Please help with Delta miles
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Please help with Delta miles
I need to use my AmEx Delta miles for a SFO/LST/MEL/SFO ticket at the end of Oct. till mid Nov. Delta wants 100,000 points for coach. Is this reasonable? I tried to locate Delta’s website for the miles requirement to each destination, but I am unable to find it.
Delta code-shares with Virgin Australia. How do I use more miles to up-grade to economy plus?
Please help.
Thanks.
Delta code-shares with Virgin Australia. How do I use more miles to up-grade to economy plus?
Please help.
Thanks.
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You are in luck: 100k miles is indeed the lowest possible award ticket price. Book it now before someone else does!
See: http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...-s-canada.html
See: http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...-s-canada.html
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Forgot ... you cannot use SkyMiles to upgrade to any premium economy product on other airlines, at least I'm 95% sure of that. Check directly with VA to see if they have a low cost way to purchase the upgrade from a Delta award seat.
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I couldn't believe it when I went back trying to book 2 tickets for the exact dates, Delta wants 180,000 miles each. That's economy class!
I guess I have to wait another day or two to see if the requirement will go down.
Thanks for the info.
I guess I have to wait another day or two to see if the requirement will go down.
Thanks for the info.
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Shopping for a Delta ticket to Europe at this time last year, I found the awards page very inconsistent with points levels jumping around almost daily. Eventually I phoned the awards toll-free number (had to; their computer blew a fuse in the middle of my purchase) and ended up with a much better seat for fewer points.
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I used to buy 2 r/t tickets to Europe from Delta with my Delta Skymiles AmEx gold card one year. The next year I would combine miles and points to obtain 2 free r/t tickets to Europe for 50,000 points each. I have been doing this for quite sometime. This year is the free year! I already have about 400,000 points. So my AmEx points have to be used to obtain tickets from Delta.
Thanks for the help. I will check on Delta award toll-free number to see what they can do. My time is not all that flexible because we plan to attend a wedding in Launceston!
Thanks for the help. I will check on Delta award toll-free number to see what they can do. My time is not all that flexible because we plan to attend a wedding in Launceston!
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Before Delta will help you, you have to put your miles in a Delta FF account. When Delta looks at you, they just see a blank account right now. Delta has recently upped the pricing structure on flights, so what you did in the past...is just that...a thing of the past.
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Update: After making several attempts, Delta wants from 180000-260000 miles to fly out from SFO and back. Finally I did what kyboubon suggested. We will fly out from LAX to LST (4 hours layover in MEL), LST to MEL. SYD to LAX. That takes 100,000 Delta miles plus $130.10 for taxes & fees for each ticket flying with Virgin Australia. We will buy tickets from SFO/LAX/SFO when there is a promotional between now and October from some low cost airlines. We probably will buy one-way ticket from Jetstar to fly from MEL to SYD.
We will spend 5-6 days in MEL and 5-7 days in SYD.
Thank you all.
We will spend 5-6 days in MEL and 5-7 days in SYD.
Thank you all.
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Try and fly anyone else but Jetstar as they will nickel and dime you for everything in regards to weight/size of your carry on luggage. They are super strict about the 7KG and it is adding your purse/computer,water bottles with any carry on. Virgin Australia is wonderful so look into them or Qantas to fly around Australia domestically.
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