If the first level you hit is diamond do you still get the platinum benefits?
Oct 27, 2015, 4:23 pm
#1
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If the first level you hit is diamond do you still get the platinum benefits?
In the past I have always rolled over enough miles to make platinum quickly the following year and then by mid year hit Diamond. As a result I am able to claim 4 RUC's for my platinum benefit and then when I hit diamond claim my diamond benefits.
This year I will have nearly 300,000 MQMs by year's end. I will roll over 175,000 and I will get the MQD waiver on my credit card long before I hit platinum level MQD's. Therefore I will go straight to diamond the moment I hit my CC spend. If I go straight to Diamond, do I not get the benefits of Platinum (the additional 4 RUC's I an claim?
This year I will have nearly 300,000 MQMs by year's end. I will roll over 175,000 and I will get the MQD waiver on my credit card long before I hit platinum level MQD's. Therefore I will go straight to diamond the moment I hit my CC spend. If I go straight to Diamond, do I not get the benefits of Platinum (the additional 4 RUC's I an claim?
Oct 27, 2015, 6:47 pm
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In the past I have always rolled over enough miles to make platinum quickly the following year and then by mid year hit Diamond. As a result I am able to claim 4 RUC's for my platinum benefit and then when I hit diamond claim my diamond benefits.
This year I will have nearly 300,000 MQMs by year's end. I will roll over 175,000 and I will get the MQD waiver on my credit card long before I hit platinum level MQD's. Therefore I will go straight to diamond the moment I hit my CC spend. If I go straight to Diamond, do I not get the benefits of Platinum (the additional 4 RUC's I an claim?
This year I will have nearly 300,000 MQMs by year's end. I will roll over 175,000 and I will get the MQD waiver on my credit card long before I hit platinum level MQD's. Therefore I will go straight to diamond the moment I hit my CC spend. If I go straight to Diamond, do I not get the benefits of Platinum (the additional 4 RUC's I an claim?
Oct 27, 2015, 7:20 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2014
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In the past I have always rolled over enough miles to make platinum quickly the following year and then by mid year hit Diamond. As a result I am able to claim 4 RUC's for my platinum benefit and then when I hit diamond claim my diamond benefits.
This year I will have nearly 300,000 MQMs by year's end. I will roll over 175,000 and I will get the MQD waiver on my credit card long before I hit platinum level MQD's. Therefore I will go straight to diamond the moment I hit my CC spend. If I go straight to Diamond, do I not get the benefits of Platinum (the additional 4 RUC's I an claim?
This year I will have nearly 300,000 MQMs by year's end. I will roll over 175,000 and I will get the MQD waiver on my credit card long before I hit platinum level MQD's. Therefore I will go straight to diamond the moment I hit my CC spend. If I go straight to Diamond, do I not get the benefits of Platinum (the additional 4 RUC's I an claim?
Oct 27, 2015, 7:29 pm
#5
Join Date: Sep 2015
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My understanding (perhaps incorrect) is that a DM chooses
1 PM benefit
1 DM benefit (no restriction, regardless of PM benefit chosen)
1 DM benefit (no duplicate with the first DM choice including RUC/GUC).
Oct 27, 2015, 7:32 pm
#6
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Are you sure? AFAIK you can pick four RUCs for the PM choice and then EITHER four GUCs or eight RUCs as one of the DM choices. You cannot make one DM choice the four GUCs and for the other, take eight RUCs. The rule is that the two DM choice benefits must be different, where GUCs and RUCs belong to the same category. AFAIK the PM choice doesn't affect DM availability or vice versa, just as your allowed choices from one year to another are independent.
Oct 27, 2015, 8:06 pm
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Are you sure? AFAIK you can pick four RUCs for the PM choice and then EITHER four GUCs or eight RUCs as one of the DM choices. You cannot make one DM choice the four GUCs and for the other, take eight RUCs. The rule is that the two DM choice benefits must be different, where GUCs and RUCs belong to the same category. AFAIK the PM choice doesn't affect DM availability or vice versa, just as your allowed choices from one year to another are independent.
This year my CBs were
4 RUC from PM
4 GUC from DM
$200 Gift card from DM
Oct 27, 2015, 8:07 pm
#8
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I'm not in this position (yet) but posted experiences on FT certainly support that you can choose certs twice, once as PM choice and once as one of your two DM choices.
Also:
http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...oice_benefits/
(bolding mine)
Also:
http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...oice_benefits/
Diamond Medallion members may not select the same Choice Benefit twice for their Diamond selection. They may choose the same benefit as their Platinum selection and one of their two Diamond selections.
Oct 28, 2015, 9:04 am
#9
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I'm not in this position (yet) but posted experiences on FT certainly support that you can choose certs twice, once as PM choice and once as one of your two DM choices.
Also:
http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...oice_benefits/
(bolding mine)
Also:
http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...oice_benefits/
(bolding mine)
Oct 28, 2015, 9:07 am
#10
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Oct 28, 2015, 10:21 am
#11
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I have a similar, but not exactly the same question, and maybe this one is elementary and answered elsewhere, but it is a point that I need clarified. I have already qualified for Platinum for 2016, and will qualify for Diamond for 2016 by the end of this year. Do I need to go ahead and select my Platinum choice benefits for the the 2016 qualification, or will I be able to select both a Platinum benefit and the Diamond Choice Benefits later on in 2016?
Oct 28, 2015, 10:43 am
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There's no rush to select them now, but your choices will expire at the end of the program year to which they apply, which should be January 31, 2017 to make both PM and DM choices.
Oct 28, 2015, 11:16 am
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Oct 28, 2015, 11:58 am
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I earn PM in 2015 for 2016 status->I can choose a PM benefit any time before January 31, 2017.
Later, I earn DM in 2015 for 2016->I can choose two DM benefits, not necessarily at the same time, any time before January 31, 2017.
If I choose RUC or GUC at any step, they are good for 12 months from when I choose them. So for miles flown in 2015 (2016 status) I could end up with certs good through January of 2018.