Nov 10, 2014, 2:08 am
Last edit by: bakrgby
All,
A wikipost seemed to be useful for this thread to help FTers find the most current infomation regarding DL's Status Match Challenge.
SKYMILES MEDALLION® STATUS MATCH CHALLENGE
Official Delta Site and Sign-Up
Status Match Period:
90 Days
MQM/MQS Qualifying Flights must be flown on Delta, Delta Connection or Partner Flights:
In order to extend your Medallion status after the 90 days, you'll need to earn a specific number of Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) or Medallion Qualification Segments (MQSs) within the 90 days of enrolling by flying Delta or Delta Connection®, and partner airlines.
Comparable Status:
MQM / MQS Requirement:
Criteria for Participation:
Other Notes from dl.com:
When to request:
Corporate accounts:
Depending on your company's agreement with Delta, you may have different qualification requirements and/or an alternate method of requesting a status match or challenge. Check your company's intranet or travel manager.
Current Processing Time:
4-5 days as of July 31st 2022
A wikipost seemed to be useful for this thread to help FTers find the most current infomation regarding DL's Status Match Challenge.
SKYMILES MEDALLION® STATUS MATCH CHALLENGE
Official Delta Site and Sign-Up
Status Match Period:
90 Days
MQM/MQS Qualifying Flights must be flown on Delta, Delta Connection or Partner Flights:
In order to extend your Medallion status after the 90 days, you'll need to earn a specific number of Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) or Medallion Qualification Segments (MQSs) within the 90 days of enrolling by flying Delta or Delta Connection®, and partner airlines.
Comparable Status:
- DL Silver Medallion (FO) - AA Gold; UA Premier Silver; AS MVP
- DL Gold Medallion (GM) - AA Platinum; UA Premier Gold; AS MVP Gold
- DL Platinum Medallion (PM) - AA Executive Platinum; UA 1K; AS MVP Gold 75K
- DL Diamond Medallion (DM) - DL does not typically match to DM.
From dl.com: If you have status with another airline not listed above, you may still be eligible for this challenge. Please submit your information below to confirm eligibility.
MQM / MQS Requirement:
- FO: 6,250 MQMs or 8 MQSs and $750MQD or MQD waiver
- GM: 12,500 MQMs or 15 MQSs and $1500MQD or MQD waiver
- PM: 18,750 MQMs or 25 MQSs and $2250MQD or MQD waiver
Criteria for Participation:
- Member has not received a status match or complimentary Medallion status in the past three years
- Is currently a non-Medallion member
- Must present valid and current elite credential or statement showing elite status from another airline
- Status being matched must be earned and not complementary.
Other Notes from dl.com:
- A physical Medallion membership card will not be issued for the 90-day qualification period. You may enjoy Medallion benefits on Delta or Delta Connection by providing your SkyMiles number when making reservations or at check-in. You can also access your Membership Card through the Fly Delta app.
During the 90-day period, you will not have access to all reciprocal Medallion benefits with Delta's partner airlines, including access to SkyTeam® lounges. - Members who are matched to Platinum Medallion status will not be eligible for Choice Benefits until the flight requirement to maintain Platinum Medallion status is met.
- Through this offer, you may maintain the same or lower Medallion status level as your matched status. If you are matched to Silver Medallion status, you will not be able to earn Gold Medallion status through this offer, even if you will fly more than 12,500 MQMs or 15 MQSs during the offer period. But if you have been matched to Gold Medallion status and you only fly 6,250 MQMs or 8 MQSs, you will earn Silver Medallion status. Your Medallion status will be returned to non-Medallion status if you are unable to complete the minimum flight requirement before the end of the 90-day period.
- Medallion status match is only offered for Platinum, Gold and Silver Medallion levels.
When to request:
- Requests from 1/1 - 6/30 will receive status through 1/31 of the following year.
- Requests from 7/1 - 12/31 will receive status through 1/31 of the second year.
Corporate accounts:
Depending on your company's agreement with Delta, you may have different qualification requirements and/or an alternate method of requesting a status match or challenge. Check your company's intranet or travel manager.
Current Processing Time:
4-5 days as of July 31st 2022
Delta Air Lines Elite Status Match Challenge : The Definitive Thread
Jul 3, 2015, 10:31 pm
#1696
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northern Calif./Eastern Ida.
Programs: Amethyst Premier Plutonium Medallion
Posts: 20,642
I would give it a try and explicitly state you are interested due to services exJFK. I bet they'll do it.
Jul 5, 2015, 8:39 pm
#1697
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Apex, NC
Programs: AA EXP, Delta DM, Bonvoy Titanium, Honors Diamond, Hertz Presidents Club, National Exec something!
Posts: 103
so here's one .. I was granted a Platinum challenge (am an AA EXP).
If I flew in Y from JFK to LHR (on DL metal), would I be able to use the Delta arrivals lounge at LHR T3?
If I flew in Y from JFK to LHR (on DL metal), would I be able to use the Delta arrivals lounge at LHR T3?
Jul 6, 2015, 4:25 am
#1698
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: LHR
Programs: DL DM 2MM, BA Bronze, Various Hotels
Posts: 10,187
Jul 6, 2015, 7:27 am
#1699
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: AA EXP, DL FO, UA Silver, SPG Plat, Hyatt Diamond, Avis Pres Club
Posts: 403
Jul 7, 2015, 2:54 pm
#1700
Join Date: Sep 2001
Programs: Alaska Tanzanite 100K
Posts: 3,858
I was just status matched to Delta Gold from Alaska MVP Gold 75k -- a little surprised as everyone's making it sound like Delta is handing out Platinum to all us Alaska elites. I'll definitely hit the Gold Medallion status challenge (actually may have that met in 30 days), but a match to just Gold Medallion from G75K isn't enough for me to jump ship totally. I'm still going to make Alaska MVP Gold, so I'll split my flying now between American and Delta.
Could have been 95% Delta though. Just a bit surprised.
Also the match only took 2 days, noticed my SkyMiles account. No email yet.
Could have been 95% Delta though. Just a bit surprised.
Also the match only took 2 days, noticed my SkyMiles account. No email yet.
Jul 7, 2015, 3:46 pm
#1702
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SEA
Programs: UA Plat (former 1K)
Posts: 296
Do you/anyone know if the MQM miles for the challenge have to be booked after getting the initial status match or only flown in those 90 days?
Jul 7, 2015, 5:15 pm
#1703
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 361
Jul 12, 2015, 1:07 am
#1706
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: AA EXP, DL FO, UA Silver, SPG Plat, Hyatt Diamond, Avis Pres Club
Posts: 403
Yes.
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...-of-terms.html
*International Travel includes: Customers traveling to/from Europe, Asia, South America, Central America, Africa, Canada and Mexico (excludes travel to/from the Caribbean, Guam and Saipan).
Aug 31, 2015, 8:24 am
#1707
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SEA
Programs: UA Plat (former 1K)
Posts: 296
Also, fyi, last week I received an email back within a few hours saying my my status match was valid the next day (and indeed it was).
Aug 31, 2015, 8:42 am
#1708
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: St. Louis
Programs: AA PLAT 3.8mm, DL gold
Posts: 314
Please forgive me for being too lazy to call Delta and ask this but....
I am a recent convert from AA to Delta. I was Platinum with AA and successfully did the Delta status challenge so I am now Medallion Gold. My question is - is my new found status good until the end of this year? I believe with AA when you qualified for a status tier that status was good for a year from the next February.
Can anyone tell me when my Gold status will exprire? Thanks!
BTW everyone has their likes and dislikes with every airline. AA was great for a long time but being based in STL, their connections were declining, their planes were old and dirty and since their merge with US Air, Platinum upgrades were impossible. Delta has been great so far...much nicer planes, better employee attitudes and upgrades about 60% of the time.
I am a recent convert from AA to Delta. I was Platinum with AA and successfully did the Delta status challenge so I am now Medallion Gold. My question is - is my new found status good until the end of this year? I believe with AA when you qualified for a status tier that status was good for a year from the next February.
Can anyone tell me when my Gold status will exprire? Thanks!
BTW everyone has their likes and dislikes with every airline. AA was great for a long time but being based in STL, their connections were declining, their planes were old and dirty and since their merge with US Air, Platinum upgrades were impossible. Delta has been great so far...much nicer planes, better employee attitudes and upgrades about 60% of the time.
Aug 31, 2015, 8:56 am
#1709
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SEA
Programs: UA Plat (former 1K)
Posts: 296
Please forgive me for being too lazy to call Delta and ask this but....
I am a recent convert from AA to Delta. I was Platinum with AA and successfully did the Delta status challenge so I am now Medallion Gold. My question is - is my new found status good until the end of this year? I believe with AA when you qualified for a status tier that status was good for a year from the next February.
Can anyone tell me when my Gold status will exprire? Thanks!
BTW everyone has their likes and dislikes with every airline. AA was great for a long time but being based in STL, their connections were declining, their planes were old and dirty and since their merge with US Air, Platinum upgrades were impossible. Delta has been great so far...much nicer planes, better employee attitudes and upgrades about 60% of the time.
I am a recent convert from AA to Delta. I was Platinum with AA and successfully did the Delta status challenge so I am now Medallion Gold. My question is - is my new found status good until the end of this year? I believe with AA when you qualified for a status tier that status was good for a year from the next February.
Can anyone tell me when my Gold status will exprire? Thanks!
BTW everyone has their likes and dislikes with every airline. AA was great for a long time but being based in STL, their connections were declining, their planes were old and dirty and since their merge with US Air, Platinum upgrades were impossible. Delta has been great so far...much nicer planes, better employee attitudes and upgrades about 60% of the time.
If you meet the challenge, and you applied for the status match after Jun 30, then it will be good through Jan 2017
Aug 31, 2015, 9:04 am
#1710
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: St. Louis
Programs: AA PLAT 3.8mm, DL gold
Posts: 314
Thank for the reply. I applied for the challenge in May but completed it a few weeks ago in August. I would love for the status to be good until Jan 2017 but it sounds like I may be good only until Jan 2016.