American Express just launched a new promotion for their Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card yesterday. Right now, you can get 20,000 bonus skymiles after first purchase. 20,000 bonus miles will be awarded after your first purchase on the Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card in the increments of 10,000 as a welcome bonus and 10,000 for this special offer. Please allow 8 to 12 weeks after your first purchase for the bonus miles to appear in your Delta SkyMiles account. If you add an additional card to your account, you can earn another 2,500 bonus SkyMiles. The total bonus miles you can get by adding additional cards is 5,000 SkyMiles. This 5,000 bonus miles are easy to get because you can even get an additional card for your pet! So there are total 25,000 bonus SkyMiles you can get from the Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card after first purchase! This is equal to $250 off towards your purchase of delta ticket!

This time American Express clearly indicates: If you already have or had any other Delta SkyMiles Credit Card from American Express Account(s), you are eligible to receive only the incremental difference between the Welcome Bonus miles offered herein and the amount offered with such other Account(s). You may be permitted to have more than one Delta SkyMiles Credit Card account; however, you are eligible to receive bonus miles for only one Card account.

This Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card features:

• Earn Always Double Miles on every eligible dollar you spend at supermarkets, drugstores, gas stations, home improvement and hardware stores, and the U.S. Postal Service. Earn Double Miles when you use your Card to pay your wireless phone bill and for Delta purchases.
• Earn one mile for every eligible dollar on virtually every other purchase you make with the Card. And it’s easy to ensure SkyMiles never expire.
• Use the Pay with Miles benefit to pay for all or part of your flight with miles - and put the rest on your Card. Start redeeming with just 10,000 miles for $100 dollars off any Delta flight with no blackout dates or seat restrictions.
• No annual fee the first year and $95 thereafter — unless you have a qualifying American Express Consumer Charge Card, in which case the annual fee is reduced to $40. Additional Cards are fee-free.

The Gold Delta SkyMiles Business Card also offers 25,000 bonus SkyMiles after first purchase.

Plus there is another opportunity to earn 30,000 bonus miles from AVIS and Budget.

Now through August 1, 2008, you can earn 9,999 bonus miles on your next rental placed through delta.com (maximum of 3 bonuses total per customer on both Avis and Budget). You don’t have to buy a flight ticket to qualify for the bonus miles. Simply make a card reservation directly from delta.com (here) and you can earn 9,999 bonus miles per reservation.

See following message:

Dear Delta Customer,
Thank you for your e-mail to Delta Air Lines.
The car must be booked on Delta.com yet it does not have to be in
conjunction with a flight.
Again, thank you for writing. We appreciate your selection of Delta and
will always welcome the opportunity to be of service.
Sincerely,
Online Customer Support Desk

Thank you for your e-mail regarding Delta’s SkyMiles program.
You can earn a total of 3 bonuses for the promotion period.
We genuinely appreciate your support and trust.
Sincerely,
Online Customer Support Desk

It’s quite possible that you can get 55,000 delta skymiles after reading this post!