WorldPerks miles phase-out starts Thursday - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Thursday marks the month-long phaseout of the and the latest installment of a marketing warbetweehn , which runs the WorldPerks affinity program, and , whicjh runs ’s SkyMiles program. When Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) acquire Northwest in October, the two companies said their frequent-flier programs would be mergedx inlate 2009, effectively dumping the U.S. Bancor program. WorldPerks cardholders will stop earning milesa from credit card purchasews on a date over the nextmonth that’s determined by theire billing cycle. Customers who switched to the Deltwa SkyMiles American Express card will continue to earn mile underthat system, said an American Expresds spokeswoman. U.S.
Bancorp, meanwhile, has gone its own way, changingg WorldPerks customers over to its FlexPerks Travel Rewards Visa cardein May. Both U.S. Bancorp and Delta-American Express have been campaigninf heavily in the Twin Cities market to courtWorldPerks