HKnight said:Grr. Being a student with a short credit history (albeit, I've been building since I turned 18) sucks. I never get approved for any non-student cards.be patient young Jedi, your time will come!

spammusubi said:ummm:

12,000 SkyMiles will be awarded to qualified American Express Cardmembers 6-8 weeks after the first charge on the Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card. Otherwise, bonus miles will be awarded upon payment of your initial $85 annual fee.

Maybe better for the 10,000 miles and first year free?


spammusubi, the same fine print exists for the offer the OP linked to. it's a standard clause. if you follow OP's link, and click "Learn More" near the top of the page, it links to this, which is the same footnote.

The 12,000 free miles link also says it is $85 annual fee, but waived for the first year. Same as 10,000 mile link.

Obviously YMMV, but I went for the extra miles. Hope it works.

Can a free ticket be sold/transferred ?

tembenite said:Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't adding someone to your CC potentially link your credit histories?

Neither my cat or dog have credit histories; wink,wink.

Or did you plan on using REAL people's names?

Pug Issued Credit Card
A pug in Northern California would have purchased his doggie treats with plastic after being issued a credit card by mail.

The dog, named Clifford, lives with his owner in Livermore, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area. Clifford's owner, Steve Borba, said he was tired of getting spam e-mails, so he signed up for an e-mail account using the name Clifford J. Dog. Eventually, a pre-approved credit card application arrived addressed to Clifford J. Dog, and Borba sent it in as a joke.

"It asked for his mother's name. I put 'Pugsy Malone.' When it asked for a Social Security number, I put nine zeroes, and I even put that this was for a dog and not to send a credit card," Borba said.

The credit card company issued Clifford a card despite the obvious warning on the application, Borba said. After the card arrived, Borba alerted the company of the error and the card was deactivated.

Borba said that Clifford never got to use his credit line.


LINK


We should come up with a new thread, how to maximize credit lines for your pets.

gnat said:On the other side, what are the potential consequences of giving fake and/or pet's names? Is this identify fraud, or something?

Yes it is Identity theft, you are stealing your Pet's Identity

SIS, did you see it in writing anywhere on the Delta.com or AMEX.com?

SUCKISSTAPLES said:did you read the OP?


khorne55 said:
Anyway, all said you will get 22,500 miles if you do it correctly, you only need 25,000 for a round trip domestic ticket! .

SUCKISSTAPLES said:HKnight said:Grr. Being a student with a short credit history (albeit, I've been building since I turned 18) sucks. I never get approved for any non-student cards.be patient young Jedi, your time will come!

I got an email and phone call from them this morning telling me to call them...apparently they had a problem with me listing total household income while I listed my job as Student...they asked me what I made per year and I gave them a rough estimate counting all my scholarships--APPROVED. They couldn't tell me my CL though...guess I'll have to wait.

Good thing those 0% til August Citi BT deals havent shown on my credit report yet...muahahaha. I shall call them back shortly to add some AUs.

Three unfortuante things, though-- (1) I JUST bought a Delta ticket before the CC app so no double miles on this purchase (do you think they'll let me re-bill this card? (2) I applied for the 10,000 point deal before the 12,000 or 15,000 deals were posted; (3) I doubt I'm going to be charging enough per year to justify the $35 annual fee (I already have another AMEX card)

Interesting. However, I can't find 2500 per extra person mentioned anywhere on the Delta web site (OP link). Am I missing something?

Delta is a partner of NWA. Hmmm. Wonder if I could get the bonus miles on my Worldperks account...