Status / Diamond on Dollars Alone ?
Dec 12, 2014, 8:01 pm
#16
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As a MSP based flier you are penalized by higher fairs and direct flights to smaller airports. I have looked to switch and just arrive 2-3 hours later by taking American or Untied. If I lived in OMA and went to the same places I do now it racks up the MQS.
I am sure in a few years it will go to a sole MQD to miles formula.
Dec 12, 2014, 8:19 pm
#17
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But that's F, not J. My question was specifically for a non-discounted, single ticket on DL for greater than $17k (required to get the MQD 15k mentioned upthread). Point being that there simply aren't that many tickets that price out that high, and for the handful that do, I suspect a large portion of buyers are corporate travelers eligible for "big" discounts on full fare tickets.
Dec 12, 2014, 8:28 pm
#18
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Dec 12, 2014, 8:30 pm
#19
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Status / Diamond on Dollars Alone ?
Buying 10k MQMs and a cheap 3k MQM flight will get you Gold.
Diamond will NOT happen unless you put down 100k on DPJ which can be used on regular Delta flights.
Diamond will NOT happen unless you put down 100k on DPJ which can be used on regular Delta flights.
Dec 12, 2014, 8:49 pm
#20
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I wish.
I fly 6/year business international at 10-15k each. With some domestic flights I hit 117k this year but had 10k rollover so I'll be diamond again. But my dollars are in the $80k range. They should have a 75k mqd diamond here's hold IMO.
I fly 6/year business international at 10-15k each. With some domestic flights I hit 117k this year but had 10k rollover so I'll be diamond again. But my dollars are in the $80k range. They should have a 75k mqd diamond here's hold IMO.
Dec 13, 2014, 5:35 am
#22
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If you have $80,000 MQDs, I'm surprised that you're not suggesting a $79,999 MQD requirement for DM.
Dec 13, 2014, 5:38 am
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I too would have thought that for not a huge amount over $100,000, one could take a private jet to Mali or even the specific island of one's resort hotel. This is a destination which would be awkward for scheduled commercial connections.
Dec 13, 2014, 5:51 am
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You could, just not on Delta Private Jets. As one could imagine, their hourly operating charges are a little on the high end.
Dec 13, 2014, 5:56 am
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One could also try to fly commercial nonstop to some convenient "nearby" airport like SIN and pick up the private jet to Mali there.
Dec 13, 2014, 6:13 am
#26
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US to Male is about 9000 miles
That is about 15 hours flying time
A private jet with a range of 5-6000 miles (so one technical fuel stop) would cost about $10,000 an hour including fuel, international fees, repositioning of pilots etc
So a round trip would be $300,000 or thereabouts
Dec 13, 2014, 7:18 am
#27
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I'm pretty sure that Delta 360 membership grants Diamond status (even if you haven't met the miles/segments requirements). There are a few posts from people who gotten the DL 360 invite with less than $100K of spend.
Dec 13, 2014, 7:26 am
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Yes and there has been an occasional report on this forum about DL reaching out and giving higher statuses based on spend alone, but this was in the $50K+ range. OP is nowhere near the kind of spend to qualify.
Dec 13, 2014, 7:39 am
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Dec 13, 2014, 7:41 am
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