Earlier today we brought you details on the new reciprocal elite status frequent flyer benefits announced by WestJet and Delta Airlines. In that post we focused on the details for WestJet Rewards elite tier members and now we’ll take a look at the benefits that being afforded to Delta Medallion elites for flying on WestJet. […]
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WestJet and Delta launch reciprocal benefits for top-tier elite members and for those flying WestJet Business Class or Delta One
Today we see the launch of WestJet Rewards’ first ever reciprocal frequent flyer benefits for their elite tier members. Up until now all of WestJet’s frequent flyer partnerships were limited to the earning and burning of WestJet dollars (or the reciprocal airline’s points or miles) with no recognition of status or benefits with those […]
October 28 Update: Massive devaluation to Delta SkyMiles partner award flights, Amex offers Amazon Prime Update + another 3x/5x multiplier & OWG delays first flights
News out of the U.S this morning that Delta SkyMiles has significantly increased redemption requirements for award travel on partner airlines between the U.S. and Europe & Asia. Delta pretty much considers Canada as the same as the U.S. so these new non-published award rates would apply to us Canadians as well. In some ways […]
October 20 Update: Targeted Delta SkyMiles Medallion status match offer, Family Fry Guy in YYC codes as 5x points with the Cobalt Card & hotel occupancy rates continue to drop
Delta SkyMiles has brought out a new targeted status match promotion that goes one step further than their ongoing status match offer we have all become accustomed to. This new offer requires registration by the end of this month and is one step further in that SkyMiles will give one tier higher in their […]
U.S. airlines eliminate some ticket change fees permanently – find out which airlines have done so and which of them included Canada
At the start of this week news broke from United Airlines that they were permanently removing some of those dreaded fees that airlines charge when making changes to tickets. It didn’t take long for other U.S. based airlines to follow suit as American and Delta removed fees next and then followed by Alaska Airlines. […]
A reminder that you can match your Air Canada Altitude Status to Delta SkyMiles Medallion Status
This post is a reminder to our readers that Delta’s SkyMiles Status Match Challenge has been open to Air Canada Altitude members and some other international airlines for nearly a year now. Prior to that it was only available to a handful of U.S. airlines. The challenge will grant you status with Delta for […]
Delta SkyMiles extends Medallion Status, Sky Club memberships and more
Over the weekend we saw several U.S. airlines make positive moves for elite status members in their programs. The first of them was Delta Airlines who came out with the information on Sunday that they will provide Medallion Elite Status extensions, rollover of MQMs (Medallion Qualifying Miles), Delta Sky Club membership extensions and certificate extensions. […]