Originally Posted by
KKinLA
Considering the major loss of business as a result of the Costco fiasco I don't think American Express wants to piss off any more card holders and will make it attractive for Delta to keep things as they are for a while.
I'm not so certain of this. The benefits of the regular platinum AMEX have been so drastically watered down that it wouldn't surprise me if they did the same to the DL Reserve and perhaps even other DL cards. I, for one, would love to see the zone 1 board removed from at least some of the AMEX cards. After following some of the threads on boarding enforcement it becomes apparent that the "everybody gets to zone first and sit in the captain's lap" nonsense has gotten fully out of hand and is causing problems. Problems exacerbated by checked bag fees.
The DL reserve has a miles boost at $30k and $60k spend. I could see a move to an MQD waiver for silver-gold at $30k and plat-diamond at $60k as a reasonable move that would put the MQD waiver in step with the miles boost.