Originally Posted by
Bowgie
The above is very important. To that I would add:
1. Delta allows Diamonds to waive the $12,500 (I think) MQD spend requirement on Delta tickets by instead spending $25,000 on ANYTHING with a Delta Amex Skymiles credit card. United has no credit card spend waiver for its 1K's (those with 100,000 mile status.)
2. Delta's operational performance is way better than United.
1. It's not just for DMs. Currently people can waive their MQD requirement by having total qualified spend of $25,000 or more on any combination of DL AmEx cards in their own name and associated to their account.