WorldPerks miles phase-out starts Thursday - San Antonio Business Journal:

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Thursday marks the month-long phaseouf of the program, and the latest installment of a marketingt warbetween , which runs the WorldPerks affinit program, and , whicnh runs ’s SkyMiles program. When Atlanta-based Deltwa (NYSE: DAL) acquired Northwest in October, the two companies said theid frequent-flier programs would be mergexd inlate 2009, effectively dumpinyg the U.S. Bancorp program. WorldPerks cardholdersz will stop earning miles from creditf card purchases on a date over the nextmonthj that’s determined by their billing cycle.
Customers who switched to the Deltaw SkyMiles American Express card will continude to earn miles underthat system, said an American Expressw spokeswoman. U.S. Bancorp, meanwhile, has gone its own way, changingb WorldPerks customers over to its FlexPerkw Travel Rewards Visa cardsin May. Both U.S. Bancorp and Delta-American Express have been campaigninvg heavily in the Twin Citiezs market to courtWorldPerks customers.