Delta award tickets will allow you to earn miles and renew your status
One of the key differences between airline and hotel chain loyalty programs is that in hotels even [...]
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One of the major differences between the loyalty programs of airlines and hotel chains is that in hotels even stays and nights paid for with in points count toward status renewal. Sure, you don't get the bonuses, but for everything else they are exactly like the nights paid cash.
In contrast, in the world of frequent flyers Of the airlines, only Virgin Atlantic allows its customers to accumulate qualifying points in the Flying Club program even when traveling on an award ticket. Delta was also added to the list today. The world's largest airline, a member of the SkyTeam alliance and owner of the British carrier's 49%, changed the rules of its SkyMiles program, effectively equating award tickets with paid tickets.
What changes
The changes announced today are all positive, especially for those with an elite level in the Delta program.
With this change, if you use Delta SkyMiles points for a ticket (including Miles + Cash tickets), you will receive Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQM), Medallion Qualifying Segments (MQS) and Medallion Qualifying Dollars (MQD) for those flights. These are not a requirement for non-US resident members.
Now all we can do is wait for other companies to follow the example of Delta and Virgin, after all, the miles and points used to book an award ticket are worth money, so why exclude these flights from counting toward the requirements for status renewals?
Delta Skymiles is one of the programs partner in Italy of American Express, it is then very easy to transform the points Memebership Rewards in SkyMiles Points and book an award ticket to travel with the American carrier.
- 6,000 Mile Registration Bonus
- Collect miles WITH EACH PURCHASE
- Your miles with no expiration*
- No fees for ATM withdrawals and foreign purchases
- Without having to change banks
- Autonomous card activation
- Multi-function mobile application
- Free travel insurance
- Free credit for up to 7 weeks
- Contactless Payment
- Mastercard® SecureCode
- 20€ discount directly in your statement by spending €60 in one or more transactions with Carta on Italotreno.it
- Free fee the 1st year. From the 2nd €5.50 per month
- You can choose to pay in full or in installments
- Premium level of the Italo Più program
- 4 Vouchers per year for access to Italo Club Lounges
- Preferential Access to Italo's Fast Track at the station
- For every 5 purchases of Italo ticketing and/or onboard services made with Italo American Express Credit Card you will receive 1 voucher for room upgrade
- Welcome bonus of 100,000 Volare points upon reaching 6 thousand in spending in the first 3 months after card issuance
- Accumulate 1.5 qualifying Volare points for every euro spent, accumulate an additional 3 non-qualifying Volare points ( for a total of 4.5 Volare points) for every euro spent on ticketing purchases and other services offered by ITA Airways
- Access to the Premium Club of ITA Airways' Volare program.
- ITA Airways Lounge Access
- Free excess baggage
- Points Back