Upgrade to Gold on Delta
Mar 13, 2016, 10:22 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 2
Upgrade to Gold on Delta
Maybe I'm thick but Im not understanding the whole Upgrade to Gold and onwards status. I earned Silver status in 2015 on Delta. I fly every week for work 
and in 2016 I started the year as silver but obviously no MQM's/MQS or spend. My Delta account is now telling me my next upgrade is to Silver. If I read it correct, even though I was Silver on Jan 1 2016, I now need to do 60 segments or 50,000 miles and spend $6k to hit gold. I was under the impression that my first 30 segments and 3k spend was half way to the Gold and a further 30 segments and 3k spend would get me to gold.
and in 2016 I started the year as silver but obviously no MQM's/MQS or spend. My Delta account is now telling me my next upgrade is to Silver. If I read it correct, even though I was Silver on Jan 1 2016, I now need to do 60 segments or 50,000 miles and spend $6k to hit gold. I was under the impression that my first 30 segments and 3k spend was half way to the Gold and a further 30 segments and 3k spend would get me to gold.
Mar 13, 2016, 10:31 am
#2
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SDF
Programs: DL:360/DM/6 MMer; Bonvoy: Lifetime Titanium 10+M pts, 3100+ nights;
Posts: 1,441
On January 1st of each year, your MQMs, MQSs, and MQDs reset to zero. Your status earned last year is good until January 31st of next year but to continue as Silver or to advance to Gold in 2017, you'll need to earn the miles or segments, and the dollars again this year.
Mar 13, 2016, 10:47 am
#4
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP, DL FO, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 6,712
All economy seats are like that, on every airline. I'm 6'3" and definitely know the struggle. When I didn't have status, I usually purchased first class. Now, I usually get upgraded, but will pay if it means staying out of Y on flights longer than about 4 hours.
Mar 13, 2016, 11:46 am
#5
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Mar 13, 2016, 7:55 pm
#8
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: MEM
Programs: DL DM, Marriott/Starwood Plat
Posts: 441
Let's say you take a few weeks off, but fly a RT 48 weeks of the year. If you lived in ATL and never had to connect you would be at 96 segments for the year, if you live somewhere else and connect you will be racking up segments very quickly. so you probably won't be silver for long.
Mar 14, 2016, 1:43 pm
#11
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Western NY
Programs: DL PM
Posts: 480
Maybe I'm thick but Im not understanding the whole Upgrade to Gold and onwards status. I earned Silver status in 2015 on Delta. I fly every week for work and in 2016 I started the year as silver but obviously no MQM's/MQS or spend. My Delta account is now telling me my next upgrade is to Silver. If I read it correct, even though I was Silver on Jan 1 2016, I now need to do 60 segments or 50,000 miles and spend $6k to hit gold. I was under the impression that my first 30 segments and 3k spend was half way to the Gold and a further 30 segments and 3k spend would get me to gold.
and in 2016 I started the year as silver but obviously no MQM's/MQS or spend. My Delta account is now telling me my next upgrade is to Silver. If I read it correct, even though I was Silver on Jan 1 2016, I now need to do 60 segments or 50,000 miles and spend $6k to hit gold. I was under the impression that my first 30 segments and 3k spend was half way to the Gold and a further 30 segments and 3k spend would get me to gold.
Mar 14, 2016, 10:45 pm
#12
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Mar 15, 2016, 4:09 am
#13
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Seattle
Programs: DL DM, Marriott Gold
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