Is There any MQD Requirement for Lifetime GMs etc?
Sep 27, 2017, 12:09 pm
#16
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: MA
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Back in the olden days, all credit card mileage, partner bonuses etc. all counted towards your lifetime total. I never saw this, as the change to the current system had just been made.
Sep 27, 2017, 7:47 pm
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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The "complimentary annual" language has been there for like 8 years now. Every year, someone assures us this can only mean the termination of the program absolutely "imminent" and there can be no other possible explanation. And every year the predictions turn out to be false. All you need to do is look at the recent UA MM class action lawsuit over the use of the term "lifetime" after they changed the benefits to get an idea of what the DL lawyers were likely concerned about when they changed the language. Sure, it may say "Offers and benefits subject to change without notice" in the T&C's. But if you use the term "lifetime" it's not unreasonable to assume those only apply to new MM's, and not existing ones.
Sep 27, 2017, 8:21 pm
#18
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: West of CLE
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I hit 2MM status back in 2010; I was told by someone at the Big D that I didn't have to meet a MQD minimum to keep my "lifetime" (complimentary annual) GM status in the years that I did not make PM or DM.
Sep 27, 2017, 8:51 pm
#20
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HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE ANNUAL COMPLIMENTARY STATUS EARNED BY MILLION MILERS?
Million Miler™ annual complimentary status is not impacted by Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs) or the MQD Waiver (Delta SkyMiles Credit Card spend). However, to maintain Rollover Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs), Million Milers will have to meet the spend requirements to achieve at least Silver Medallion status.