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Delta SkyMiles has deepened their partnership with Canada’s WestJet, and you can now redeem Delta SkyMiles for award flights on WestJet. This opens up a whole range of options for travelers, especially those with links to Canada.
Booking WestJet Flights
The new option for redeeming flights is effective March 28, 2017, and you can redeem your SkyMiles for flights across the entire WestJet network. Tickets will be booked according to the following guidelines:
- Tickets will be WestJet economy class tickets
- You can upgrade to Premium Economy at check-in
The new deal does not affect mileage-earning with WestJet, and you will still be able to earn Delta SkyMiles on WestJet-operated flights, as you have been since 2015.
Great Choices
Additional redemption options are always welcome, especially when it comes to more non-stop flights. WestJet caters to over 100 destinations across North America and the Caribbean and has major hubs in Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary. This opens up some excellent choices for nonstop flights from the US to Canada; some of the key nonstop routes now open to Delta SkyMiles Members include:
- Nashville to Toronto
- Edmonton to Las Vegas
- Calgary to San Francisco
- Phoenix to Calgary
- Montreal to Miami
Final Thoughts
Any development that increases choice is great news, and this improved partnership between Delta and WestJet is just the ticket. If you are a regular traveler between the US or Canada, you now have another great option to cash in your miles.
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This is a very nice add for SkyMiles.
If availability is good it’s a very good news!
How lovely to now have an added partner as an option for itineraries!
This is awesome. Can now actually get from Orlando to Vancouver round trip for 25k Delta miles. Just priced out a trip in August that was going to cost $1416 for 50k delta miles + $105 for over 2.6 cents per mile value.
Always nice to have more options. Perhaps I’ll finally manage to dust off those SkyPesos.
WestJet is a solid airline for those venturing up north, and in my experience has good availability on routes to certain harder to reach destinations in Canada than its competitors. Definitely happy to see this partnership.
Hope they have more award seats than Delta at lower mileage
This is so awesome to see! Always love seeing new partnerships!
Thank you for letting us know! Somehow Delta’s newsletter failed to notify me about this change
I’m only holding a few Delta-Poins now…around 15k – is that enough Points to redeem on Westjet? Or is there a minimum-spend?
It depends — Delta doesn’t publish their award charts. That said, sounds like enough for a one-way flight depending on your origin/destination.
Great to have more partners. Hope that they connect better with my home airport.
Good to know! Thanks.
This could be very good news, provided Delta don’t charge crazy amounts of miles.
More incentive to travel to Canada is good 🙂
This is good news for me. I hope I will be able to redeem my SkyMiles for a saver award between USA and Canada this Summer.