Hi everyone,

I am new to the forum and new to flying just on DL. I fly a decent amount and would always just go for the cheapest or fastest tickets. About halfway through the year I started focusing all my flights on DL. I just passed into gold and will easily make it to platinum next year. (assuming no major changes)

There doesn't appear to be an easy to read simple guide on the best way to do things.

I read through a lot of threads and see a lot of talk about fare class being 2nd most important to medallion status. Is there an explanation of what exactly each fare means and how important it really is. When you don't do the advanced search on delta and just book standard economy what fare class is that?


Any tips on how to upgrade the fastest? I now have the delta platinum card and will easily charge $50k, through my business, which should get me 20k MQM as well as the spending wavier.

I have 1 flight booked already for 2018 and need to book at least 15 more. When I am on cross country flights for business I sometimes just book the comfort plus or FC ticket anyway. Looking to try to minimize the upgrades purchased and maximize dollars/time spent.

Thanks in advance

HR