Delta fans, so far all the AMEX cardholders over in the AMEX thread are panning this one.
My first thought was this would be highly-dilutive to current DL elite statusholders....*if* AMEX MR 250K+ pointholders took the bait, which I can't believe many informed AMEX/MR members will do. Didn't figure the true flyers would appreciate this one either since 250K-400K chunks of MR points hitting the program can't help seat availability.
After reading the terms of the promo, decided it was a true dud of a promo with a very limited elite status window of 6-8mo max....then concluded any in-rush of 250K chunks of MR points/, ir new DL miles would likely make ff seats even tougher to obtain (ie similar to how Continental Onepass is - atrocious for seat availability at the basic level).
For no good reason that I can see, and all the wrong reasons, should anyone seriously consider moving 250K+ miles into Delta.
Gotta wonder what AMEX Membership Rewards are thinking when they designed this promo...I can see Delta's intrinsic benefit...granting of very limiting, short-fuse elite status, chance to bring in incremental income (ie sale of miles to Amex/MR) and maybe some new faces to the Delta brand that might also BUY a ticket...but where does AMEX gain here ?