Delta recently announced a new twist on redeeming its SkyMiles, and you’re not going to like it.
SkyMiles are notoriously difficult to redeem at the “saver” level as it is. Sure, you can spend 360,000 miles for a roundtrip ticket to Europe in business class, but you could spend less than half that on American/Oneworld or United/Star Alliance. I don’t have a scientific study to back me up on this, but I do spend a lot of time helping clients redeem their frequent flyer miles for the best value, and finding saver level awards on Delta is usually a challenge. (more…)