Delta Air Lines has a fair amount of flights coming into Canada. Of course I would like to see more, to help with the competition. Today’s post is a rundown on how Canadians can utilize Delta’s rewards program called SkyMiles.
Note that Delta Air Lines is a member of SkyTeam. Personally, I rarely fly with SkyTeam, but if I do, I bank my miles to Delta because of its expiry policy.
There always seems to be a few changes to airline alliances ever so often, so I thought I’d update the list from 4 months ago.
In case people are wondering why I put this together. As you know, one of the main reasons this blog was created was to help me document my personal research. I find having all the members of airline alliances listed on one page very handy.
I actually forgot to include a new airline alliance from last time, so I thought I’d provide another update to this list.
No updates to my personal portfolio, though I will include some new information. Below are the following airlines that I focus most energy with:
Delta Air Lines has a rewards program called SkyMiles. The program is known to have dismal reward redemptions because it requires a lot of miles for a reward flight. Note that Delta Air Lines is a member of SkyTeam, which means that…
The list of airline alliances needs an update from last time. Most of the changes came with the main airline affiliates (which I identified below in bullet format).
With the discontinuation of the Capital One Delta SkyMiles Credit Cards, as well as multiple devaluations, Delta Air Lines’ SkyMiles program can easily fall out of favour as a top frequent flyer program. That being said, below are some of the factors to consider if you do choose to continue using this program.
This is a list of all the members in all the different airline alliances, Star Alliance, Oneworld and SkyTeam. Signing up for loyalty program per airline alliance can help maximize your points portfolio, as well as alleviate the expiry dates and blackout dates issue.
Today’s post was inspired by all the comments provided in two recent posts entitled: Aeroplan Membership Growing Faster Than Available Reward Seats and IdeaWorks Rewards Seat Availability Rankings. The comments got me thinking about writing a post about alternatives to Aeroplan….
Having airlines from the United States, operate out of Canada can really help reduce the cost of travel. Not only because it is generally cheaper to fly with airlines from the United States, they help the competition.
There is a report mentioning that airline alliance SkyTeam are looking to launch an online system for frequent flyer members to book award flights. This system will be active towards the end of the year. The system will allow loyalty members with…