Dec 3, 2014, 5:57 am
Last edit by: rwoman
BUY MQMS. EARN MQDS.
Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
Even better, dollars spent toward purchasing MQMs will also be credited as Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs – U.S.-based members only), which will be posted to your 2014 MQD balance and will also apply toward your 2015 status.
Want to learn what it means to travel for an entire year with Medallion status? Discover the benefits.
MQMs and MQDs will post to your SkyMiles® account within 24 hours of purchase.
And don’t forget:
T&C
FAQ
Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
Even better, dollars spent toward purchasing MQMs will also be credited as Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs – U.S.-based members only), which will be posted to your 2014 MQD balance and will also apply toward your 2015 status.
Want to learn what it means to travel for an entire year with Medallion status? Discover the benefits.
MQMs and MQDs will post to your SkyMiles® account within 24 hours of purchase.
And don’t forget:
- MQMs purchased will be deposited to your 2014 MQM balance
- MQMs purchased through this offer are non-refundable
- Dollars spent toward MQM purchase will apply to your 2014 MQD balance
- The maximum MQMs that may be purchased for one SkyMiles account for the 2015 Medallion year is 10,000
T&C
FAQ
Any Word on MQM Purchase this year?
Dec 1, 2014, 2:42 pm
#46
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA | CLT, formerly LHR & AMS (with just a bit of PSP)
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, BonVoy Titanium, (soon former) Caesars7*, (former) Wynn Black, HR "Icon"
Posts: 8,172
+ GM gets free Economy Comfort for domestic flights. That's a rather big deal (for some).
Dec 3, 2014, 12:51 am
#47
Formerly known as HuwRLewis
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Holland, Michigan, USA
Programs: DL-DM (Charter); DL-MM; Hilton: Diamond
Posts: 139
Actually, it's not on point at all. The OP did not ask should they go for Platinum and/or try to obtain the extra MQMs, they asked :
So the OP isn't really interested in how (you feel, CrazyCelt) Delta sucks, but rather CONSTRUCTIVE ideas and thoughts on how to achieve Platinum Medallion and obtain the extra MQMs required in the least painful and time consuming way.
I understand, when someone says "should I leave Delta?" "is Platinum Medallion worth it?" -- but, in this case CrazyCelt, I do not believe the OP was looking for advice on how they should "book away" from Delta. Perhaps, I'm crazy, I just don't see the point of the "Delta-hating" being interjected into a thread that doesn't really question the OPs desire to travel on Delta. That is all.
So the OP isn't really interested in how (you feel, CrazyCelt) Delta sucks, but rather CONSTRUCTIVE ideas and thoughts on how to achieve Platinum Medallion and obtain the extra MQMs required in the least painful and time consuming way.
I understand, when someone says "should I leave Delta?" "is Platinum Medallion worth it?" -- but, in this case CrazyCelt, I do not believe the OP was looking for advice on how they should "book away" from Delta. Perhaps, I'm crazy, I just don't see the point of the "Delta-hating" being interjected into a thread that doesn't really question the OPs desire to travel on Delta. That is all.
Isn't (pretty much) the point of FT to discuss 'who sucks, and who doesn't?' And to ask/receive/give advice on how best to avoid the worst 'suck' offenders?
I don't know for sure, but, yes, perhaps you are crazy. After all, you asked the question, not me.
Didn't Op aske all of us (not just you, or me) for an opinion...?
Surely, the point of OP's question was, "Is it worth paying money for the miles (i.e. not actual tickets...) in order to achieve Platinum Status?"
I thought I answered decisively, and with the perspective of someone who has 'enjoyed' the status (and more) that he's interested in paying his money for. So I said, "Dont' bother. Status isn't worth much on DL; not even Diamond status"
Because I believe that one-word answers - e.g. 'No!" - are not very helpful, I went on to explain.
Incidentally, I didn't intend to imply that at all costs, one should avoid or - to use YOUR term (not mine) - *hate* Delta. I'm sorry if I gave that impression.
Rather, I wanted to make clear that Op shouldn't buy Delta miles with the idea that 'status' is substantively meaningful. IMOP, it's not anymore. The 'game has changed,' which I think is fine, provided you understand 'the rules of the game' before you play it.
So I issued a "Player beware' advisory." Isn't this what FT is largely about...? But maybe I'm the crazy one.
Boilded down, my advice to OP was to get the best fare/itinerary that works for a particular itinerary.
Last edited by CrazyCelt; Dec 3, 2014 at 1:51 am Reason: puctuation
Dec 3, 2014, 1:31 am
#48
Formerly known as HuwRLewis
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Holland, Michigan, USA
Programs: DL-DM (Charter); DL-MM; Hilton: Diamond
Posts: 139
Exactly.
When they added DM and lowered PM to 75K, what they really did was bump all the elite tiers up by 25K and rename them:
Old PM (100K) is now DM (125K): club access
Old GM (50K) is now PM (75K): waived redeposit fees
Old FO (25K) is now GM (50K): Sky Priority replacing the old Medallion lines
...and new FO is "slightly better than nothing", with some of the benefits available to anyone with a DL AmEx card.
When they added DM and lowered PM to 75K, what they really did was bump all the elite tiers up by 25K and rename them:
Old PM (100K) is now DM (125K): club access
Old GM (50K) is now PM (75K): waived redeposit fees
Old FO (25K) is now GM (50K): Sky Priority replacing the old Medallion lines
...and new FO is "slightly better than nothing", with some of the benefits available to anyone with a DL AmEx card.
Dec 3, 2014, 5:53 am
#49
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Moscow
Programs: DL GM and so on
Posts: 1,200
It seems the sale has started:
Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
https://dn.delta.com/skymiles/purchasemqms/landing
Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
https://dn.delta.com/skymiles/purchasemqms/landing
Dec 3, 2014, 5:59 am
#50
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA | CLT, formerly LHR & AMS (with just a bit of PSP)
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, BonVoy Titanium, (soon former) Caesars7*, (former) Wynn Black, HR "Icon"
Posts: 8,172
It seems the sale has started:
Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
https://dn.delta.com/skymiles/purchasemqms/landing
Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
https://dn.delta.com/skymiles/purchasemqms/landing
Accounts I manage range from
$725.00 to $1025.00 for 2,500 MQMs
$1325 to $2095.00 for 10,000 MQMs
Dec 3, 2014, 5:59 am
#51
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: LHR
Programs: DL DM 2MM, BA Bronze, Various Hotels
Posts: 10,187
It seems the sale has started:
Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
https://dn.delta.com/skymiles/purchasemqms/landing
Still hoping to reach Diamond, Platinum, Gold, or Silver Medallion® status for 2015? Good news—now through December 31, 2014, you can buy between 2,500 and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) that will post to your 2014 MQM balance and apply toward your 2015 status.
https://dn.delta.com/skymiles/purchasemqms/landing
DL offering:
2,500 MQM for $1025
5,000 MQM for $1325
7,500 MQM for $1775
10,000 MQM for $2095
Thankfully, I qualified awhile ago.
Dec 3, 2014, 6:22 am
#53
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,407
Flyertail's 60 segments in the first half of 2015 will give at least 30,000 MQMs, which would mean automatic FO for 2016 assuming that the MQD waiver is obtained and that will mean an additional 15,000 MQMs, thus getting him almost to GM for 2016 even with no other DL flights during the year. Doing 60 segments in the second half of the year for at least an additional 30,000 MQMs gets him to PM and free award ticket changes, which could be very valuable when all those RDMs are used.
Please don't give up and spend 80,000 RDMs for a domestic award ticket. They're still much more valuable than that.
Please don't give up and spend 80,000 RDMs for a domestic award ticket. They're still much more valuable than that.
Dec 3, 2014, 6:29 am
#54
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,407
Isn't the big news here that these purchases count for MQDs? So if someone is short up to about $2000, they can buy MQDs in chunks at a price of one dollar per MQD regardless of the number purchased up to the maximum. Then some MQMs are tossed in by DL and will rollover too as a bonus.
Dec 3, 2014, 6:37 am
#55
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta PM, Hyatt Discoverist, Hertz PC
Posts: 2,303
No intent to purchase, but just for the data collection:
2500: $925
5000: $1125
7500: $1325
10000: $1725
I'm comfortably in the middle of the GM tier, so none of these will push me up a tier. Therefore, I'm a little surprised the prices aren't the lowest end of the range for me.
And, for the record, last year, when it would have pushed me up to PM, these were the prices I was offered:
2,500 for $595
5,000 for $895
7,500 for $1,195
10,000 for $1,495
2500: $925
5000: $1125
7500: $1325
10000: $1725
I'm comfortably in the middle of the GM tier, so none of these will push me up a tier. Therefore, I'm a little surprised the prices aren't the lowest end of the range for me.
And, for the record, last year, when it would have pushed me up to PM, these were the prices I was offered:
2,500 for $595
5,000 for $895
7,500 for $1,195
10,000 for $1,495
Last edited by jrkmsp; Dec 3, 2014 at 6:42 am Reason: Added comparison to last year.
Dec 3, 2014, 6:52 am
#56
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,407
Note that the deadline for purchase is 11:59 pm Central Standard Time, not ATL (or SLC) time as DL usually uses.
Dec 3, 2014, 7:06 am
#58
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,407
I requalified for DM a while ago. My pricing offer is as follows:
2500 MQMs for $1025
5000 MQMs for $1325
7500 MQMs for $1775
10,000 MQMs for $2095
Of course I'm not buying.
As a comparison, there are TPAC fares that for about $1000 would get you at least 20,000 MQMs plus 50,000 RDMs. For a $2000 investment, that would be four times as many MQMs plus 100,000 RDMs as an added bonus, all for spending two weekends sitting in EC seats with movies and F&B provided.
2500 MQMs for $1025
5000 MQMs for $1325
7500 MQMs for $1775
10,000 MQMs for $2095
Of course I'm not buying.
As a comparison, there are TPAC fares that for about $1000 would get you at least 20,000 MQMs plus 50,000 RDMs. For a $2000 investment, that would be four times as many MQMs plus 100,000 RDMs as an added bonus, all for spending two weekends sitting in EC seats with movies and F&B provided.
Dec 3, 2014, 7:13 am
#59
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MKE
Programs: DL 2 MM
Posts: 904
My offer as a Plat who is about 6k MQM away from Diamond:
2,500 MQM for $1025
5,000 MQM for $1325
7,500 MQM for $1775
10,000 MQM for $2095
Don't need to purchase as I do have 2 trips booked that will get me to Diamond--by about 300 miles.
2,500 MQM for $1025
5,000 MQM for $1325
7,500 MQM for $1775
10,000 MQM for $2095
Don't need to purchase as I do have 2 trips booked that will get me to Diamond--by about 300 miles.
Dec 3, 2014, 7:15 am
#60
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: DTW
Programs: DL PM, Natl-Exec Elite, Hertz-President Circle, Marriot/Starwood-Gold, HHonors-Gold
Posts: 678
I'm a PM(thru 2015) and would still be short of DM even if max MQM were purchased.
My offer:
2,500 MQM for $1025
5,000 MQM for $1325
7,500 MQM for $1775
10,000 MQM for $2095
IMO, I think they are pricing these with a convenience factor built in because for most a MR would be cheaper and if plan ahead of time, you could do the MR in FC and it would still be cheaper.
Not buying.
My offer:
2,500 MQM for $1025
5,000 MQM for $1325
7,500 MQM for $1775
10,000 MQM for $2095
IMO, I think they are pricing these with a convenience factor built in because for most a MR would be cheaper and if plan ahead of time, you could do the MR in FC and it would still be cheaper.
Not buying.