Originally Posted by
Bowgie
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I'm pretty sure raising the waiver was Delta's decision, not Amex's. A low waiver means more happy cardholders. I bet the reason that Delta raised the Diamond waiver to $250,000 instead of just eliminating it completely is that they were contractually required by Amex to keep it in some form -- even a ridiculous one.
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Next year, wife cancels her Amex card. I keep mine (need it for business anyway), and double up spending to 50k for two 10k MQM bonus. I fly 30k MQM's (mostly SAN-SEA) for easy Plat status (30k flying + 20k Amex + 25k rollover). Wife mostly stops flying Delta for no status at all.
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I believe Bowgie is probably correct about the waiver, and that our decisions will impact DL and AMEX in similar ways: less AMEX spending and less DL flights. Unfortunately, I do not believe there are enough of us to make DL change their policy...