Earning Miles | Fat Wallet Refugee

The trip has been smooth for the most part. I got some nice shots of the flatlands and hilly sections before we rolled over the Rockies.

It looks like I’ve got just an hour and twenty minutes left in the flight. Time for another snack!

I decided to open the packet of Biscoff wafer and Ghirardelli chocolate from the earlier snack cart. I still have most of the vodka left over. It was too strong for me.

I think that body of water is Warm Springs, but it’s difficult to tell from the flight map. When I zoom in I don’t see any lakes, only rivers.

The refreshments came by again and I asked for more Biscoff, I happily received two packets. I also got a second cup of the Pike Place coffee. Two creams no sugar, just right for my tummy.

Maybe the coffee is free because they didn’t ask for my card the second time. Or maybe the last call on snacks is free. I don’t know. My receipts have not arrived yet.

Usually digital receipts are instantaneous so I am a little confused. I spent $14 on the chicken sandwich and the first round of drinks was $11 (coffee, tonic, and spirits).

I should be getting a 20% statement credit on the in-flight purchases. That’s one of the perks available with the Delta Blue card.

I should mention, since I booked the cheapest airfare with Delta Air, my flight did not qualify for earning Miles. It is a bummer that I spaced out applying my saved points to this trip. I could saved $200 on my $300 tickets.

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Over the years, I have used my Delta Blue to fly to JFK in New York City a couple of times to visit family. I also had a wonderful flight to Guadaloupe for a Caribbean sailing trip.

Earlier this year, I gifted my accrued miles to my mother so she could fly to Lisbon, Portugal, to visit her guru, Mooji-baba.

I’ve had my Delta Blue since 2018.

Before that, I had a Delta Debit card from SunTrust. I didn’t stick around for the merger with Truist, so I retired my Debit and opted for the nicer Credit card.

Of all the credit cards I have signed up for, I think the Delta Blue is my favorite. A close second was the Capital One Walmart card that was recently discontinued. I had an 11k limit on the Wally card, much more than the 4k limit I have with my Delta card.

But I rarely charge more than 1k on my card in a month. I make it a point never to leave a balance on my cards month to month. I still rely on many of the tricks I learned on the old Fat Wallet Forums.

More recently, I have been using the Skymiles card as my default payment source on PayPal. When I pay for shipping labels on eBay, the charge to the card earns me some extra miles. I’ve stacked up 6,678 miles from the labels since I began Thrifting in July.

I am planning a trip to Seattle, WA, next year to see family members. I expect I will be booking that flight using miles alone if eBay sales continue at the current rate.

The point-earning categories are a bit limited with this card. I get 2x points when I buy anything from Delta, 2x points when I hit up Starbucks or go to Wendy’s, and 1 point on any other spending. So for every dollar I spend at Goodwill or the Treasure Hunt store, I get a mile.

There’s no annual fee since this is considered an entry-level Delta card. The downside with that is you don’t get any of the perks that come with the higher-end Gold or Platinum cards.

A consolation, perhaps, is that neither the Gold nor Platinum gets lounge access. That perk is only available for Reserve cardholders. But those poor souls are eating a $640 annual fee.

There is a signing bonus of 10k miles if you spend 1k in the first three months. That’s fairly standard with lowbie cards like this.