Delta Death Pool - what's their bet on you?
Nov 12, 2012, 10:12 pm
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Delta Death Pool - what's their bet on you?
Like many others here, I'm a lifetime SkyClub member (formerly lifetime NW WorldClub member). The card in my wallet says "lifetime member" and all that.
Poking around the latest "My Delta" part of delta.com, I noticed they have a place in "My Wallet" where I can print out a temporary card if needed. However, the temporary card has a "Valid Through MM/YY" on the front, instead of "Lifetime Member" - where MM/YY is the December after I turn 108.
I think it rather cynical of Delta to bet against me making it to 109 and still wanting to go to the lounge for some Biscoff and cheese of questionable provenance.
Fellow lifetime members, how long does the "My Wallet" section of "My Delta" expect you to make it?
Poking around the latest "My Delta" part of delta.com, I noticed they have a place in "My Wallet" where I can print out a temporary card if needed. However, the temporary card has a "Valid Through MM/YY" on the front, instead of "Lifetime Member" - where MM/YY is the December after I turn 108.
I think it rather cynical of Delta to bet against me making it to 109 and still wanting to go to the lounge for some Biscoff and cheese of questionable provenance.
Fellow lifetime members, how long does the "My Wallet" section of "My Delta" expect you to make it?
Nov 13, 2012, 1:07 am
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I don't have a lifetime lounge membership, mine or Delta's, but I do get a SC membership card by being DM. A month or so ago, I was surprised to receive a new card in the mail with an expiration date of summer 2014, long long before I reach 108.
Do you think DL knows something that I don't? Should I get my affairs in order or just spend my SkyMiles?
Do you think DL knows something that I don't? Should I get my affairs in order or just spend my SkyMiles?
Nov 13, 2012, 4:54 am
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Like many others here, I'm a lifetime SkyClub member (formerly lifetime NW WorldClub member). The card in my wallet says "lifetime member" and all that.
Poking around the latest "My Delta" part of delta.com, I noticed they have a place in "My Wallet" where I can print out a temporary card if needed. However, the temporary card has a "Valid Through MM/YY" on the front, instead of "Lifetime Member" - where MM/YY is the December after I turn 108.
I think it rather cynical of Delta to bet against me making it to 109 and still wanting to go to the lounge for some Biscoff and cheese of questionable provenance.
Fellow lifetime members, how long does the "My Wallet" section of "My Delta" expect you to make it?
Poking around the latest "My Delta" part of delta.com, I noticed they have a place in "My Wallet" where I can print out a temporary card if needed. However, the temporary card has a "Valid Through MM/YY" on the front, instead of "Lifetime Member" - where MM/YY is the December after I turn 108.
I think it rather cynical of Delta to bet against me making it to 109 and still wanting to go to the lounge for some Biscoff and cheese of questionable provenance.
Fellow lifetime members, how long does the "My Wallet" section of "My Delta" expect you to make it?
Last edited by StayingHomeIsBetter; Nov 13, 2012 at 7:02 am Reason: Had quoted wrong post originally
Nov 13, 2012, 5:44 am
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I don't have a lifetime lounge membership, mine or Delta's, but I do get a SC membership card by being DM. A month or so ago, I was surprised to receive a new card in the mail with an expiration date of summer 2014, long long before I reach 108.
Do you think DL knows something that I don't? Should I get my affairs in order or just spend my SkyMiles?
Do you think DL knows something that I don't? Should I get my affairs in order or just spend my SkyMiles?
Nov 13, 2012, 6:06 am
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Each year, a few months after I get my renewed Diamond card, I get a new SC membership card that is extended a year. It was explained to me that since I purchased a 3 year membership toward the end of NW and I'm getting a free membership each year, the Diamond expiration gets extended each year to account for the balance of the 3 year remaining when I first got the Diamond benefit.
Nov 13, 2012, 7:19 am
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Nov 13, 2012, 8:07 am
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I just made Diamond for the first time, and it shows (IIRC) February 2014 expiration.
Nov 13, 2012, 8:50 am
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Nov 13, 2012, 10:32 am
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Nov 13, 2012, 10:41 am
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Maybe they used the same expiration year for all lifetime members and you're about eight years younger than the OP, so you'll be 100 in the year that the OP turns 108.
Nov 13, 2012, 11:17 am
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I think you're correct. The first time I qualified for DM in 2010, my SC membership expiration (didn't have a previous SC membership) was set to the end of February 2012. In 2011, I re-qualified for DM in September and my SC membership was extended to mid-August 2013 (17.5 months). A couple of weeks ago, I re-qualified for DM and my SC membership was extended by 16 months and a few days.