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Old Jun 14, 2020, 9:42 am
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Originally Posted by zip10001
Mother in law has the Amex Delta Gold card. If she buys Delta tickets for daughter and I, will we get the first bag fee waived? She will not be traveling with us.
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Originally Posted by Zorak
You will have to pay the bag fee -- the card member needs to be traveling to get the benefit.
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Think of the "first bag free" Amex benefit as an attribute of the SkyMiles account that is tied to a qualifying DL Amex card. If you think of it that way, it makes sense. It does not matter how a ticket is paid for. It only matters whether there is an individual traveler in a reservation who's SkyMiles account is tied to a qualifying DL Amex card. If MIL is the only person holding a qualifying DL Amex, and neither of the two people traveling in a reservation themselves hold a qualifying DL Amex tied to their own SkyMiles accounts, there is no "first bag free" benefit.
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