Hello from the W Atlanta Midtown.  Flew down this morning aboard Delta Air Lines, and spent the day in the office.  Checked into the hotel around 6:30PM.  Great check in, and great stay so far.  The lady working the front desk was awesome.  I met a friend in the bar after checking in, and the same person who checked me in happened to walk by.   She remembered my name and asked if everything was OK with my room.  The room is great, and I was very impressed that she took the time to ask.  It’s going to be a good week.  Love this hotel!

You read it here first…as shocked as you may be, I’m on my way back to Atlanta this week.    Flying Delta, of course, and I’ve decided to stay at the W Atlanta Midtown.  This is really my favorite hotel in the area, and I’ve posted a couple of positive reviews in the past here, and again here.  My last stay there was kind of so-so though.  I’m sure it was a one-off deal, and I’m in a W mood this week.  So W Atlanta Midtown, here I come.

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Thanks for the great comments to “My Delta Dilemma” post.  I received a handful via email as well.  Right now, it’s obvious that Sky Miles is a program in transition.  Delta’s recent announcement about several improvements to the program, coupled with my possibly obtaining Gold or even Platinum Medallion status have convinced me to continue crediting my Delta flights to Sky Miles for the time being.

Delta Air Lines has announced an end to those mighty annoying fees for booking award travel at the last minute.  However, they will charge a $150 dollar fee for changes to award tickets effective today.  As far as I’m concerned, that’s a decent trade.  I can’t think of any time I’ve ever changed an award ticket….but that’s not to say this won’t be an issue for many.  Other changes (some positive, some negative) include:

• Platinum Medallions can now make unlimited fee-free award changes and redeposits
• The award redeposit fee rises to $150 dollars, but is waived for Platinum and Medallion members
• And low and behold, Delta is going to re-engineer the award travel and booking process and calendar on Delta.com.  (They admit it’s screwed up!!!!)
• Delta will implement an upgrade policy for Gold Medallion and higher members with Alaska Airlines.

In my opinion these are positive changes to the SkyMiles program.  There’s quite a bit more than the items I highlighted.  Read the entire summary here.