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Delta is notoriously bad at opening up saver rates on their highest volume routes. In fact, I’d say the best use of Delta Skymiles are often on their partners: this is what I did when I redeemed Skymiles on China Airlines fantastic Super Diamond Business Class in 2016. Well…until TOMORROW…that has changed. Delta is having a flash sale and space is available on a ton of routes between the States and Europe. I copied and pasted the chart straight from Delta with links in tact…scroll to the bottom for ways to book with Virgin miles
Details:
- These are roundtrip Delta One sale fares
- They start at $2199 or 128k plus taxes and fees
- Must be purchased by tomorrow
- Travel between August 7th and September 5th, 2019
- Must stay over a Saturday, max stay 12 months
If you end up purchasing any of these reduced tickets I’d highly recommend using your American Express Platinum card which earns 5x points on airline tickets made directly with the airline.
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DELTA ONE ROUND-TRIP FARES |
DELTA ONE ROUND-TRIP AWARD TICKETS |
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Atlanta, GA (ATL) |
Brussels, Belgium (BRU) |
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Atlanta, GA (ATL) |
Dusseldorf, Germany (DUS) |
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Atlanta, GA (ATL) |
Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) |
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Atlanta, GA (ATL) |
Madrid, Spain (MAD) |
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Atlanta, GA (ATL) |
Milan, Italy (MXP) |
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Atlanta, GA (ATL) |
Stuttgart, Germany (STR) |
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Boston, MA (BOS) |
Dublin, Ireland (DUB) |
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Boston, MA (BOS) |
London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR) |
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Detroit, MI (DTW) |
Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) |
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Detroit, MI (DTW) |
London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR) |
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Detroit, MI (DTW) |
Munich, Germany (MUC) |
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Raleigh-Durham, NC (RDU) |
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France (CDG) |
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Indianapolis, IN (IND) |
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France (CDG) |
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New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) |
Berlin, Germany (TXL) |
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New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) |
Brussels, Belgium (BRU) |
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New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) |
Dublin, Ireland (DUB) |
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New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) |
Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) |
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New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) |
Glasgow, United Kingdom (GLA) |
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New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) |
London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR) |
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New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) |
Madrid, Spain (MAD) |
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New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) |
Prague, Czech Republic (PRG) |
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Portland, OR (PDX) |
London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR) |
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Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) |
London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR) |
The ever ingenious Nick over at Frequent Miler dug up some goodies booking with Virgin
Virgin Atlantic is a transfer partner of Citi, Chase, and American Express which means more ways to shore up your balance if you’re short compared to Delta which is only an Amex partner. He discovered that most of the routes in the Delta sale are available to Virgin to be booked on their site ( some other cities are not purely because Virgin’s site doesn’t offer them so you’d have to call in ). The best part of using Virgin Atlantic is you can book just one way, but also it’ll cost you just 50k miles and in a lot of cases a fraction of the taxes and fees. HIGH FIVE!
As an example here’s a look at a cool route between my hometown of Indianapolis and Paris. Oh la la!
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
75k Ultimate Rewards after $4k spend in 3 months
*you may find an elevated offer walking into a branch – see below
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 75k Ultimate Rewards after $4k spend in 3 months
- Worth $937.50 in Chase Travel℠ and way more if you maximize transfer partners
- Some people have seen Chase branches offering the following:
- 75k Ultimate Rewards After $4k spend in 3 months + 10k Ultimate Rewards after $6k in 6 months
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2024
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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