Originally Posted by
Mhyduchak
Benefits will downgrade just like everything else at DL lately...
They will almost certainly add one (possibly two) choice benefit selections as an incentive to spend between the PM and DM deadzone. For example, 1 when you hit $18K plus additional when you hit $24K and $30K. They will be pulled from the PM choice pool. Diamonds will likely retain 2 "Diamond only" options (GUC plus basically) plus the two or three "PM" options.
The playbook is pretty clear here. Most will take extra SkyPesos (which is really just getting the points "back" lost for DM since PM status earns less per dollar than DM when previously they would have qualified for DM) or RUCs (which costs Delta nothing except very very slight revenue redirect and is just shuffling the upgrade lists).
Delta will also add (as I mentioned above) a "reserve $75K spend waiver" for either DM and maybe PM as an option, and then probably provide a few other partnership credit options.
Almost all of this has likely already been decided but they don't want to confuse anyone with 2024 status selections.