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Gary Leff dropped a Truth Bomb yesterday
Delta is taking an absurdly short sighted stance when it comes to social media tags. Leff pointed out that Delta has changed their terms and conditions pertaining to usage of #skymileslife or #deltamedallionlife whereby you not only give Delta non-exclusive rights to those photos IN PEPETUITY, but you’ll also be on the hook for Delta’s legal bill if you use a picture you don’t own. Wow. I can say for myself that I won’t #anything to do with Delta. Why would I even take the chance, OR freely tag and endorse anything having to do with a brand that will take advantage of their customer base. Rather than get TONS of free publicity and promo with insta tags, Delta is saying we will drop in a little note in the fine print that acquires free usage of your photos AND btw we will charge you if perhaps they are used inappropriately. CAHMON! No thanks Delta – I’ll tag companies that appreciate my free endorsement and won’t sue me.
Let’s instead look at a brand that gets how influential Social Media can be: Emirates. They gave Youtuber Casey Neistat a free ride in their new First Class Suite.
If you want to read the terms and conditions that Delta is applying.
User-Generated Social Media Image Rights
By tagging photos using #SkyMilesLife and/or #DeltaMedallionLife, user grants Delta Air Lines (and those they authorize) a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the submissions, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion on Delta websites, commercial products and any other Delta channels, including but not limited to #SkyMilesLife or #DeltaMedallionLife publications.
User warrants and represents: (a) he/she is the sole and exclusive owner of the Submission, including all rights therein, and that the user has the full and exclusive right, power and authority to submit the Submission and to grant the Sponsor the rights to the Submission, including but not limited to the worldwide copyright; (b) no part of the Submission has been published or distributed; (c) the submission does not infringe on the rights of any other person, firm, corporation or entity, and (d) no rights in the Submission have been previously granted to any person, firm, corporation or other entity. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any Submission at any time in the event it is determined that the Submission is offensive, inappropriate, not in keeping with Sponsor’s image or if it is determined that the user has not otherwise complied with these Official Rules.
By tagging photos using #SkyMilesLife and/or #DeltaMedallionLife, user agrees to indemnify, defend, release and hold the Sponsor and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) harmless from and against any and all losses, demands, damages, rights, claims, actions and liabilities of any kind (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal costs) arising out of or related to (a) user’s participation in the campaign or violating these terms or (b) any claims of infringement related to the Sponsor’s use of the Submission submitted to Sponsor in connection with the campaign.
Delta reserves the right to use or not use content tagged #Skymileslife and/or #DeltaMedallionLife and user will not be entitled to compensation if photo is used.
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
The Chase Sapphire Preferred is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based.
Welcome Offer
60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
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.
- 3x on dining
- including eligible delivery services for takeout
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards – Chase Travel Portal
- $50 Annual Credit on hotel stays purchased via Ultimate Rewards/Chase Travel
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 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 Portal and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including primary rental car insurance, purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 13 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in the Chase Travel center for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Primary rental car coverage is my favorite
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.
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