rkoechel

I hit the threshold $60k spent in November...statement closed and I received bonus miles on the 18th of December but no MQMs. I called and was given worthless info, clicked the link above, logged in, claimed them for myself and they were in my account immediately.

Thanks!

rizrizriz

Yep, nothing new here. Its always been (at least for the last several years) if you have the Amex Delta Reserve card, you MUST claim them if you want them ASAP, else they will Automatic go to you, but after 90 days. This is because with Reserve card, you have the option of Gifting them to someone else.

rkoechel

Yeah it makes total sense. It's very odd though that the 3 people at amex and 3 people at Delta that I spoke with didn't know to direct me to log into Delta and accept them.

miraclebear2003

That's why you should come to FT.

Marty Leisner

I just hit mine -- was speaking to amex and they said 6-8 weeks!! Good to know...

xliioper

They will post a day or two after your statement close in January. If you have a Reserve card, you will get to select/gift them at that point. In either case, they will be backdated to Dec 31, 2017 and count towards 2017 MQM totals.

K7Beach

Have DL Amex Reserve and would like to do a charge shortly after midnight EST tonight. Will that charge count to 2017 spend or 2018 spend if charge is theoretically 12:01am Jan 1, 2018 in my time zone? Thanks

MarkP24

I was wondering the same, and in general is it the date it is charged or it posts?

mnbp

I would assume it depends on the merchant.

OneHourPhoto

Thank you fo this info. Just reviewing my account, I did not get my 15k MQMs from my Reserve AMEX. Just claimed them

xliioper

The transaction date would probably depend on the merchant, but Amex does not use transaction date to determine which year a purchase counts toward. Amex uses the post date which would be based on it's own clock and which would be based in one of the US timezones. Transactions can often take a day or two (or even several days) to post. A number of people have been burned by this when making last minute year end purchases to hit an MQM Boost spend threshold and assuming that Amex uses the transaction date to determine which year a purchase counts toward.

jakers3200

I have 41,200 MQM for 2017. Hit my spending mark on about December 29. My next statement closes January 25. Once the MQM post I will reach Gold. Sounds like I will be stuck at Silver until January 25 when the next statement closes? Probably not traveling Delta before then, so it probably is irrelevant, but is there any precedent for Delta/AMEX posting the MQM early? Interestingly, they do show me hitting the spend threshold (for the waiver) which includes the spending on 12/29.

xliioper

I have not heard of any cases of Amex pushing the MQM Boost through prior to statement close. You will likely just have to wait until then to become Gold for 2018.

jerryhze

Edit:
MQM is now backdated to 12/31/2017 as per usual. No news here.

Original post below:

xliioper

Are you sure you are looking at the bonus MQM's (and not the bonus RDM's)? It's only the bonus MQM's that get backdated, not the bonus RDM's. They get posted separately and there may be other activities between them. Do both the activity date and posted on date say 1/4? It's the activity date that matters, not the "posted on" date. My January close MQM's boosts have always had different activity dates and posted on dates with the activity date always being backdated to 12/31 of the previous year while the "posted on" date just reflects the date they posted to the account. The MQM's are not instantaneously added to your balance for the previous year. They run regular "sweeps" every few days and they get added at that point.