Originally Posted by
WhiskeyBravo
I think this is part of a reasonable evaluation of the program. That is to say, what do all these flyers do if we stop offering these benefits? If everyone who had or would've had 360 continues to fly DL without it, then what good is it for Delta paying for that overhead? They know you're going to give them the money anyway. I'm guessing they are making 360 smaller and providing more indicators to Diamond line agents and providing them more leeway with certain passengers: all as a cost savings measure.
I had it for 2 years then lost it last year. Decided to give it another try and flew over 200k MQMs and just north of $71k MQD. This is the most I've ever flown with DL and far more than what qualified me for 360 in the past. My home airport is PHX, which I had assumed would assist in the calculus. That said, if I don't qualify this year (nothing in the mail yet), that will be the end of going out of my way to fly on DL and Sky Team metal. I'm Exec Platinum on AA as well, (by accident, really) so will just move to flying whoever is more convenient.