Delta / Uber partnership now live, but still not exciting

Delta’s new partnership with Uber is now live. Those who signed up for the waitlist earlier this year can now link their SkyMiles and Uber accounts and start earning on rides. Everyone else will be able to link their accounts starting April 24th.

This isn’t a stellar partnership, as the cheapest Uber rides are only eligible to earn miles on rides to and from the airport. Uber Eats orders are included, but only if the total is $40+.

Even worse, unlike Uber’s partnership with Marriott, you’re not able to double-dip SkyMiles earnings with Bonvoy points. You have to choose one or the other.

The Deal

• You can now earn Delta SkyMiles on Uber rides if you had previously signed up for the Delta / Uber waitlist.

Direct Link to promotion page and to link accounts

• The promotion will open to all members (who didn’t sign-up for the waitlist) starting o 4/24/25

Here’s the earning rates for SkyMiles on Uber rides:

• 3 miles per dollar on Uber Reserve rides
• 2 miles per dollar on premium rides (e.g. Uber Black, Uber Comfort, Uber XL, etc.)
• 1 mile per dollar on Uber X airport rides
• 1 mile per dollar spent on $40+ Uber Eats restaurant and grocery orders

Quick Thoughts

You used to be able to earn 1 Delta SkyMile for every $1 spent on Lyft rides or 2x on rides to the airport. Because of that, this new Uber partnership is underwhelming since regular UberX rides that aren’t to/from an airport will earn zero SkyMiles (although with Lyft there was no way to earn SkyMiles on food or delivery orders).

Uber already has partnerships with Marriott and Aeroplan, and the earning structure here effectively imitates those, with the one difference being that Aeroplan gives you a 250 point bonus each month that you take a qualifying Uber ride or make a $40+ Uber Eats order.

However, there’s one big difference that makes this SkyMiles partnership even worse than either Marriott or Aeroplan: you can’t double-dip. Currently, I can earn one Bonvoy point and one Aeroplan point for eligible rides and Uber Eats orders. However, it looks that’s not going to be possible with Delta…linking your SkyMiles account for rewards forces you to unlink your Bonvoy account.

I’d never choose one Delta mile over one Aeroplan point, let alone one Aeroplan AND one Bonvoy point. Primarily because of that, this one’s a hard pass for me.

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