dgxoxo

I went ahead about bought MQMs, since I really wanted to avoid a mileage run in this busy period.

For those of you interested, the MQMs have already shown up in my activity listing on my profile, but the total MQMs have not been refreshed to show the additional 10k.

Feel free to criticize my decision. But just know:

pleasantsn

Wow, all prices have gone up $100 since last year. And UG's are even harder to get. IDK why DL thinks I would pay EVEN MORE. This is a ridiculous promotion I hope everyone avoids. Just find a quick MR if you're really concerned about getting status for next year.

LGANightOwl

What will get people to buy in to this promotion is the time spent in the air and away from home doing the MR. Last I checked airfare JFK-LAX was about $350 and that nets ~5000 miles. Delta is selling 5000 MQM's for $595. The question people will debate is "Is 10 hours in the air worth saving $245?"

NYCflip

I was thinking the same thing.

ILovetheReds

Last year my sister bought 10,000 MQM's and was charged a tax on the miles in addition to the "sales price". She bought them again last night and said the charge is no longer being charged.

dgxoxo

This is dependent on the person and for me, the answer is yes.

Sez_Who

In some cases, what you did makes perfect sense. For example, if you were, say, 10K short of Plat, buying 10K gives you a status boost and a CB, which could be a $200 voucher. Now it doesn't look so expensive, in fact less that I have been paying to fly 10K.

This is definitely a YMMV thing so if it works for you, go for it.

jamesteroh

And if it gets you from PM to Diamond and you are a skyclub member, the free skyclub membership saves you $300 a year, plus the additional choice gift is worth $200 so that brings the cost down to $495. When you factor in what you pay for gas and parking for a mileage run.... Or factor in the additional upgrades you will get by advancing a tier, it pays sometimes.

ATLpat

Does DL only do this at the end of the year?

jdrtravel

historically, yes.

jdrtravel

I'm with others. I'm based in LA....LAX-JFK or $595. The truth is, I would not just go to JFK and turn around. I would take a taxi into the city--$52.00, plus go out to eat, see friends, etc. Even if I stay with friends and don't pay for a hotel, it would not be long before I spent over $595. . . I suppose one could just go to JFK and turn right back around, but that would really suck.

rwoman

Heck, there are times I find LHR-JFK for the high $500s or low $600s.

johnslloyd

I don't need them, but if I did, the cost is so high I wouldn't do it. At least $.10 per MQM, higher if you buy less than 10K. If I did need them, I would search for a MR that made sense, to someplace I'd want to go.

GRALISTAIR

Everyone is different. For me personally this year, I have no vacation days left apart from what is booked and no more spare weekends. For many this must be the case too. They want status (and as I am PM I fully understand that). Thus a purchase of MQMs would make great sense and we all know DL gains from this too.

I have considered it as it would take me to Diamond but in other threads I have posted my strategy that I prefer PM-PM rather than Diamond/Gold or God forbid Diamond/FO.

In other times, an MR or travelling for the sake of travelling and getting MQMs is a huge amount of fun.

Each person makes there choice. I can not fault DL for their business decision.

MRs are more fun - to repeat myself.

Orange County Commuter

Yes I am sure the "mind readers" can come up with another 100 pages of useless posts of of this.

That thread needs to die along with all the other "I know what's going to happen" posturing on here LOL! If the posters were really that great at "knowing" wouldn't they have spent their time on something more profitable then "speculation" on sky miles. (Heck if they applied half that much energy to reading the stock market they could probably all be in the Mitt Romney tax bracket and just fly private jets)

If i needed some miles I would buy them. I am going to come right in at Diamond (with about 500 rollover LOL!) But my time around the end of the year is worth something. I can just see me telling my family "I have to go fly around the country just to earn miles over the holidays" That's a hit!