Award Wallet: "Generally speaking, the pricing is a mixed bag. Award tickets to and from the United States — like on most Delta partner airlines — don't make sense to book unless it's a last-resort situation. Each U.S. gateway features similar pricing, give or take a few thousand miles depending on the class of travel. Business class awards are the most steep, coming in at 320,000 SkyMiles each direction."
Points Wire Note:
Business class award award rates with Delta SkyMiles rates are atrocious on itineraries that start or end in North America. If you want to get decent value for an aspirational award ticket, use your SkyMiles for flights that start and end outside North America. For example, a one-way business class ticket on El Al between Tel Aviv and Bangkok is 70,000 SkyMiles. Not bad for 11 hours.
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