Dec 3, 2014, 5:57 am
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BUY MQMS. EARN MQDS.
Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
Even better, dollars spent toward purchasing MQMs will also be credited as Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs – U.S.-based members only), which will be posted to your 2014 MQD balance and will also apply toward your 2015 status.
Want to learn what it means to travel for an entire year with Medallion status? Discover the benefits.
MQMs and MQDs will post to your SkyMiles® account within 24 hours of purchase.
And don’t forget:
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Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
Even better, dollars spent toward purchasing MQMs will also be credited as Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs – U.S.-based members only), which will be posted to your 2014 MQD balance and will also apply toward your 2015 status.
Want to learn what it means to travel for an entire year with Medallion status? Discover the benefits.
MQMs and MQDs will post to your SkyMiles® account within 24 hours of purchase.
And don’t forget:
- MQMs purchased will be deposited to your 2014 MQM balance
- MQMs purchased through this offer are non-refundable
- Dollars spent toward MQM purchase will apply to your 2014 MQD balance
- The maximum MQMs that may be purchased for one SkyMiles account for the 2015 Medallion year is 10,000
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Any Word on MQM Purchase this year?
Dec 16, 2014, 10:32 am
#122
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Dec 16, 2014, 11:07 am
#123
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I am 7175 miles short of renewing Plat and for me, purchasing 7500 MQMs is $1325.00. That is a heckuva' lot cheaper than doing a mileage run. But I'm still debating whether it's worth being Plat again next year, or is Gold sufficient.
Dec 16, 2014, 11:29 am
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Not sure if it's worth $1,325 or not to be PM, but next year PM is going to be worth a lot more than GM than in prior years due to the EC changes. With Gold you will no longer be able to select EC seats at booking next year and EC is improving a little.
And remember you can chose a $200 voucher as a choice gift to help offset that amount.
Dec 16, 2014, 11:41 am
#125
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If you don't already have a Delta AmEx Platinum, that might be an easier and cheaper way of getting the necessary MQM's.
Not sure if it's worth $1,325 or not to be PM, but next year PM is going to be worth a lot more than GM than in prior years due to the EC changes. With Gold you will no longer be able to select EC seats at booking next year and EC is improving a little.
And remember you can chose a $200 voucher as a choice gift to help offset that amount.
Not sure if it's worth $1,325 or not to be PM, but next year PM is going to be worth a lot more than GM than in prior years due to the EC changes. With Gold you will no longer be able to select EC seats at booking next year and EC is improving a little.
And remember you can chose a $200 voucher as a choice gift to help offset that amount.
Decisions! Decisions!
Dec 16, 2014, 11:46 am
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Dec 16, 2014, 12:07 pm
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Dec 16, 2014, 2:44 pm
#129
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Dec 18, 2014, 10:35 am
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Dec 16, 2015, 10:00 pm
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I might have the worst offer yet with barely over 115K MQMs this year:
2500 MQMs for $2195
5000 MQMs for $2495
7500 MQMs for $2795
10,000 MQMs for $2995
Now I'd consider buying the 10K for $2995 then returning 2500 of them for a $2195 refund. Unfortunately that's not an option so there's no way in he'll I'd do this. I could easily earn 10K MQMs for under half that price by flying, and then I'd get Skymiles and Million Miler credit to boot.
2500 MQMs for $2195
5000 MQMs for $2495
7500 MQMs for $2795
10,000 MQMs for $2995
Now I'd consider buying the 10K for $2995 then returning 2500 of them for a $2195 refund. Unfortunately that's not an option so there's no way in he'll I'd do this. I could easily earn 10K MQMs for under half that price by flying, and then I'd get Skymiles and Million Miler credit to boot.
Dec 16, 2015, 10:23 pm
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I just got 12,800 MQMs in a mileage run of 24 h 46 min which ended earlier today. Cost was $100.50 plus 150,000 SkyMiles. And this was for Delta One to and from LIM, a 757 with lie-flats from BOS to ATL and the other 2 legs (CRJ900 and MD88) were domestic first. All Seat 1A.
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Dec 17, 2015, 6:51 am
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I'm not sure I see how it's cheaper.
I just got 8,600 MQMs in a mileage run of 24 h 46 min which ended earlier today. Cost was $100.50 plus 150,000 SkyMiles. And this was for Delta One to and from LIM, a 757 with lie-flats from BOS to ATL and the other 2 legs (CRJ900 and MD88) were domestic first. All Seat 1A.
I just got 8,600 MQMs in a mileage run of 24 h 46 min which ended earlier today. Cost was $100.50 plus 150,000 SkyMiles. And this was for Delta One to and from LIM, a 757 with lie-flats from BOS to ATL and the other 2 legs (CRJ900 and MD88) were domestic first. All Seat 1A.
Dec 17, 2015, 6:55 am
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Dec 17, 2015, 7:00 am
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I'm not sure I see how it's cheaper.
I just got 8,600 MQMs in a mileage run of 24 h 46 min which ended earlier today. Cost was $100.50 plus 150,000 SkyMiles. And this was for Delta One to and from LIM, a 757 with lie-flats from BOS to ATL and the other 2 legs (CRJ900 and MD88) were domestic first. All Seat 1A.
I just got 8,600 MQMs in a mileage run of 24 h 46 min which ended earlier today. Cost was $100.50 plus 150,000 SkyMiles. And this was for Delta One to and from LIM, a 757 with lie-flats from BOS to ATL and the other 2 legs (CRJ900 and MD88) were domestic first. All Seat 1A.
I did that run two weeks ago as a turn, DTW/BOS/ATl/LIM and then was on the ground in LIM for about 90 minutes and did it back and received 14,266 MQMs. Did they give you the 50% class of service MQM bonus/ ATL/LIM is 4,766 MQM's each way.
Mine wasn't pay with miles eligible
Still a great deal for less than $1,300 for all those MQMs in confirmed f/j. Hope I can find that good of a deal next year. There were at least three other people on my flight that were doing it as a mileage run turn.