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Old Sep 13, 2023 | 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by OfCockatielsAndMen
The only reason I even *have* a DL Reserve is because of the MQD waiver. I am willing to bet that there are a lot more cardholders like me who will cancel their DL Platinum or Reserve cards because they were primarily held for the MQD waiver AND move their flying elsewhere than there are people who will move spend to Delta cards so they can earn 0.1 MQD per dollar. I personally see this all backfiring. I don't think the math and incentives align here for people interested in status. Too much opportunity cost to attaining it.
That's why the skyclub access change rule was so stupid on the reserve.

There's no reason for anyone to have both a Business and Personal reserve or platinum anymore since the MQM boosts are going away. May as well just consilidate the credit to one card and use that since there's no added benefit to having both cards. If you aren't going to meet the spend the spend for unlimited visits to the skyclub just use that savings to buy a skyclub membership

Or get the Platinum vanilla card and use the $200 airline credit towards the skyclub membership. With the $200 FHR credit, the $200 Uber credit and streaming credit that I use anyway, I'd be better off with the $695 doing that than with the reserve.
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