when DL IT can handle it....So, judging from what I've seen...probably not anywhere in the near future...Seems like DL's technology is yrs behind the NW systems!!
Sep 8, 2009, 8:22 pm
#12
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 238
Actually there are, and will be NW agts working on the NW system until first qtr next yr....training will run through Jan or Feb minimum....
Sep 8, 2009, 8:26 pm
#13
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: CONUS
Posts: 947
Good! I'll keep booking everything through nwa.com until the last day possible...
Sep 8, 2009, 9:21 pm
#15
Join Date: Mar 2004
Programs: DL PM, DL MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, SPG
Posts: 804
No official date has been announced....However, expect that once you lose your Worldperks acct and only have a SM acct, then this option will be gone...
They tell us it will come back when DL IT can handle it....So, judging from what I've seen...probably not anywhere in the near future...Seems like DL's technology is yrs behind the NW systems!!
They tell us it will come back when DL IT can handle it....So, judging from what I've seen...probably not anywhere in the near future...Seems like DL's technology is yrs behind the NW systems!!