Jan 13, 2017, 8:04 am
Last edit by: pgary
Discussion from 2013 - 2016 is HERE.
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Also check Delta.com: Sometimes better offers might be available there.
The Amex referral page has a 60K offer for the Delta Personal card.
The following offers for up to 70K on personal and business:
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en....html#Platinum
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...83-GAG4:0001#/
valid through 04/11/2018
There are several 60, 000 miles offers for the personal card with the first year annual fee waived the first year, valid through May 1, 2019. They are listed in this referral thread. These are way better than the current standard public offer of 30,000 miles shown on Delta's website
Delta Amex Gold personal card: 50k+10k miles + $50 statement credit, $2,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/personal-card-application/delta-gold-credit-card/
Delta Amex Gold Business card: 50k+10k miles + $50 statement credit, $2,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/business-card-application/flexapp/gold-delta-skymiles-business-credit-card/
personal card: 70k miles, $3,000 spend, 10k MQM, $100 statement credit, $195 annual fee not waived the first year
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/personal-card-application/platinum-delta-skymiles-credit-card
Delta Amex Platinum business card: 70k miles, $3,000 spend, $100 statement credit, $195 annual fee not waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/business-card-application/flexapp/platinum-delta-skymiles-business-credit-card
If you are current Delta Platinum AMEX cardholder, you might be eligible for 10K referral offer. New cardmember bonus is 70K.
https://www262.americanexpress.com/b...af/201193-CCSG
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From 2013-2016 thread:
Delta Amex Gold personal card: 60k miles + $50 statement credit, $3,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/d...803/learn-more
Delta Amex Gold Business card: 60k miles + $50 statement credit, $4,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/d...card-learnmore
Delta Amex Platinum personal card: 50k miles, $1,000 spend, $100 statement credit, $195 annual fee not waived the first year
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...dTGh6YYi20bhY=
Delta Amex Platinum business card: 50k miles, $1,000 spend, $100 statement credit, $195 annual fee not waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/b...H*eEoCo4ueJ0=?
Delta Amex Gold personal card: 40k miles + $50 statement credit, $1,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...C30TFwBwHd9o=?
Delta Amex Gold Business card: 50k miles + $50 statement credit, $2,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...13-GAFH:0001#/
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Gold Personal:
"Earn 60,000 bonus miles after you make $2,000 in purchases on your new Card within your first 3 months and $1000 more w/in 6 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. [Did [b]not work when I booked a flt today, 3/15/17.]
Gold Business:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...13-GAFH:0001#/
"Earn up 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 70,000 bonus miles and 10,000 Medallion® Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $3,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months."
Platinum Business:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...83-GAG4:0001#/
"Earn 70,000 bonus miles and 10,000 Medallion® Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $3,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months and a $100 stmt. credit."
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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
philemer received $100 credit for buying a box lunch on board
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Also check Delta.com: Sometimes better offers might be available there.
The Amex referral page has a 60K offer for the Delta Personal card.
The following offers for up to 70K on personal and business:
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en....html#Platinum
valid through 04/11/2018
There are several 60, 000 miles offers for the personal card with the first year annual fee waived the first year, valid through May 1, 2019. They are listed in this referral thread. These are way better than the current standard public offer of 30,000 miles shown on Delta's website
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/personal-card-application/delta-gold-credit-card/
Delta Amex Gold Business card: 50k+10k miles + $50 statement credit, $2,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/business-card-application/flexapp/gold-delta-skymiles-business-credit-card/
personal card: 70k miles, $3,000 spend, 10k MQM, $100 statement credit, $195 annual fee not waived the first year
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/personal-card-application/platinum-delta-skymiles-credit-card
Delta Amex Platinum business card: 70k miles, $3,000 spend, $100 statement credit, $195 annual fee not waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/business-card-application/flexapp/platinum-delta-skymiles-business-credit-card
If you are current Delta Platinum AMEX cardholder, you might be eligible for 10K referral offer. New cardmember bonus is 70K.
https://www262.americanexpress.com/b...af/201193-CCSG
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From 2013-2016 thread:
Delta Amex Gold personal card: 60k miles + $50 statement credit, $3,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/d...803/learn-more
Delta Amex Gold Business card: 60k miles + $50 statement credit, $4,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/d...card-learnmore
Delta Amex Platinum personal card: 50k miles, $1,000 spend, $100 statement credit, $195 annual fee not waived the first year
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...dTGh6YYi20bhY=
Delta Amex Platinum business card: 50k miles, $1,000 spend, $100 statement credit, $195 annual fee not waived the first year
https://www262.americanexpress.com/b...H*eEoCo4ueJ0=?
Delta Amex Gold personal card: 40k miles + $50 statement credit, $1,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...C30TFwBwHd9o=?
Delta Amex Gold Business card: 50k miles + $50 statement credit, $2,000 spend, $95 annual fee waived the first year
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...13-GAFH:0001#/
__________________________________________________ ____________
Gold Personal:
"Earn 60,000 bonus miles after you make $2,000 in purchases on your new Card within your first 3 months and $1000 more w/in 6 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. [Did [b]not work when I booked a flt today, 3/15/17.]
Gold Business:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...13-GAFH:0001#/
"Earn up 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 70,000 bonus miles and 10,000 Medallion® Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $3,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months."
Platinum Business:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...83-GAG4:0001#/
"Earn 70,000 bonus miles and 10,000 Medallion® Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $3,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months and a $100 stmt. credit."
__________________________________________________ ____________
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
philemer received $100 credit for buying a box lunch on board
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Ongoing offers for Delta American Express cards
May 22, 2018, 4:09 pm
#646
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: 787
Programs: Too many to list
Posts: 1,306
Congratulations. I’m in the same boat except I don’t have a Twitter account. (Please, no flaming 
): is it possible to contact a Twitter CSR in any other way? (Perhaps the Twitter CSRs have the authority or the understanding to approve these miles whereas phone CSRs do not.)
Yup, me too.
): is it possible to contact a Twitter CSR in any other way? (Perhaps the Twitter CSRs have the authority or the understanding to approve these miles whereas phone CSRs do not.)Yup, me too.
With twitter rep she asked me if I want to move to secure amex chat line where I told her about my targeted offer, explained there aren't "once in a lifetime" terms and send some links to blogs discussing this. Once she got an Idea she said she will get back to me with in few days. 3 days later I asked if there was an update and was told me my miles are being deposited. Had 75 (!) K in my account next day. So yes, get twitter account for sure.
May 24, 2018, 8:47 am
#647
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NYC suburbs
Programs: UA LT Gold (BIS), AA LT Plat (CC SUBs & BD), Hilton Dia (CC), Hyatt Glob (BIB), et. al.
Posts: 3,290
Understood, thank you very much. I’m unfamiliar with the logistics of twitter, can it only be used on a smartphone? Can one have a twitter account and use it on a computer? When you post something on twitter, isn’t it there for anyone to see? Reads like Delta twitter reps monitor public tweets and then respond privately somehow? Reads like a twitter rep can initiate a secure amex chat line which I presume is private? Is secure amex chat line done via smartphone or computer or either? Thanks very much again.
May 24, 2018, 9:16 am
#648
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,954
I do not have a Twitter account, but I think your questions are answered here:
https://help.twitter.com/en/using-tw...on-your-device (Choose Web Support)
https://help.twitter.com/en/using-tw...irect-messages (Private messages are called Direct Messages)
https://help.twitter.com/en/using-tw...on-your-device (Choose Web Support)
https://help.twitter.com/en/using-tw...irect-messages (Private messages are called Direct Messages)
May 29, 2018, 4:29 pm
#649
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: 787
Programs: Too many to list
Posts: 1,306
Understood, thank you very much. I’m unfamiliar with the logistics of twitter, can it only be used on a smartphone? Can one have a twitter account and use it on a computer? When you post something on twitter, isn’t it there for anyone to see? Reads like Delta twitter reps monitor public tweets and then respond privately somehow? Reads like a twitter rep can initiate a secure amex chat line which I presume is private? Is secure amex chat line done via smartphone or computer or either? Thanks very much again.
I did everything on my work PC. You do not have to have it installed on mobile device and can use web interface - send private message, new twits etc.
She send me link to secure chat and code to it. I had to login into amex account first, then follow the link with access code. kinda like conference line. CSR was really nice.
Jun 5, 2018, 3:41 pm
#650
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,940
My son applied with a referral link from me in mid May and was approved. It was the 50k + 10K, no AF first year, and "$50 statement credit after you make a Delta purchase within first 3 months" etc. Am I correct in assuming that the $50 purchase can be towards a flight via delta.com and not just "incidentals" (necessitating the GC workaround)?
Jun 5, 2018, 5:55 pm
#651
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 790
My son applied with a referral link from me in mid May and was approved. It was the 50k + 10K, no AF first year, and "$50 statement credit after you make a Delta purchase within first 3 months" etc. Am I correct in assuming that the $50 purchase can be towards a flight via delta.com and not just "incidentals" (necessitating the GC workaround)?
Jun 6, 2018, 9:50 am
#652
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,940
I had to reread the offer. I thought I had to make a $50 purchase. I have an award ticket to get and will use it for that $5.60 tax! LOL. Brilliant.
Jul 19, 2018, 7:02 am
#653
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: New York
Programs: Navy A-4 Skyhawk, B727 FE/FO, S80 FO, B757/767 FO, B737 CA
Posts: 1,342
My annual fee for my Delta Plat card hit so I decided to cancel the card. I did it via IM from my Amex account and it went through almost immediately. This was two days ago but the annual fee is still showing on my account. Since the rules say I have 30 days to cancel and not have to pay that fee, will this fee be taken off the account and in what time frame?
update: NVM, lol, the fee came off this morning...about 48 hours after cancelling the card.
update: NVM, lol, the fee came off this morning...about 48 hours after cancelling the card.
Last edited by fredc84; Jul 19, 2018 at 9:25 am
Jul 21, 2018, 1:33 am
#654
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
Programs: DL GM
Posts: 515
My annual fee for my Delta Plat card hit so I decided to cancel the card. I did it via IM from my Amex account and it went through almost immediately. This was two days ago but the annual fee is still showing on my account. Since the rules say I have 30 days to cancel and not have to pay that fee, will this fee be taken off the account and in what time frame?
update: NVM, lol, the fee came off this morning...about 48 hours after cancelling the card.
update: NVM, lol, the fee came off this morning...about 48 hours after cancelling the card.
Jul 21, 2018, 6:45 am
#655
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: New York
Programs: Navy A-4 Skyhawk, B727 FE/FO, S80 FO, B757/767 FO, B737 CA
Posts: 1,342
Were you able to use the companion cert before you canceled? I'm going to be in the same spot but want to make sure I use the companion cert to recoup some value from the original AF back. I think I've put about $100+$5.60 of spend on it after the $1,000 bonus was met and don't see any reason to use it otherwise.
Jul 23, 2018, 1:54 am
#656
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
Programs: DL GM
Posts: 515
Jul 23, 2018, 7:09 am
#657
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: New York
Programs: Navy A-4 Skyhawk, B727 FE/FO, S80 FO, B757/767 FO, B737 CA
Posts: 1,342
Yes, Delta Platinum comes with an annual companion certificate (after paying second AF, so after one full year) and my spend bonus was $1000, though it was a targeted 45K miles, 15K MQM, $100 statement credit for $1K. Current public offer is 35K/5K with the $100 statement credit for $1,000 spend. I know there was a recent 70K/10K for $3K spend offer.
Edit: Well, color me shocked...and thanks RumPatrol. Turns out even though I cancelled the card they gave me the very anyway.
Last edited by fredc84; Jul 23, 2018 at 9:02 am
Aug 21, 2018, 7:32 am
#658
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Chicago-ish
Posts: 58
Best way to get a Delta Amex card?
Hi everyone - I need to book two tickets one way from JFK -> Chicago (or MKE) for late December. Delta right now has a good fare. I need two tickets and will have 3 checked bags (2 suitcases and a guitar). I'm meeting a family member and taking them back. So yes I need to get to NYC too, but that would be without luggage.
When I'm ready to book the tickets on Delta's site, I'm getting an offer for a Delta card with 40k miles and $200 credit.
When I google for a Delta credit card I get an offer of 60k miles. But I'm guessing I couldn't use the card right away. Either offer says a $95 annual fee after the first year.
Which is the better deal? Or am I better off to go with a different card entirely? I cannot apply for Chase or Discover cards because of past financial trouble during a divorce during the recession (I had to settle with those banks). I've rebuilt my credit however and can apply with other banks.
FWIW I don't fly often but would probably take some quick trips during 2019 if I could use the miles. I can fly out of ORD, MDW or MKE. Thanks in advance
When I'm ready to book the tickets on Delta's site, I'm getting an offer for a Delta card with 40k miles and $200 credit.
When I google for a Delta credit card I get an offer of 60k miles. But I'm guessing I couldn't use the card right away. Either offer says a $95 annual fee after the first year.
Which is the better deal? Or am I better off to go with a different card entirely? I cannot apply for Chase or Discover cards because of past financial trouble during a divorce during the recession (I had to settle with those banks). I've rebuilt my credit however and can apply with other banks.
FWIW I don't fly often but would probably take some quick trips during 2019 if I could use the miles. I can fly out of ORD, MDW or MKE. Thanks in advance
Aug 21, 2018, 9:45 am
#659
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This feature may be available with both offers, see discussion here:
https://thepointsguy.com/news/tip-am...umber-airfare/
You will need to decide if 20,000 additional SkyMiles are worth more than the $200 credit. If you can meet the criteria to earn the credit, and if you do not fly often, I would probably take the 40,000 point offer to receive the credit.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/tip-am...umber-airfare/
You will need to decide if 20,000 additional SkyMiles are worth more than the $200 credit. If you can meet the criteria to earn the credit, and if you do not fly often, I would probably take the 40,000 point offer to receive the credit.