@drboxing wrote:
When I got my Delta Gold I had to spend $1000, I was close and upon reading on this board, I read I was able to purchase miles using that card, I tried it and it worked with no problems, I reached my $1000 to spend and in a few days I saw the 50k miles in my SkyMiles account.
I am overthinking all of this.
Purchasing miles will count for spend like any other purchase, but shouldn't trigger any credits since those are done by a 3rd party I believe.
I bought a gift card and promptly received the credit.
@Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity, the gift cards have no expiration right? So if I bought one to meet the spend, I could use it much later. A trip I was planning isnt until winter. Though it does state in the terms, purchase of cash/cards do not qualify.
P.S. I recently was on Delta's wesite, but didn't see a place where you can actually buy miles. Any ideas?
"Delta Gift Cards never expire. No service or inactivity fees apply." But unless you call to book a flight, you can only use 3 gift cards in one transaction. Here is the link to buy SkyMiles.
Buying them is almost certainly a losing proposition, though, unless you're going for an essentially discounted international premium cabin flight when combined with a signup bonus. For economy, SkyMiles are typically worth about 1.5 cents each. It costs 3.5 cents each to buy them, so buying the max of 60,000 per year would cost $2100. Buying miles usually only makes sense if you are really close to the needed amount of SkyMiles for a rewards redemption, like if you had 58,000 miles it would probably make sense to pay $70 for 2,000 SkyMiles to get a roundtrip Main Cabin fare from New York to Paris.