2012 Purchase MQMs is back
Nov 6, 2012, 12:14 pm
#16
Join Date: Dec 2010
Programs: Delta FO, Marriott LT Titanium, HHonors Gold, Nat'l Exec, Amex Plat
Posts: 420
I'm hoping they do. I did an MR to make Gold this year and will clear Gold by about 1,000 MQMs this year once everything posts, but I may still buy a few MQMs to help wih rollover and ensure I at least maintain Silver for 2014 since my travel schedule is looking lighter in 2013 than it is for 2012.
Makes me feel kind of dirty, now that I think about it.
Nov 6, 2012, 12:44 pm
#18
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: DL GM
Posts: 48
Worth is dependent on each person and their flying patterns. Yes, you can get some of the benefits from an Amex DL card, but as mentioned above (in addition to having a dedicated phone line that is slightly better than kettles), there are some intangibles that the card won't get you, even as a "lowly" FO. I was an FO not too long ago and 8/12 upgrades was more than worth it, twice with non-status companions! Also, some airports do allow FOs priority check in, etc.
Last edited by Selendia; Nov 6, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Nov 6, 2012, 1:24 pm
#19
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: DL PM. 1MM
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Nov 6, 2012, 3:34 pm
#20
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: LA
Programs: DL GM
Posts: 225
Nov 6, 2012, 8:20 pm
#21
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 198
FO is worth more than a Amex card. EC seats, I am running about 50 percent on upgrades. I get to select preferred seating. When I get upgraded I get sky priority boarding? The biggest benefit is rollover, which you do not get with Amex.
Also if you get a reroute you get booked in Y class fare, and head to the top of the upgrade list. I was number 1 of 20 or so from SLC to ORD and 2 of 60 or so ORD to ATL.
Please stop with the FO is worthless. The jump from nothing to FO is much bigger than FO to GM.
Also if you get a reroute you get booked in Y class fare, and head to the top of the upgrade list. I was number 1 of 20 or so from SLC to ORD and 2 of 60 or so ORD to ATL.
Please stop with the FO is worthless. The jump from nothing to FO is much bigger than FO to GM.
Nov 6, 2012, 9:06 pm
#22
Join Date: May 2009
Location: PHL
Programs: AA EXP, DL DM HH Gold, Marriot Titanium
Posts: 1,298
I fly Delta primarily because I like the hard product, but FO is enough to keep me paying a touch more for my seats.
Nov 6, 2012, 9:08 pm
#23
Join Date: May 2009
Location: PHL
Programs: AA EXP, DL DM HH Gold, Marriot Titanium
Posts: 1,298
On another note, I hope they sell MQM this year. I'm projecting that I'll have about 10K MQM rolled over (usually don't have extra MQM - I qualify on segs), and already have a couple of overseas trips planned early next year. Would love to push myself into gold early next year to qualify through 2014....
Nov 7, 2012, 1:48 am
#24
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Location: DEN
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My Christmas gift would be if DL stopped giving MQM's via car rentals, CC's (yeah I know this one isn't going away), hotel stays, promos, and selling outright. Make elite something earned by flying.
Nov 7, 2012, 2:41 am
#25
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Twin Cities
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Posts: 3,870
I don't have a problem with the promos. I've earned all 133K MQMs this year from BIS and rollover - the 250 MQMs I got from my last stay at a HGI.
Nov 7, 2012, 5:45 am
#26
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: DL DM; DL AMEX Reserve; HHonors Gold
Posts: 1,984
So, here's an interesting thought experiment. While in principle, BIS earning seems a "purer" way to earn MQMs, there is the other side of the MQMs ledger which is redemption. Since it is currently easier to earn and harder to burn, if you constrain earning possibilities but do not unleash additional award availability, it's a lose-lose, no? Of course this assumes no additional award availability, but it's not an unreasonable assumption.
Nov 7, 2012, 5:53 am
#27
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: Now just a lowly DL PM/1MM. This industry needs some competition. It's just not enjoyable anymore.
Posts: 3,543
So, here's an interesting thought experiment. While in principle, BIS earning seems a "purer" way to earn MQMs, there is the other side of the MQMs ledger which is redemption. Since it is currently easier to earn and harder to burn, if you constrain earning possibilities but do not unleash additional award availability, it's a lose-lose, no? Of course this assumes no additional award availability, but it's not an unreasonable assumption.
Nov 7, 2012, 6:27 am
#28
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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Yikes. More expensive than I thought they would be. Cheaper to do a MR if you have the time. I guess that what it comes down to - DL is clearly offering this to those who don't have the time and/or value time more than anything else and find spending $495 to get 5,000 MQMs is better than spending $250 but spending an entire day doing a Mileage Run. I mean, you can easily find east-coast to west-coast trips which will get you 5,000 MQMs for less than the price they're offered 2,500 MQMs for last year.
Nov 7, 2012, 6:33 am
#29
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Nov 7, 2012, 6:35 am
#30
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