Delta almost free tickets to Zurich

[+ tassojunior]

Delta Sky Miles (Sky Pesos) got a bad rap for good reason. Horrible redemption values. Then they dropped their reward charts. However lately that's turned out good as they have incredibly cheap specials pop up.

 

Right now on their nonstops from JFK to Zurich from late September to May (I think) many days it's as low as 22,000 miles roundtrip. (It has to be roundtrip.) Fees are just $50 total. There are other low mileage redemptions to other cities from JFK but not quite as low. There are other specials from several cities to Sydney and Shangai (60K roundtrip).

 

I'm booking 2 trips to Zurich for 24K miles roundtrip each. Swiss air and other carriers have plenty of cheap flights to other cities. I know Vueling has flights to Prague often for $55 total. (That's how the guys travel). Wish I could talk some of them into coming over. If nothing else it's worth it for a few days at Patagonya.

 

Normally the lowest roundtrip to Zurich is 60K and those are hard to find. Normally to Asia it's 60K miles each way. (I'm not keen on steerage for 24 hours). Membership Rewards points from AmEx can be transferred to Delta and right now the $195 Platinum Delta charge card gives 70,000 miles and the free-first-year Gold Delta card gives 60,000 miles. That's 2 or 3 roundtrips to Europe.

 

update: These tickets book in regular economy, not basic economy, so you get 1 free 50lb suitcase.

Edited August 23, 2018 by tassojunior

[+ Keith30309]

Delta Sky Miles (Sky Pesos) got a bad rap for good reason. Horrible redemption values. Then they dropped their reward charts. However lately that's turned out good as they have incredibly cheap specials pop up.

 

Right now on their nonstops from JFK to Zurich from late September to May (I think) many days it's as low as 22,000 miles roundtrip. (It has to be roundtrip.) Fees are just $50 total. There are other low mileage redemptions to other cities from JFK but not quite as low. There are other specials from several cities to Sydney and Shangai (60K roundtrip).

 

I'm booking 2 trips to Zurich for 24K miles roundtrip each. Swiss air and other carriers have plenty of cheap flights to other cities. I know Vueling has flights to Prague often for $55 total. (That's how the guys travel). Wish I could talk some of them into coming over. If nothing else it's worth it for a few days at Patagonya.

 

Normally the lowest roundtrip to Zurich is 60K and those are hard to find. Normally to Asia it's 60K miles each way. (I'm not keen on steerage for 24 hours).

Damn! Just grabbed a pair of tix. Thank you !

[MassageAdam]

Delta Sky Miles (Sky Pesos) got a bad rap for good reason. Horrible redemption values. Then they dropped their reward charts. However lately that's turned out good as they have incredibly cheap specials pop up.

 

Right now on their nonstops from JFK to Zurich from late September to May (I think) many days it's as low as 22,000 miles roundtrip. (It has to be roundtrip.) Fees are just $50 total. There are other low mileage redemptions to other cities from JFK but not quite as low. There are other specials from several cities to Sydney and Shangai (60K roundtrip).

 

I'm booking 2 trips to Zurich for 24K miles roundtrip each. Swiss air and other carriers have plenty of cheap flights to other cities. I know Vueling has flights to Prague often for $55 total. (That's how the guys travel). Wish I could talk some of them into coming over. If nothing else it's worth it for a few days at Patagonya.

 

Normally the lowest roundtrip to Zurich is 60K and those are hard to find. Normally to Asia it's 60K miles each way. (I'm not keen on steerage for 24 hours). Membership Rewards points from AmEx can be transferred to Delta and right now the $195 Platinum Delta charge card gives 70,000 miles and the free-first-year Gold Delta card gives 60,000 miles. That's 2 or 3 roundtrips to Europe.

Yeah, I got roundtrip from LAX to Barcelona for 28,000 miles round trip for New Years. It was a steal of a deal.

[+ tassojunior]

Yeah, I got roundtrip from LAX to Barcelona for 28,000 miles round trip for New Years. It was a steal of a deal.

 

Wow. I thought the low tix were only out of JFK for Europe. I'll have to check WAS.

[+ Keith30309]

Uhmmm … What is there to do in Zürich?

[+ tassojunior]

Yeah, I got roundtrip from LAX to Barcelona for 28,000 miles round trip for New Years. It was a steal of a deal.

 

Wow again. I just checked and starting late October I can get the Zurich flights for 26K RT out of WAS instead of the 24K out of JFK. Saves me $200 on positioning flights !

[GBoi]

Uhmmm … What is there to do in Zürich?

 

Paragonya

[+ tassojunior]

Uhmmm … What is there to do in Zürich?

Knowing how you get around I bet that's a joke but for others:

 

50% of the top Czech guys are working there at any one time and Patagonya Sauna with escorts.

Edited August 23, 2018 by tassojunior

[+ tassojunior]

Bump

[mike carey]

Right now on their nonstops from JFK to Zurich from late September to May (I think) many days it's as low as 22,000 miles roundtrip. (It has to be roundtrip.) Fees are just $50 total. There are other low mileage redemptions to other cities from JFK but not quite as low. There are other specials from several cities to Sydney and Shangai (60K roundtrip).

Fantastic offers. I would note that JFK to Sydney is roughly three times as far as JFK to Zurich.

[+ tassojunior]

Fantastic offers. I would note that JFK to Sydney is roughly three times as far as JFK to Zurich.

 

Even better, many US cities to Sydney is 50,000 Skymiles roundtrip. (But steerage). Australia is extremely expensive to get to from the US (as I'm sure you know). I think 80,000 miles one-way is normal.

 

https://thepointsguy.com/deals/delta-flash-sale-australia-50000-skymiles/

 

Zurich is about as far as I can handle in back of a plane. With over-capacity to Zurich and low season I get the next-to- last row aisle and usually end up with 2 or 3 seats to sleep across. I don't know if there are ever any empty seats to Australia.

 

And while I love the blokes at Surfers and Cairns, there's no Patagonya in Australia.

Edited August 23, 2018 by tassojunior

[+ tassojunior]

Update-I, got 2 10-day trips to Zurich from DCA for 26K each RT. One in late October, one in mid March. Zurich has $50 flights to Prague on Vueling or I may end up somewhere else. I'd need a 2nd mortgage to pay Zurich hotels for 20 days. Nothing was open around Christmas when I like to go.

 

There were also many RT's from DCA to Athens for 46K miles RT, a great deal too.

[+ Keith30309]

Update-I, got 2 10-day trips to Zurich from DCA for 26K each RT. One in late October, one in mid March. Zurich has $50 flights to Prague on Vueling or I may end up somewhere else. I'd need a 2nd mortgage to pay Zurich hotels for 20 days. Nothing was open around Christmas when I like to go.

 

There were also many RT's from DCA to Athens for 46K miles RT, a great deal too.

Good finds! Kudos.

[+ tassojunior]

I'm also finding DCA to Frankfurt or Brussels for 26K roundtrip and Dusseldorf for 24K.

Edited August 25, 2018 by tassojunior

[+ Pensant]

It’s a great time to travel. Since the rail infrastructure in Eastern Europe is almost nonexistent except for Poland, Ukraine and Romania, I flew from city to city generally for under $100. Only way to go.