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Old Nov 7, 2022 | 1:31 pm
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Originally Posted by exwannabe
One is the waiver. Pre-COVID I could make the MQD for PM easily (and was close to DM). Now I have a tone of MQMs and little spend. The DL branded card "fixes" that problem.
Sure. It costs about $350 to purchase that waiver (less if you use the Reserve and assign value to the MQM boost). There are many circumstances where that seems like a reasonable price.

Originally Posted by exwannabe
The other is SC access.
This doesn't require actually putting spend on the card, though.
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