Originally Posted by
longing4piedmont
If your firm has a large corporate contract with them try having the person who negotiated the deal with them call. My guess is they MAY give you GM.
Otherwise your chances are zero.
Good advice. The other option is
MSPEconomist's (good) idea of getting one of the premium Delta branded AMEX cards, which will help ease the transition and, if you spend enough, give you some extra MQMs.
Other than that, you have to fly and earn it the old-fashioned way.