Do I redeem Delta Miles with Delta or American Express?

The Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card from American Express is a popular card for frequent flyers of Delta Air Lines, as it helps them achieve elite status with Delta. Although it has a $250 annual fee, it offers nice travel-related bonuses such as an annual Companion Certificate, which allows cardholders to invite a guest to fly with them on an eligible round-trip domestic flight each year they renew their card.

Aside from the annual Companion Certificate, the Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card also offers a $85 TSA PreCheck credit or a $100 Global Entry credit, gives cardholders Main Cabin 1 Priority Boarding on Delta flights and allows them to check one bag for free on Delta flights book with their Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card. This card also has no foreign transaction fee, and cardholders can enjoy 20% back in the form of statement credit on purchases on eligible Delta in-flight purchases for food, beverages and audio headsets made using their Card.

In addition, the Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card offers 3x miles on purchases made directly with hotels, Delta flights and Delta Vacations; 2x miles at restaurants and supermarkets; and 1x miles on all other purchases. This card also provides a sign-up bonus of 40,000 bonus miles and 5,000 Medallion Qualification Miles after you spend $2,000 in purchases on your new Card within the three first months after account opening. You can also earn $100 in statement credit after you make a Delta purchase with your new Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card within the first three months as well.

How do I redeem my miles?

After making purchases over time with this card, miles will accrue in your account. As a result, you may wonder how you redeem them. Delta Miles are redeemed through Delta and can be redeemed for various things including rental cars, hotels, merchandise, upgrades, partner flights, Delta flights and SkyMiles Deals.

As long as you’re an eligible Delta American Express Card Member and have at least 5,000 miles, you can pay with Miles to book your next flight. For each 100 miles, you can reduce the cost of a ticket by $1. To pay with Miles, simply follow these steps:

1. Log in at delta.com
2. Search for flights
3. Select a flight marked as “Pay with Miles eligible”
4. On the Trip Summary page, view the “Pay with Miles” options
5. Choose to pay in miles, money or a combination of both
6. Pay the remaining ticket price with your Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card
7. Book your selections

Delta is also part of a SkyTeam alliance and has many non-alliance partners, so you can redeem your Miles on many other carriers worldwide. Here is a list of Delta’s airline partners:

SkyTeam Partners:

• Aeroflot
• Aerolineas Argentina
• Aeromexico
• Air Europa
• Alitalia
• China Airlines
• China Eastern
• Czech Airlines
• Garuda Indonesia
• Kenya Airways
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• Korean Air
• MEA
• Saudia
• Tarom
• Vietnam Airlines
• Xiamen Air

Non-alliance partners:

• Air Tahiti Nui
• GOL Airlines
• Hawaiian Airlines
• Mandarin Airlines
• Shanghai Airlines
• Virgin Atlantic
• Virgin Australia
• WestJet

Conclusion

There are many great deals you can redeem with the Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card. Even though it has an annual fee of $250, it offers generous travel-related rewards and a wide selection of redeemable rewards.