Anyone transfer miles and get the bonus yet?

The wording is kind of vague as to when you actually get the bonus:
"Bonus miles will be posted up to 6 weeks from the promotion expiration date of July 31, 2008."

Last year, the bonus posted about 4 weeks after the mileage transfer.I have not yet tranferred the points... Still evaluating where best place to park my points is (given the upcoming merger devaluing point effectiveness)
glxpass said ... Unfortunately, you probably wouldn't get the full 25,000 AMEX Membership Rewards Points until after the 20% promotion has ended....Those additional 20,000 bonus points will likely appear on your billing statements 6-8 weeks after the final qualifying date for the promotion: 10/31/08. At least, that's what I've been told and that's what happened with me for other AMEX promotions that required $X of purchases by a given date...My experience with the 20000 bonus points was rather quick (approximately 60 days - {4/23 to 6/16}):

04/23/2008 - applied and approved for card (first time cardholder)
05/14/2008 - First statement cuts with $505 balance
05/16/2008 - Purchase pushes account past the $1000 minimum purchase requirement to receive bonus points.
05/20/2008 - online payment to payoff card in full
05/20/2008 - I check my Rewards Statement detail and find 20,000 pending points as "5/1/2008" transaction date for "BGR Spring08/Spend$1k-20K pts"
06/13/2008 - 2nd statement cuts with $0 balance
06/16/2008 - I check my Rewards Statement detail and find 505 earned points "6/1/2008" transaction date (from 5/14/2008 stmt purchase activity)
06/16/2008 - On same Rewards Statement detail and find that the 20,000 pending points are now earned points

I just transfered 25k today (immediate processing on the DL website, I'm impressed )...

Lets see if a) I even get the miles at all because I wasn't part of the mailer and b) duration of processing

Before transferring AMEX MR points to Delta, I recommend you read this Flyer Talk thread. It discusses the fact that Delta is revising their SkyMiles Reward structure. It looks like they're going to a 3-tier structure. It used to be that you could count on 25K giving you a SkySaver domestic round-trip ticket. The 3-tier structure now relegates that to the least expensive option. Any bets as to how that will affect availability of Award tickets at that 25K level?

And this is only one of several changes to SkyMiles. Keep in mind that once those AMEX points go to Delta, they are pretty much stuck there; you can't transfer them directly to another FF program or to a hotel program. Now, if you're committed to flying Delta no matter what, or if you're flying Delta in the near future, then you'd weigh the value of the 20% bonus differently.

In summary, consider carefully how you want to use those AMEX MR points.

I transferred in mid June ( didn't receive the mailer) and haven't seen the bonus yet. Has anyone gotten the bonus?

santijs said:I just transfered 25k today (immediate processing on the DL website, I'm impressed )...

Lets see if a) I even get the miles at all because I wasn't part of the mailer and b) duration of processing

Got my bonus! woo woo!

Got mine too.

Now til Halloween '08

EugeneV said:30% until the end of the year
It sounds like Delta is trying to rope people in, now that they've changed their SkyMiles structure to three tiers. For example, on domestic flights:

Before the change (R/T):
                     SkySaver          SkyChoice
Coach                 25K               50K
Premium               45K               90K

Now (One-Way):
                     Low               Medium          High
Coach                 12.5K             20K            30K
Premium               22.5K             40K            50K

As you can guess, it will be even more difficult to find 25K R/T SkyMiles flights. See the current SkyMiles Awards Chart for more information.

Although other airlines will probably eventually institute a similar rewards structure, I'd recommend taking the Delta change into consideration before moving your AMEX membership rewards points to Delta.

Thanks OP and EugeneV.

Floydian said:
So for kicks, I tried out an ATL - MSP roundtrip in December, using both "Low" days. The price keeps coming up as "32,500 miles." I'm not exactly sure Delta is advertising the "Low" days correctly in their booking calendar. If I use a date further out, I can use two "Low" days to get a flight for 25,000 miles, as advertised, and as expected.

Is there a difference in "Low" days I'm not aware of? Granted, I'm new to the Delta reward system, but it seems a bit fishy to me...
25K miles for a typical weekend trip
ATL-MSP Friday, Dec 12 @ 17:40
MSP-ATL Sunday, Dec 14 @ 18:55

You have to make sure both the outbound and inbound flights qualify for "Low"; there can be both "Low" and "Medium" flights on the same day.

There are many new fees to look out for: $100 for partner redemptions, $100 for changes/cancellation, $75+ for booking within 21 days. But the above itineray books on DL metal so it will just be $37 in taxes.