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
Sep 25, 2017, 12:13 am
#166
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 22
Not activating can only hurt you. It may make Amex think you never got the card, and treat the card as lost/stolen, etc. If you don't want the card, activate it and then cancel it. Then at least you'll know what the status of the card is. If you don't activate it, you lose control of the card status.
Btw, when did you last have this card? "Lifetime" actually means about 7 years to Amex, but I believe they've been issuing this card for much longer than that.
And finally, I'm not sure if the statement credit is considered part of the welcome bonus (that may be denied) or not. You should look into that too, in case it's possible to get the statement credit even if you can't get the miles.
Btw, when did you last have this card? "Lifetime" actually means about 7 years to Amex, but I believe they've been issuing this card for much longer than that.
And finally, I'm not sure if the statement credit is considered part of the welcome bonus (that may be denied) or not. You should look into that too, in case it's possible to get the statement credit even if you can't get the miles.
Sep 25, 2017, 9:46 am
#167
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: LAS - I'm All In!
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, Marriott PP
Posts: 3,639
You can file a complaint with the CFPB. See also this thread which discusses a problem which may also affect Delta cards:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ver-month.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ver-month.html
We received and approved your application for your account on April 15, 2017. The promotional offer associated with your application included the opportunity to earn a 60,000 bonus miles after spending $1,000.00 or more in eligible purchases in the first three months of Card Membership, and a $50.00 statement credit after a single qualifying Delta purchase made on the
Card within the first three months.
We have identified an issue which, regrettably, may have impacted your account. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and apologize for the disappointment and inconvenience. You will receive separate notification about this issue and appropriate remediation once it has been resolved if you are eligible for the bonus.
Card within the first three months.
We have identified an issue which, regrettably, may have impacted your account. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and apologize for the disappointment and inconvenience. You will receive separate notification about this issue and appropriate remediation once it has been resolved if you are eligible for the bonus.
Sep 25, 2017, 7:25 pm
#168
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
Yes, thank you. Good call. I'll activate and actually I'm planning a ATL to Daytona trip early next year so will use the free baggage allowance for me and my two fam members. I just don't use them that much but probably once a year so it may be worth just keeping. It hasn't been very long since I closed my Gold (and Platinum) account with them though. Someday it may pick back up with them but not any time soon..
Just apply for Amex business cards giving your name as the business name, your address as the business address, your phone as the business phone, 0 years in business, $0 business income, no employees other than yourself, and sole proprietorship, and you should do fine, even if you don't have a business in any sense at all.
Sep 28, 2017, 10:14 am
#169
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: DFW
Programs: AA 1M
Posts: 31,474
Wife got a targeted 70K offer for the Platinum. Pretty certain she has opened one before and so looked through the terms to see if it available for those who have had the card before. Looked twice and could not find any mention. Does Amex give targeted DL offers to those who have had the card before?
Sep 28, 2017, 10:47 am
#170
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
Wife got a targeted 70K offer for the Platinum. Pretty certain she has opened one before and so looked through the terms to see if it available for those who have had the card before. Looked twice and could not find any mention. Does Amex give targeted DL offers to those who have had the card before?
I got an email from Delta for the 50K($2K/90 days)+10K($1K 6 months) Gold card, first year fee waived. I had the Gold card before, probably 3+ years ago. It took me a while to find the terms (not obvious tab on the application page, found under Other Terms) but I could not find the usual life time restriction either after reading it three times. This is the ONLY place I found the Terms.
2 years ago I got a targeted PRG also without the restriction, got the bonus.
Last edited by Happy; Sep 28, 2017 at 10:54 am
Sep 28, 2017, 10:55 am
#171
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Is it from AMEX or Delta?
I got an email from Delta for the 50K($2K/90 days)+10K($1K 6 months) Gold card, first year fee waived. I had the Gold card before, probably 3+ years ago. It took me a while to find the terms (not obvious tab on the application page, found under Other Terms) but I could not find the usual life time restriction either after reading it three times. This is the ONLY place I found the Terms.
2 years ago I got a targeted PRG also without the restriction, got the bonus.
I got an email from Delta for the 50K($2K/90 days)+10K($1K 6 months) Gold card, first year fee waived. I had the Gold card before, probably 3+ years ago. It took me a while to find the terms (not obvious tab on the application page, found under Other Terms) but I could not find the usual life time restriction either after reading it three times. This is the ONLY place I found the Terms.
2 years ago I got a targeted PRG also without the restriction, got the bonus.
DL.
Sep 28, 2017, 11:42 am
#172
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brooklyn
Programs: Delta Diamond, Bonvoy something good; sometimes other things too
Posts: 5,050
I see the 70K Platinum offers are back again. Am I correct in understanding that these are the best public offers we've ever seen on this card? I got a 70K RDM/15K MQM targeted offer on the personal Platinum a few years ago, but haven't seen any more targeted offers since then. I'm considering going for the business platinum as I am shaping up to be almost exactly 10K MQMs short of my next Medallion level as of the end of the year.
Sep 28, 2017, 1:14 pm
#173
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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I see the 70K Platinum offers are back again. Am I correct in understanding that these are the best public offers we've ever seen on this card? I got a 70K RDM/15K MQM targeted offer on the personal Platinum a few years ago, but haven't seen any more targeted offers since then. I'm considering going for the business platinum as I am shaping up to be almost exactly 10K MQMs short of my next Medallion level as of the end of the year.
Sep 28, 2017, 5:40 pm
#174
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Note that the DL email I got, the Apply Now button would take you to a landing page where you input your DL number and last name - then the offer pops up. It is difficult to find the Offer Terms tab but it is there on the application page which is NOT prefilled.
A friend received his DL email but his offer had the restriction sentence as the first sentence under the Offer Terms.
OFFER TERMS
Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product.
My offer is absent this sentence under Offer Terms.
A friend received his DL email but his offer had the restriction sentence as the first sentence under the Offer Terms.
OFFER TERMS
Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product.
My offer is absent this sentence under Offer Terms.
Sep 29, 2017, 7:05 pm
#176
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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The 70K offers are now public:
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en....html#Platinum
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...dit-cards.html
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en....html#Platinum
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...dit-cards.html
Sep 30, 2017, 4:50 pm
#177
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA
Posts: 2,983
I have received a targeted snail mail offer for the personal Gold card for 50k/2k/10k/1k and I could not see any "Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product" language. If there was any, did always go before "If we in our sole discretion determine that you have engaged..."?
Sep 30, 2017, 5:57 pm
#179
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA
Posts: 2,983
I have looked again and the "welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product" is not there in both the snail mail and the online application. I will apply on Monday and update this thread with the results if/when the bonus posts. I will also try not to MS the minimum spend.
Sep 30, 2017, 6:08 pm
#180
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: LON, PDX
Programs: DL PM, AS MVP 75K, HH/SPG/MR Gold, Amex Plat, PRG, CSR
Posts: 2,064
I have looked again and the "welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product" is not there in both the snail mail and the online application. I will apply on Monday and update this thread with the results if/when the bonus posts. I will also try not to MS the minimum spend.
OFFER TERMS
Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product.
If we in our sole discretion determine that you have engaged in abuse, misuse, or gaming in connection with the welcome bonus offer in any way or that you intend to do so (for example, if you applied for one or more cards to obtain a welcome bonus offer (s) that we did not intend for you; if you cancel or downgrade your account within 12 months after acquiring it; or if you cancel or return purchases you made to meet the Threshold Amount), we may not credit the welcome bonus to, we may freeze the welcome bonus credited to, or we may take away the welcome bonus from your account. We may also cancel this Card account and other Card accounts you may have with us.