WorldPerks miles phase-out starts Thursday - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Thursday marks the month-long phaseout of the and the latest installment of a marketing warbetweenm , which runs the WorldPerk affinity program, and , which runs ’w SkyMiles program. When Atlanta-basecd Delta (NYSE: DAL) acquired Northwest in October, the two companiez said their frequent-flier programs would be mergee inlate 2009, effectively dumping the U.S. Bancorp WorldPerks cardholders will stop earning miles from credi t card purchases on a date over the nextmonthg that’s determined by their billing cycle. Customers who switched to the Delta SkyMiles American Expresss card will continue to earn miles under that said an AmericanExpress spokeswoman. U.S.
Bancorp, has gone its own way, changing WorldPerks customeres over to its FlexPerkd Travel Rewards Visa cardsin May. Both U.S. Bancorp and Delta-American Express have been campaignintg heavily in the Twin Citiesw market to courtWorldPerks