RGordon wrote:
For those of you that have done a product change from the delta skymiles to the the Blue or any other amex credit card, what have you done with the points? My delta will switch at the end of my first statement (a few days away) and I don't have a skymiles account set up with delta. Should I set it up and just leave the points in there or not worry about it. The reason I switched to Blue is so that I can build points with it and my green charge card all in the same place.
If you have an Amex Delta Skymiles card then you have a Delta Skymiles FF account. They set one up for you automatically. In fact, your Amex card should have your Delta Skymiles account number printed on it.
The Skymiles you accumulate with the Amex card are automatically deposited into your Delta account. This is exactly the reason I have been championing the idea of holding off on the product change at least until you are able to accumulate enough Skymiles to cash in on all the free ones you get when you open the account. Otherwise, all those free miles go to waste, unless you limit yourself to converting your MR points into Delta Skymiles after you do the product change.
After all, there's no AF on the Delta for the first year. As long as it will take you less than a year to accumulate an additional 10,000 Skymiles (which is $5,000 in EDP), I have never seen the point in doing a product change prematurely.
