Re: Japan For those of you who are not flying but cannot pass up free air miles

[kickysnana]

I checked and Delta has donation to a Japanese relief agency headquartered in Japan and is doing relief work.

When Haiti happened I donated from my Capital One card air miles. I did not look at my other airlines because I had a lot of Delta miles from the last 12 years when I stopped flying.

No pain donation.

[subterranean]

1. How does that work, exactly?

You donate your miles, and the airline company then donates a certain cash amount for each mile? Is there any way to find out how much was donated from your miles, and to make sure it was actually donated?

[kickysnana]

2. Here is what I know

Capital one converted the points/miles into cash and donated it to a relief agency for Haiti. Delta does not have a lot of details on their donation of skymiles.
http://www.delta.com/skymiles/use_miles/donate_miles/index.jsp

"Donations must be a minimum of 1,000 miles and are not tax deductible for SkyMiles members or Delta. Allow up to 6 weeks for miles to be deducted from your account.

Interested in making a charitable donation, but don’t have enough miles? Convert Partner Points to Miles today and make someone’s wish
come true."

They list major American Charities who do have oversight. I have no knowledge other than what you can find on the internet. In the past I have donated miles on other airlines to organizations that help US military personal fly home.

Other points for Japan.
http://www.webflyer.com/programs/notiflyer/comments.php?art=1518