Originally Posted by
unitedwildcat
DL gives a head start boost if you hold its platinum/reserve cards. You can get 2500 MQD for each type held. Plat, plat biz, reserve, reserve biz. Granted you’d be dropping 2k in annual fees but you would get a 10k MQD head start, which automatically gets you gold and leaves you 18k away from diamond.
Yeah, Delta is really a credit card company with a side gig of flying some planes around. UA is clearly taking the same route.
I guess, it is way more lucrative business than airline.