Merger is Complete

So it's done....

http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/29/news/companies/delta-nwa.ap/index.htm

All that is left now is setting the over/under on the day the last 'Red Tail' with disappear...

The rest of 2008 will just setting the table for the real transformation occuring in 2009.

Stay tuned for more information.

Bye Bye 50k Last Minute Rulebuster/PerkPass

Effective immediately NWA is matching Delta's change in award seat availability. Instead of booking RuleBuster award seats in Y, the last available Coach ticket bucket (for 50,000 miles round trip) RuleBuster (aka PerkPass) will now be booked as a 'V' ticket (but only 40,000 miles). What does this mean? Well, you will have availability for award tickets for less miles (win) but lose the huge value in award tickets in that you could hold onto the 50,000 miles for that last minute trip that you had to go on and save the $1200 in airfare that it would have cost you. Is it an all-around win for the consumer... Heck no. Is it a even trade... You could call it that, but I won't.

In the end, I like the proposal of a fellow traveler that 'prices' for Reward tickets should be based on a sliding scale...

Lots of Seats Available for Sale - 25k
Some Seats Available for Sale - 40k
Very Few Seats Available for Sale - 50k

We'll see what happens but the origins of this WorldPerks change was squarely from Delta. SkyMiles & WorldPerks are merging closer by the hour.

Voting Date Set

It appears that September 25, 2008 is the date that has been establshed for shareholders of both companies to approve the merger. Until that point the known changes to integrate SkyMiles & WorldPerks will only be speculation, but after that, the changes will be fast and furious.

SkyMiles vs. WorldPerks

So the biggest question that all of the current SkyMiles and WorldPerks members have been wondering... What features of the current frequent flyer programs will make the cut in the new 'Delta WorldPerks'? Elite members have been speculating on this on various bullentin boards since the merger announcement.

I'm currently consolidating all available information and will hopefully be posted in summary form with next few days here on DeltaWorldPerks.com. Please check back soon...

In the meantime, please feel free to post any information that have heard using the comments section below.

NWA & Delta Pilots Reach Tentative Deal

As reported in numerous news organizations...

Delta and NWA pilots agree on a contract before merger

More To Come Later, But for Now

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