Hitting DL Plat and Diamond in the same year: choice benefits
May 11, 2017, 2:42 pm
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Hitting DL Plat and Diamond in the same year: choice benefits
Hi,
quick question. I am about to hit Delta Platinum but plan to hit Delta Diamond before the end of the year. I was wondering how this works with choice benefits. Do I get to pick one as a plat and three as diamond or so they regulate this some how? I plan to pick as many upgrades as possible.
Thanks!
bryan
quick question. I am about to hit Delta Platinum but plan to hit Delta Diamond before the end of the year. I was wondering how this works with choice benefits. Do I get to pick one as a plat and three as diamond or so they regulate this some how? I plan to pick as many upgrades as possible.
Thanks!
bryan
May 11, 2017, 2:49 pm
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Hi,
quick question. I am about to hit Delta Platinum but plan to hit Delta Diamond before the end of the year. I was wondering how this works with choice benefits. Do I get to pick one as a plat and three as diamond or so they regulate this some how? I plan to pick as many upgrades as possible.
Thanks!
bryan
quick question. I am about to hit Delta Platinum but plan to hit Delta Diamond before the end of the year. I was wondering how this works with choice benefits. Do I get to pick one as a plat and three as diamond or so they regulate this some how? I plan to pick as many upgrades as possible.
Thanks!
bryan
May 11, 2017, 2:50 pm
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1 when you hit PM
2 3 more when you hit DM
Or, you can wait and pick all 3 at the same time.
I checked on my Choice Benefits yesterday, and I have last year's PM & DM plus this year's PM available still,
Why would you think 3 for Diamond? Oops.
Or, you can wait and pick all 3 at the same time.
I checked on my Choice Benefits yesterday, and I have last year's PM & DM plus this year's PM available still,
Last edited by davetravels; May 11, 2017 at 2:57 pm
May 11, 2017, 2:53 pm
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Delta is changing benefits and it's pick 3 now of different/new offerings? Or maybe read it wrong. Or maybe that's next year's program changes.
May 11, 2017, 2:55 pm
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May 11, 2017, 2:55 pm
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Oh yeah. I forgot, since they eliminated the automatic SkyClub benefit, and added it as a Choice.
For me, it's still 2 + the SkyClub, so, no real change for me!
For me, it's still 2 + the SkyClub, so, no real change for me!
May 11, 2017, 8:55 pm
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OP wil get both the PM (one) and DM (three if you don't meet SC membership) choice benefits, but there will only be one set of each, for reaching the level. You don't get one set of choice benefits for each level now and another in about December/January for the same account activity because it's a new program year and the status you earn now is valid through January 2019.
May 12, 2017, 7:19 am
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To the OP: Note that if you requalify for Diamond next year, even though you will not be Platinum at any point next year, you still get another Platinum choice benefit once you've hit the Platinum qualifying requirements next year, and then another 3 Diamond choice benefits once you hit the Diamond qualifying requirements next year. So it's a pretty generous arrangement.
The benefits you get for this year's flying can be selected any time up until Jan 31, 2019.
May 12, 2017, 10:27 am
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Thanks so much for your feedback. So just to clarify, I can pick the 4 regional upgrades when I hit platinum and then I can pick another 4 GUCs when I hit Diamond. (I have a plat amex so I'll probably pick the guest pass as one choice benefit and then the miles or $200 as my third).
May 12, 2017, 10:29 am
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Thanks so much for your feedback. So just to clarify, I can pick the 4 regional upgrades when I hit platinum and then I can pick another 4 GUCs when I hit Diamond. (I have a plat amex so I'll probably pick the guest pass as one choice benefit and then the miles or $200 as my third).
The guest pass by contrast expires Jan 31 2019 regardless of when you select it, so if you're sure you're going to want that choice, may as well select as soon as possible.
May 12, 2017, 10:37 am
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I am already PM for 2017 and 2018, but Diamond for 2018 likely won't be achieved until autumn or winter.
This time around, I want to get Global Entry but I am afraid that I will be wasting my "pick" if I select the GE choice benefit right now. Because as PM I only get a single voucher, but as DM I get two. Is this the case? Should I just pay for GE out of pocket and then snag the two vouchers when I hit DM?
This time around, I want to get Global Entry but I am afraid that I will be wasting my "pick" if I select the GE choice benefit right now. Because as PM I only get a single voucher, but as DM I get two. Is this the case? Should I just pay for GE out of pocket and then snag the two vouchers when I hit DM?
May 12, 2017, 10:37 am
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Note also that at PM level the choice is 20,000 RDMs while it's 25,000 RDMs for DM. So if you're going to pick the miles once, try to do it as one of your DM choices.
May 12, 2017, 10:39 am
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You can always pick the $200 gift card or DL voucher as either PM or DM or both, so assuming that you can use the DL voucher, this establishes a floor on the value of a choice benefit (or at least the PM benefit and the first DM benefit). Most DMs and PMs buy enough tickets from DL that we can always use the $200 credit within a year, providing that we don't forget about it.
May 12, 2017, 10:42 am
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You got in a fistfight with a Diamond and a Platinum in the same year? Or were you referring to some other form of "hitting" in your title?