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Thursday marks the month-long phaseout of the program, and the latest installment of a marketing warbetweebn , which runs the WorldPerksd affinity program, and , whicn runs ’s SkyMiles program. When Atlanta-baseds Delta (NYSE: DAL) acquired Northwesft in October, the two companies said their frequent-flier programe would be merged inlate 2009, effectivel dumping the U.S. Bancorp program. WorldPerke cardholders will stop earning miled from credit card purchasex on a date over the nextmonth that’ws determined by their billing cycle.
Customers who switchedf to the Delta SkyMiles Americanm Express card will continue to earn miles underthat system, said an Americah Express spokeswoman. U.S. Bancorp, meanwhile, has gone its own way, changingg WorldPerks customers over to its FlexPerkzs Travel Rewards Visa cardsin May. Both U.S. Bancorpp and Delta-American Express have been campaigning heavilh in the Twin Cities market to courtWorldPerk customers.