Delta has now made it possible to link your Delta SkyMiles account to your Northwest WorldPerks account and use your miles in a combined fashion.  What’s more, they’re offering you 500 miles to do it right now.  Their message reads:

Link Your SkyMiles and WorldPerks Accounts

When you link your Northwest WorldPerks account with your Delta
SkyMiles account you can combine your miles immediately to redeem for
mileage upgrades, Award Travel, and even shopping. Enjoy the benefits
of both programs, even before they’re fully integrated.  Plus, linking
accounts now will enable automatic consolidation of your account
history, including Elite qualification balances, when the programs
merge later this year.

Two simple steps to faster rewards:
1. Validate account numbers and PINs.
You’ll enter both your WorldPerks and your SkyMiles account numbers
and PINs for authentication.
2. Link accounts, transfer miles.
After linking your accounts, you can begin to transfer miles from one
account to the other. You may transfer as many miles as you want in
either direction–as many times as you want–as long as the miles are
there to transfer.

Or you may choose to only link your accounts and not transfer your
miles at this time. You can return at any time to transfer miles
between accounts.

Link your accounts and transfer your miles before April 15, 2009 and
earn 500 bonus miles in your SkyMiles account. Refer to the terms and
conditions for complete details.

 

One thing does occur to me:  There is probably very little overlap between the two customer bases relatively speaking.  Their networks serve different hubs in pretty different geographic locations.  No doubt there is some overlap but probably not as much as we might imagine between an AA / United linkup.

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