Congrats OP! Enjoy your new status!
Originally Posted by
CPMaverick
Congrats, I made silver back in 2010 and my first flight as a FO I got upgraded to F. DC-9 DTW-PBI. Gave me a false sense of what to expect in the future, haha... but I hope you get some of the same luck!
I've been a DL elite ever since, DM most years, Gold in 2019, but dropping to nothing in 2020. The Skymiles program isn't good enough anymore for me to keep elite status. I bet there were people saying the same thing in 2010 too, the good-old-days are relative.
Made Silver back in 2008, also got upgraded on my first flight (SLC-LAX on a 75X). I only missed an upgrade (ATL-SLC) that year and the subsequent years always got upgraded mainly because my routes were medallion light most of the time. Then moved to CDG so I was a Skyteam captive and made GM and PM. Now I'm roaming between DC and Latin America / Europe, with more options on OneWorld and Star Alliance than Skyteam so highly doubt will keep PM beyond 2020.