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Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014 9:10 pm
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Updated: 9:10 pm, Fri Mar 28, 2014.

Road warriors rewarded under Delta’s amended SkyMiles program

Bob Retzlaff, retz@postbulletin.com

Post-Bulletin Company, LLC

Delta Airlines’ decision to dramatically change its Frequent Flier award system — basing it on dollars spent rather than mileage accumulated — could very well be a game-changer for the other major domestic airlines.

For years — and American Airlines originated the customer incentive program back in the 1980s — you were awarded points based on mileage accrued on your trip. A round-trip 3,000-mile flight resulted in 3,000 points in your frequent flier account that would lead, hopefully, to a free ticket once you traveled some 25,000 miles or so.

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