Mar 20, 2014, 10:35 pm
Last edit by: seawolf
THIS THREAD IS CLOSED. New thread here.
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Gold Personal:
"Earn 30,000 bonus miles after you make $1,000 in purchases on your new Card within your first 3 months and a $50 statement credit after you make a Delta purchase with your new Card within your first 3 months."
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...elta-skymiles/
A post on Reddit suggests that you can find a 50K offer, but with a $100 credit, by doing a dummy booking on Delta.com.
The offer should appear before you have to pay for the flight.
Gold Business:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/s...c-golddelta-lm
"Earn 30,000 bonus miles after you make $1,000 in purchases on your new Card within your first 3 months and a $50 statement credit after you make a Delta purchase with your new Card within your first 3 months."
Platinum Personal:
https://www304.americanexpress.com/c...skymiles/25330
"Earn 35,000 bonus miles and 5,000 Medallion® Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $1,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months."
Platinum Business:
https://www262.americanexpress.com/d...t-card/dal-624
"Earn 70,000 bonus miles and 10,000 Medallion® Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $5,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months."
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Note: Review the recent discussion in the thread about various other ways to try to locate offers as high as 50k+$50 credit.
Getting the statement credit:
MrMoonlight successfully purchased a Delta ecert (essentially a gift card) and received the statement credit. See this post..
Jacobsta811 also received $50 credit for $50 e-cert on both gold business and gold personal cards.
muji received $100 credit for $50 eCert on Delta Platinum card
sdsearch received $100 credit for $50 eCert on business Platinum card (see this post).
vah4883 received $100 credit for $5.6 tax on Platinum card
So there's no thread covering this card as a whole, which means no links in the dedicated CC offers thread, so I thought I would make one so UA Fan has something to link.
Delta cards are hard because the generic public offer at Amex is pretty bad (10k miles), but there are several ways to get a better offer:
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Gold Personal:
"Earn 30,000 bonus miles after you make $1,000 in purchases on your new Card within your first 3 months and a $50 statement credit after you make a Delta purchase with your new Card within your first 3 months."
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...elta-skymiles/
A post on Reddit suggests that you can find a 50K offer, but with a $100 credit, by doing a dummy booking on Delta.com.
The offer should appear before you have to pay for the flight.
Gold Business:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/s...c-golddelta-lm
"Earn 30,000 bonus miles after you make $1,000 in purchases on your new Card within your first 3 months and a $50 statement credit after you make a Delta purchase with your new Card within your first 3 months."
Platinum Personal:
https://www304.americanexpress.com/c...skymiles/25330
"Earn 35,000 bonus miles and 5,000 Medallion® Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $1,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months."
Platinum Business:
https://www262.americanexpress.com/d...t-card/dal-624
"Earn 70,000 bonus miles and 10,000 Medallion® Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $5,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months."
__________________________________________________ ____________
Note: Review the recent discussion in the thread about various other ways to try to locate offers as high as 50k+$50 credit.
Getting the statement credit:
MrMoonlight successfully purchased a Delta ecert (essentially a gift card) and received the statement credit. See this post..
Jacobsta811 also received $50 credit for $50 e-cert on both gold business and gold personal cards.
muji received $100 credit for $50 eCert on Delta Platinum card
sdsearch received $100 credit for $50 eCert on business Platinum card (see this post).
vah4883 received $100 credit for $5.6 tax on Platinum card
So there's no thread covering this card as a whole, which means no links in the dedicated CC offers thread, so I thought I would make one so UA Fan has something to link.
Delta cards are hard because the generic public offer at Amex is pretty bad (10k miles), but there are several ways to get a better offer:
- Delta Amex Card. Input your SkyPesos number and last name. Do this in incognito mode to get the best results. I won't get any offer if I don't do it incognito. I get 35k for $750 in 3m.
- Delta.com Stock Offers.
Offers for Delta Amex Cards [2013-2016]
Jul 31, 2015, 7:30 am
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While American Express's published terms state that gift card purchases do not earn rewards, in practice they do. I will locate a recent report and add a link when I have some time.
If you have ever held a personal Skymiles card you are not eligible to earn a bonus if applying for the same card, but holding a Gold card does not disqualify earning a bonus for Platinum (or vice-versa). Also, business cards do not disqualify earning a bonus for a personal card, and business cards have entirely different rules.
Jul 31, 2015, 7:34 am
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If you have ever held a personal Skymiles card you are not eligible to earn a bonus if applying for the same card, but holding a Gold card does not disqualify earning a bonus for Platinum (or vice-versa). Also, business cards do not disqualify earning a bonus for a personal card, and business cards have entirely different rules.
If you had ANY personal Skymiles card you are not eligible to earn a bonus. The language in the AMEX disclosure pertains to the "class of credit cards", not to a specific version of the class.
Thus, the word "same" is not "same" as in "exactly the same", but is "same" as in "closely related".
Jul 31, 2015, 7:38 am
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Jul 31, 2015, 7:51 am
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To remove any residual doubt, read this sequence of posts in which WWads confirms receiving a bonus from a Skymiles Platinum card while holding Skymiles Gold:
Is that absolutely correct?
I've called Amex about it multiple times over the past few days.
4 out of 5 agents said that they are separate products, so you can get the personal Platinum bonus if you already have the personal Gold. 1 said that they are the same product, so you can't.
The online chat said that they are the same product, and the terms and conditions aren't clear either.
I've called Amex about it multiple times over the past few days.
4 out of 5 agents said that they are separate products, so you can get the personal Platinum bonus if you already have the personal Gold. 1 said that they are the same product, so you can't.
The online chat said that they are the same product, and the terms and conditions aren't clear either.
Yes. Cards with different names (e.g. Gold, Platinum) are always different products. There is confusion because American Express has experimented with several anti-churning strategies, including one which disqualified new account bonuses if one held a related card. but this did not make them the same product.
Remember that everything you read about this topic is a generalization. There is no substitute for reading the terms of the specific offer, because there are exceptions.
Remember that everything you read about this topic is a generalization. There is no substitute for reading the terms of the specific offer, because there are exceptions.
Just completed spend on my Platinum card. Hopefully Amex cooperates and doesn't try to pull a fast one with the signup bonus. I have recordings of agents (and a supervisor) telling me that I would get it, even though I already hold the Gold, so I dare them to try.
I'll report back with the outcome.
I'll report back with the outcome.
Jul 31, 2015, 8:07 am
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One person's bonus does not a trend make.
Jul 31, 2015, 8:50 am
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I got both the Delta Gold (personal) and Delta Plat (personal) and received the bonus on both. As did many others.
Jul 31, 2015, 10:03 am
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-purchase.html
Jul 31, 2015, 10:14 am
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Jul 31, 2015, 11:32 am
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I booked a flight a few days ago to Europe and the grand total for 2 RT tickets was 120,000 SkyMiles and $152.80 in taxes/fees.
I had 3x$50 eGifts that I got from my PRG($100 credit) and Delta Gold($50 credit) card. So I tried everything I could to use those $150 towards the taxes/fees when I booked online but it was impossible.
I called up Delta to see if there was a work-a-round. I spoke to 4 different reps before I got to one that actually wanted to help me out. I spent an hour on the phone with her and she was able to successfully apply all 3 of my $50 eGifts towards my booking after a few failed attempts.
So in the end I paid $2.80 in taxes/fees for my award flight.
I had 3x$50 eGifts that I got from my PRG($100 credit) and Delta Gold($50 credit) card. So I tried everything I could to use those $150 towards the taxes/fees when I booked online but it was impossible.
I called up Delta to see if there was a work-a-round. I spoke to 4 different reps before I got to one that actually wanted to help me out. I spent an hour on the phone with her and she was able to successfully apply all 3 of my $50 eGifts towards my booking after a few failed attempts.
So in the end I paid $2.80 in taxes/fees for my award flight.
Jul 31, 2015, 2:50 pm
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But of course, that's not a problem with the credit card product, now is it?
Just because a certain product does not work for you does not mean everyone should immediately follow your lead and abandon it.
The notion of individual applicability is a thought akin to what someone recently posted:
Just because a certain product does not work for you does not mean everyone should immediately follow your lead and abandon it.
The notion of individual applicability is a thought akin to what someone recently posted:
Jul 31, 2015, 3:30 pm
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You're the only one here applying personal experience to the rest of the world.
I cancelled my Delta Gold AMEX. The collection of miles are not worth the AF. I suggest everyone else cancel this card too.
You won't get the bonus if you had this card, or any Delta card, in the past.
On top of that, paying an AF for close to worthless miles is idiotic. Everyone should in fact cancel this card and move to PRG or EP.
You won't get the bonus if you had this card, or any Delta card, in the past.
On top of that, paying an AF for close to worthless miles is idiotic. Everyone should in fact cancel this card and move to PRG or EP.
Jul 31, 2015, 5:07 pm
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So? I said "suggest". I did not say "must".
Again: for you.
We will eventually hear from AMEX in one of their earnings calls how they are doing.
Again:
for you.We will eventually hear from AMEX in one of their earnings calls how they are doing.