Update 9/6/19: last day for this deal. beg850 points out that partial payments using an American Express Delta card will trigger the statement credit as well.
Update 8/30/19: Phone reps are saying that this promotion is being extended until 9/6.
The Offer
- Delta Vacation Packages are having a sale where all Delta miles are worth double (2¢ per mile).
The Fine Print
- When you book between August 26 – 30, 2019, your Delta miles with the SkyMiles Program are worth double (compared to the standard Delta Vacations miles redemption offer) when you use them towards the purchase of any Delta Vacations flight and hotel package from any Delta Vacations origin in the U.S. or Canada to any Delta Vacations destination, for travel anytime. Example: Example: 50,000 miles normally = $500. With the promotion 50,000 miles = $1000 off your flight and hotel package.
- Offer expires August 30, 2019 at 11:59 PM Eastern time.
- Minimum 2-night hotel stay required.
- Offer is redeemable up to 999,999 miles on flight and hotel packages to any Delta Vacations destination.
- To review rules for Delta Vacations miles redemption, please visit deltavacations.com/milestogo.
- Offer is not retroactive, and is not available on prior reservations. Must be purchased through Delta Vacations via delta.com/vacations or the customer engagement center: 1-800-800-1504. World Agent Direct bookings are not eligible.
- Programs and availability may vary. Delta Vacations air reservations may be made up to 331 days in advance of flight departure.
- Delta Vacations must issue all airline tickets.
- Standard Terms and Conditions apply.
- Delta Vacations is the final authority on the interpretation of these rules and reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions without prior notice.
- Offer is not valid with gift cards, Ski packages, Dive packages, Globus family of brands including Globus, Cosmos, Monograms, and Avalon, other discounts or special status fares (such as companion, agency/industry discount, web fares, senior fares child rates), or for groups of 10 or more.
- Only one SkyMiles® account number allowed per reservation.
- If you cancel your reservation, miles will not be redeposited into your SkyMiles account. The SkyMiles account holder will receive a Delta Vacations voucher for the value of the miles at the time of they were applied to the booking as payment.
- All SkyMiles Program rules apply. To review the rules, please visit delta.com/memberguide. To review the rules for Delta Vacations miles redemption, please visit deltavacations.com/milestogo. Delta Vacations airfares will earn Medallion® Qualification Dollars (MQDs -U.S.-based members only) based on fare class and distance flown. Bonus miles do not count toward Medallion Status or Million Miler™ Status. Offers void where prohibited by law. Offers subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
Our Verdict
Make sure to price compare to ensure you’re getting a good deal. In addition remember you can get big discounts on hotels normally as well, so take that into account. I wish there was a way to book a hotel for two nights in a package, but have the return flight come later but that doesn’t seem possible. 2¢ per mile is great value for Delta, but you’re not really getting that value when you think about the opportunity cost of booking the hotels elsewhere. I also assume when booking through Delta vacation packages you don’t get elite night credits or have your status recognized at chain hotels.
Hat tip to reader George
Do you know if you have to take the flight in order to still use the hotel room…I can get a cheaper rate from ATL to MCO and stay at Walt Disney, but I am actually flying from AUS to MCO with B6 points as I have so many and it is a nonstop. TIA.
10% off the dollar cost before using miles?
If anyone else in the US collects Kellogg’s Rewards one of the offers is a Delta Vacations $100 eCertificate for 5,000 points which seems like a pretty good deal.
https://www.kelloggsfamilyrewards.com/en_US/rewards.html#/item/1881635270
I second this. Used one last night. You can only use 1 per booking and they are only good through end of year with holiday blackout dates. But still, definitely the most value you can possibly get out of KFR and goes nicely with the delta promotion.
I never would have thought of that, thanks for posting!
https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/cxeuh1/question_thread_august_30_2019/eyloukq/
Going to Hawaii !!! Thank you, thank you Doc, that wouldn’t be happening without the information I’ve gleaned on this site.
does it stack with Amex Offers ?
You can book hotels for only 2 nights but have the return come back later, you just need to call. You can also book multi-city by calling. However, when i called I was advised of a 3 night minimum to Europe and 4 nights to Asia.
I booked MSP-EDI, LHR-MSP over 12 days but only using hotels 3 of those nights.
I took a look, and the requirement to utilize the hotel for every day in the package makes it hard to utilize for me.
“If you cancel your reservation, miles will not be redeposited into your SkyMiles account. The SkyMiles account holder will receive a Delta Vacations voucher for the value of the miles at the time of they were applied to the booking as payment.”
Could I do a dummy booking and cancel just for the Delta Vacation voucher? Are they like a travel voucher? I’m curious if you can get 2 cents per point, cancel, receive vacation voucher, and redeem on anything I want.
Good job reading the fine print… Now I am curious. Then you could also earn new Skymiles on the flights flown with the voucher.
It looks like you would still get the cancellation fee on the airfare ($200/person), so your net benefit would have to be more than this to make it worth it. I guess you would have to book a trip for 50k skymiles ($1k value) or more.
What about Delta’s 24 hour free cancellation policy?
Within 24 hour cancellation you would get your miles back instead of vacation voucher
My guess is this would only be valid on Delta Vacations, but could allow you to extend the promotion for yourself if that’s your prerogative.
Only if you buy the trip insurance. The you will get a voucher only for Delta Vacations. Other option would be airfare minus cancellation fees but that is higher then buying the insurance.