Originally Posted by
SchmutzigMSP
Other than elite upgrades, there's little Delta could do to stratify their elites since most other benefits are widely published as being benefits of the three elite levels only, regardless of how you obtained the status.
I'm not dismissing the importance of upgrades, but there aren't many other benefits they could conceivably mess with and "get away" with.
Delta is like a cousin who's always telling little white lies. What Delta says and what Delta does are not necessarily the same.
They usually get caught when they lie to FT (e.g. JeffBob & the availability of SkyPass/PerkPass/RuleBuster awards), but they seem to have little shame.