How can you find the best value for your SkyMiles? Are Delta SkyMiles worthless? Can you book Delta One for cheap? Am I an idiot for caring about SkyMiles? These are the questions we get about the wildly popular (yet maddening) Delta SkyMiles program, so we do our best to answer all of them and more. Whether you want to book quick, cheap flights within the U.S. or fly business class to Asia (and everything in between), we go over all the best ways to earn and burn Delta SkyMiles.
(00:00) - What level of Delta status does Kyle have?
(00:45) - What would we do with 200,000 Delta SkyMiles?
(05:00) - Some of the best ways to use SkyMiles
(09:00) - And the worst…
(14:00) - A word from our sponsor (us): Get the Extra Mile Newsletter to earn more miles
(15:00) - Delta SkyMiles 101
(17:00) - Why Delta prices SkyMiles awards differently than other airlines
(20:30) - Inside the infamous “Sad State of SkyMiles” story from 2023
(23:15) - Why SkyMiles Flash Sales are like “Clearance Meat”
(28:45) - The best destinations to target for a good SkyMiles deal
(34:00) - Where can you find a pseudo-Delta SkyMiles “award chart”?
(36:00) - American Express credit cards and what Delta’s strategy with its profitable partner
(39:30) - Delta One SkyMiles deals … are they even possible?
(42:15) - How to find Delta SkyMiles redemptions outside of flash sales
(45:30) - Are Delta SkyMiles worthless?
(47:00) - The #1 key to getting good value from your SkyMiles
(49:15) - Helping a traveler from SLC earn SkyMiles fast
(53:00) - What one change would Gunnar make to the SkyMiles program?
Produced by Gunnar Olson & Long Tran
Edited by David Strutt
Show music: “All That” by Benjamin Tissot
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