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Old Dec 30, 2023 | 12:53 pm
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Originally Posted by sethb
That assumes the 15% is worth at least $99 to you.
99$ is 9000 miles saved on DL - even a single miles booking of 60k will get 9000 miles off
- and it is often very hard to find DL tickets below 60k

I will likely keep 1 DL gold card for myself at least in the family and burn through my skypesos - wil take me a while
- The spend this year to get the last 100k rollover has added a chunk of miles on top of the mountain

It may be worth the DL Plat for the additional 150$ for the certificate but I am not sure for myself
- my upgrade percentage has been 75% on poorly traveled routes
- over past few years I have used ALL my Reserve certs for friends and family; and probably half my economy certificates
Since I have the Amex Plat and family AU cards, I may tell the family who like DL F to get the Reserve for themselves.

Amex will not see any spend from me for a while other than airline tickets on the Amex Plat.
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