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AMEX Delta miles just put to good use!

lhcole77 — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 23:55:56 GMT

Just cashed in some of my miles for a Thanksgiving trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina!

I am pleased with the redemption value and the award calendar search functions online.

The flight I booked normally costs $1600-$2200 RT from SFO. I got it for $93 plus 67,500 miles.

So glad I got this AMEX and became a Delta flyer when I did.

Viva Evita!!!

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Anonymous — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:14:30 GMT

Nice value!

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EdMan63 — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:30:09 GMT

That's great. I just got mine last month and am a frequent Delta flyer!! I currently have about 128k miles I will be putting to good use some time in the future!!! I love my AmEx!!!!

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leoment — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 03:18:21 GMT

Awesome trip destination! South America is on my list of "places to travel to before 30"

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Anonymous — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 03:29:28 GMT

and it has to be Delta right?

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NRB525 — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 05:04:32 GMT

Nice! I've got 155k Delta SkyPesos and need to look closer at those redemption options.

A good part of the miles are from two trips to GRU for work. It's a long way down there...

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lg8302ch — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 05:09:58 GMT

oh...that is a nice redemption value .. buen viaje

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lhcole77 — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 05:14:26 GMT

Thanks everyone! I'm super stoked. It's spring time down there during November. It's going to be beautiful.

good redemption indeed! Was originally thinking about Christmas trip but that would've been 120,000 miles.

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Anonymous — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 05:19:34 GMT

@lhcole77 wrote:
Just cashed in some of my miles for a Thanksgiving trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina!

I am pleased with the redemption value and the award calendar search functions online.

The flight I booked normally costs $1600-$2200 RT from SFO. I got it for $93 plus 67,500 miles.

So glad I got this AMEX and became a Delta flyer when I did.

Viva Evita!!!

Nice!

Well you be staying at La Casa Rosada?

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BearsAndTurtlesRtheBest — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:48:19 GMT

Nice!!! How are you going to go when it comes to a hotel? Do any of your cards count towards hotels?

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lhcole77 — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 14:02:17 GMT

@GettingThere--I wish I could stay there. I'll deff be visiting it.

@BearsTurtles--I'm renting a flat through airbnb. Got a full week for $275. Paying for that with DoubleCash $200 bonus. So paying $168 out of pocket for flight and accommodations. Score!

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Zorasmiles — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:19:39 GMT

@lhcole77 wrote:
@Anonymous--I wish I could stay there. I'll deff be visiting it.

@BearsTurtles--I'm renting a flat through airbnb. Got a full week for $275. Paying for that with DoubleCash $200 bonus. So paying $168 out of pocket for flight and accommodations. Score!

Awesome air and flat out of pocket fee!! CONGRATS!! Enjoy the trip!!

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Anonymous — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:20:48 GMT

That is super.. Nice!!!

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Imperfectfuture — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:41:33 GMT

@lhcole77 wrote:
@Anonymous--I wish I could stay there. I'll deff be visiting it.

@BearsTurtles--I'm renting a flat through airbnb. Got a full week for $275. Paying for that with DoubleCash $200 bonus. So paying $168 out of pocket for flight and accommodations. Score!

Score indeed. Sweet.

Notice you have a lot of travel cards.

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FocusedAndDetermined — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:50:19 GMT

That's terrific - enjoy your trip!

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Anonymous — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 23:09:34 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
and it has to be Delta right?

I'll ask again. It has to be Delta airline to use Amex Delta points? :-)

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Anonymous — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 23:16:41 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
and it has to be Delta right?
I'll ask again. It has to be Delta airline to use Amex Delta points? :-)

Delta's a member of SkyTeam so you should be able to use Delta miles to fly on any of the member airlines once the Delta SkyMiles post to your SkyMiles account.

I jacked this list from Wikipedia so YMMV.

Full members and their member affiliates

Member airline Joined Member affiliates

Aeroflot	14 April 2006	N/A
Aerolíneas Argentinas	29 August 2012	Austral Líneas Aéreas
Aeroméxico	22 June 2000	Aeroméxico Connect
Air Europa	4 September 2007	N/A
Air France	22 June 2000	CityJet
Alitalia	13 January 2009	N/A
China Airlines	28 September 2011	Mandarin Airlines
China Eastern Airlines	21 June 2011	Shanghai Airlines
China Southern Airlines	15 November 2007	N/A
Czech Airlines	25 March 2001	N/A
Delta Air Lines	22 June 2000	Delta Connection
Delta Shuttle
Garuda Indonesia	5 March 2014	N/A
Kenya Airways	4 September 2007	N/A
KLM	13 September 2004	KLM Cityhopper
Korean Air	22 June 2000	N/A
Middle East Airlines	28 June 2012	N/A
Saudia	29 May 2012	N/A
TAROM	25 June 2010	N/A
Vietnam Airlines	10 June 2010	N/A
Xiamen Airlines	21 November 2012	N/A

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lhcole77 — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:17:30 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
and it has to be Delta right?
I'll ask again. It has to be Delta airline to use Amex Delta points? :-)

Yikes!

The miles earned from using the Delta AMEX get deposited into your SkyMiles account. You then book your award flight through Delta using that account.

One of my flights is on a partner airline, Aerolíneas Argentinas. The others are all on Delta planes.

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FinStar — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:28:21 GMT

@lhcole77 wrote:
@Anonymous--I wish I could stay there. I'll deff be visiting it.

@BearsTurtles--I'm renting a flat through airbnb. Got a full week for $275. Paying for that with DoubleCash $200 bonus. So paying $168 out of pocket for flight and accommodations. Score!

That is definitely a nice redemption value with all those points and a nice trip down to the Paris of the South! You'll have a great time Lucas!

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TheGardner — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 02:26:20 GMT

Very nice, congrats!