The following text is taken verbatim from an e-mail message received just moments ago:

Earn bonus miles every night you stay, and get rewarded faster!

Get an additional 200 miles for every qualifying night you stay from February 1 to April 30, 2010 – up to 4,000 miles with any hotel in the Priority Club® Rewards family of brands, InterContinental®, Crowne Plaza®, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® or Candlewood Suites® hotels worldwide. With over 4,300 hotels worldwide, it’s never been easier to earn bonus miles.

Details such as qualifying airlines and FlyerTalk member commentary can be found in the following threads:

• Priority Club Until April 30, 2010: Earn 200 Bonus SkyMiles Every Night You Stay
• Earn 200 Bonus Airline Miles Every Night You Stay Until April 30, 2010

…but it will allegedly be targeted to SkyMiles members who officially receive an e-mail communication from Delta Air Lines.

Stay tuned to the DL Double MQM miles promotion CONFIRMED by Delta skymiles reps TODAY thread to keep up-to-date on the details of this promotion, which is reportedly set to begin on October 7…

As the Northwest Airlines WorldPerks program has been integrated into the new Delta Air Lines SkyMiles program, so have the two FlyerTalk forums combined into the new Delta Air Lines SkyMiles forum, where one can stop by and read the comments lamenting the end of the Northwest WorldPerks frequent flier program, as well as optimistic comments pertaining to the new Delta Air Lines SkyMiles program.

Both the old Delta SkyMiles and Northwest WorldPerks forums are still intact as sub-forums of the new Delta SkyMiles forum.

How could one have Too many MQMs? The irony of “best in class” is attributed to the new SkyMiles frequent flier loyalty program of Delta Air Lines since its merger with Northwest Airlines.

Is having too many elite qualification miles actually a problem? It seems to be a concern for FlyerTalk member redtailshark.

Because of the new rollover feature of the SkyMiles program, where excess unused Medallion Qualification Miles can be “rolled over” to the next year, some FlyerTalk members are opting to guarantee themselves a certain level of elite status for this year and the next year rather than achieve a higher level of status for this year and have an even lesser status — or, worse,  no status at all — for the next year.

Imagine spending 175,000 Delta Air Lines SkyMiles to take a 7 Hr Flight ATL – ATL.

More accurately, FlyerTalk member MileTex was traveling on a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Dubai via Atlanta on a SkyMiles award ticket. However, the aircraft fron Atlanta to Dubai was apparently consuming more fuel than usual, which could prevent the aircraft from completing its journey to Dubai. Approximately four hours into the flight, the decision was made to turn the aircraft around and head back to Atlanta. By the time the aircraft arrived back in Atlanta, approximately 7 hours had elapsed since the flight departed from Atlanta.

Because the unexpected problem would have shortened the time in Dubai to two days from the original 3 days MileTex was originally going to spend there, MileTex decided to head back to Dallas-Fort Worth and cancel the trip.

Should MileTex receive a refund of the SkyMiles spent for this trip?

A number of Delta forum FlyerTalk members — including yours truly — received one bonus Delta Air Lines SkyMile in our SkyMiles accounts.

The question is: why?!?

Another ancillary question is: does that one SkyMile also include one bonus Medallion Qualification Mile to count towards elite status for the following year?

Details, speculation and discussion regarding this bizarre and unexpected gift of one Delta Air Lines SkyMile can be found in the Delta Expiration Extension – 1 free mile posted thread.

Effective immediately, book international award travel on Delta Air Lines or Northwest Airlines and use up to 25% fewer miles for your award ticket.

Rules and restrictions apply, and this offer is available only for a limited time. Please refer to the following FlyerTalk threads for further details:

• NW Giving 10-25% discount on award flights
• Discount International Award Tickets

In an apparent response to the offers by United Airlines for Mileage Plus frequent flier members to earn double elite qualification miles on United Airlines flights and Continental Airlines for OnePass frequent flier members to earn double elite qualification miles on Continental Airlines flights as reported by The Gate, Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines are offering a similar promotion with notable differences as compared to the United Airlines and Continental Airlines offers: higher fare classes will count towards the earning of of up to triple Medallion Qualification Miles, or MQMs, for Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines flights worldwide…

…but are Northwest WorldPerks and Delta Air Lines SkyMIles members really earning up to triple Medallion Qualification Miles? Please read the How many flights will you book if Delta rolls out a 2X MQM Bonus right now? and Will NW/DL match AA/UA double EQM? threads for details, as well as some controversy and confusion.

If you are both a Delta Air Lines SkyMiles member and a Northwest Airlines WorldPerks member, here is your chance to earn a quick and easy 500 miles when you Link NW and DL accounts.

Not only can you earn 500 free miles as a result of a minute or two of effort on your part, but once your accounts are linked, you are free to transfer miles between accounts as often as you like, free of charge.

Details of this offer may also be found in the Linking WorldPerks With Skymiles? [500 Mile Bonus after Link] thread.

Additionally, if you are interested in being matriculated for some higher education, how about a “degree” where you can earn hundreds — perhaps thousands — of Northwest WorldPerks miles? Pack your trunk and head on over to the Master WorldPerks University Thread [Merged Threads] where enrolling, participating in the courses and taking the final exams may be worth your while, and each course requires only mere minutes of your time. The WorldPerks miles immediately post to your Northwest Airlines WorldPerks account upon completion of each test. Dormitory facilities are not available, but at least there are no heavy textbooks to carry.

Keep in mind that both the Northwest Airlines WorldPerks and Delta Air Lines SkyMiles promotions are included here due to the recently announced merger between the two airlines, and it is expected that when the merger is finally completed, the miles from both programs will be combined.

If you have been thinking about purchasing a Mercedes-Benz vehicle, or even if you have always wanted to drive one, now is your chance — and you can even be rewarded with 1,000 Delta Air Lines SkyMiles just for doing so!

This offer is only available for a limited time at select Mercedes-Benz dealers in the United States, so please refer to the 1000 Skymiles for Mercedes Test Drive – Select MB Dealers thread for additional details.