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Original post from Renés Points
Blessings and Safe travels
Who knew that so much was going to happen in a short few weeks. Let’s dive in and recap all that we have learned recently and what went well and what did not.

Just LOVE this earnings chart.
FYI - there is another way than charging $250,000 on AX cards.
Merry Christmas and blessings to all readers and MRers and posters

This can also be done with MU flying in Business class will help to accrue MQD at a faster rate
Will see if I can get John, one of our posters to give us some information along that line. Does anyone know of a good RTW fare in J using DL SM?

This is copied from Renés Points
First the sweet Aeromexico 1st class deals from last week stuck and I doubt, at this point a week later, they will be canceled. The results, for those looking to credit to Delta, will be amazing. Look at the numbers for each round trip flight from Chicago’s O’Hare:

• Price ~$550 for an “I” fare class ticket round trip.
• SkyMiles I will earn (200% of distance flown): 17,268 thus getting at least $173 value back.
• MQMs I will earn (200% of distance flown): 17,268 thus 3.2 CPM in business class (WoW)!
• Delta MQD dollar credit I will earn (40% of distance flown): $3,453

I have 4 of these booked and thus will knock out $13,812 of my required Delta $15,000 MQD spend to earn my 2019 Diamond Medallion status. So, no, I will not need to spend ¼ Million next year on my Delta Amex Reserve card in 2018. I will still keep the card, and spend at least $60,000 on it for the bonus MQMs and SkyMiles, and the fact that spending at least $25,000 does help my upgrade chances (as well as just holding the card) is another plus.