Originally Posted by
Adelphos
OP - as a "huge SkyClub/Amex lounge fan," would buying a Delta SkyClub membership directly make sense for you?
Unfortunately, as others have said, limiting visitation on the "vanilla" Platinum is one of the few changes I think most people agree is reasonable
The problem, for me, is that DL jacked up the thresholds in such a way that I cannot see myself achieving any status worth having on DL (Gold is where it becomes useful), so I cannot see myself crediting hardly anything to DL going forward. Getting to the MQD6k threshold without (lousy) CC spend isn't going to be easy in some years (it'd be easy in years with a massive income tax bill, but not otherwise). Put differently, DL has inverted a virtuous cycle into a vicious cycle ("lock-in" becoming "lock-out") because everything became just a little bit too "expensive".