Your miles are good for so much more than just flights. Turn them into everything from a premium drink at Delta Sky Club to seat upgrades on your next flight. Plus, you can use your miles for Delta Gift Cards, vacation packages and more.
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You've got flexibility with your miles with the ability to book Award Travel for yourself or for someone else – even if you're not flying with them. Plus, you can always buy more, gift or transfer them, or even donate your miles to a cause you care about.
That 100,000 miles from the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card or Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card welcome bonus offer means you could take two short trips plus one long trip.
Under the SkyMiles Mileage Expiration policy, miles do not expire. Delta reserves the right to deactivate or close an account under the following circumstances: Fraudulent activity occurs. A Member requests an account closure.
You are always better off using your SkyMiles to book an award ticket for a friend or family member instead of transferring miles. Our Advice: Instead of gifting or transferring miles it is always a better value to use your miles to purchase an award ticket for the intended recipient.
Each Delta mile is worth 1 cent, and the tickets are treated as cash tickets, so you'll earn miles and elite status credit when you fly. You can redeem your Delta miles in increments of 5,000 miles, and partial payments are allowed. So 5,000 miles = $50, 10,000 miles = $100, etc.
Delta miles do not expire as long as the Delta account is open and in good standing. The only time Delta miles expire is when you or Delta closes the account without first redeeming unused rewards.
Basic Economy Award Tickets are also non-changeable and non-refundable in most cases; you may cancel for a charge in miles which is deducted from the value of your ticket, and the remaining mileage balance will be redeposited into your SkyMiles account.
Delta SkyMiles are generally valued around 1.1 cents per mile ? if a flight is worth 1.1 cent per mile or somewhere in that range, then it's likely worth it to use miles.
Diamond status is Delta's highest status in the SkyMiles frequent flyer Medallion program. Diamond requires $20,000 spent every year, in addition to 125,000 miles flown or 140 segments. Benefits include: A choice of Choice Benefits to include global upgrades, regional upgrades, club access, and more.
90,000 Delta miles are worth an average of $1,008, according to WalletHub data. You will get the best value for your Delta miles if you use them for flights booked through Delta, though there are a few other redemption options to choose from.