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Old Jul 24, 2019, 3:41 pm
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Originally Posted by nomiiiii
....haven't yet been any reports whatsoever of a delta miles clawback once awarded, ....
I will need to think about that, but there are certainly examples of Skymiles bonuses delayed until after the annual fee would be due.

Two examples from July 2019:

Originally Posted by lz80521
Met spending on May 30th. Stmt showed correct amount of miles earned. Now it's been 7 weeks. No bonus miles or normal spend miles posted. Called rep/supervisor and they told me "miles are awaiting transfer. can take up tp 12 weeks"......
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Originally Posted by nickfromNWI
So, I have Delta Gold and Delta Platinum. Last year, when I reached spending threshold, I received my bonus miles rather quickly (within a few days) for my Gold card. I opened a Platinum card in beginning of June to take advantage of 75K bonus miles so I could use them for an upcoming, last minute vacation I planned for the family. Well, I reached my $3K threshold last Monday, 6/24. I guess with the luck I had with the Gold card, I thought I would get the miles quickly again for Platinum. Now, I am still waiting for them to credit ...
Originally Posted by nickfromNWI
FYI...still waiting...
Originally Posted by nickfromNWI
...Still no bonus miles...I'm beginning to think it may be a while.
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