Originally Posted by
BobRoss
Yeah, my personal spend on Delta last year was around $9,000 USD, and so if the thresholds are correct, I'd have still made PM if these were in effect last year. (My guess is they looked at avg. spend per Medallion level and set the threshold appropriately). This doesn't appear to negatively effect those who actually fly on "normal" fares (7-10cpm).
I like the F-J as I occasionally buy those and the 200% is a nice bump.
And, if RDM earning isn't affected as they state, this will only hurt folks who:
a) use MRs for Medallion status
and
b) don't fly much otherwise (by the spend requirement)
Personally, that sounds reasonable to me. :shrugs:
The only downer I can see would be if it impacts rollover, effectively negating it for someone that has a dramatic year-over-year decline in spend.
And I'm curious what will qualify for the MQDs. Would these be restricted solely to DL-operated flights, or would DL-marketed flights qualify too? At the very least, I would hope that they would include flying with JV partners on JV routes - given the metal neutrality of the JV, it would seem silly to penalize someone for flying AF from JFK to Paris, rather than DL.