Delta Platinum AmEx MQM Bonus in December
Jan 5, 2018, 9:53 am
#31
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: NYC
Programs: Delta Platinum and Marriott Platinum Elite
Posts: 39
Help. I have a friend with the Delta Platinum card. She hit the 25k spend and her statement ended 12/22/17. Her 10k mqm bonus still haven't posted 1/5/18 and her 2018 status with DAL shows her as a sky miles member. She needs the mqm bonus to make FO. Should she wait another week and see if it post or contact AmEx?
Jan 5, 2018, 10:34 am
#32
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 23,057
Help. I have a friend with the Delta Platinum card. She hit the 25k spend and her statement ended 12/22/17. Her 10k mqm bonus still haven't posted 1/5/18 and her 2018 status with DAL shows her as a sky miles member. She needs the mqm bonus to make FO. Should she wait another week and see if it post or contact AmEx?
Jan 5, 2018, 10:49 am
#33
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: NYC
Programs: Delta Platinum and Marriott Platinum Elite
Posts: 39
Did she actually hit the $25K spend before the statement close? Have her open the Statements & Activity link and then go to "Billing Statements & Documents" and open the PDF billing statement for 12/22 and check the "Miles Earned" section. There will be a sentence that says "Your Year-to-Date spend on your Delta Platinum account is $xx,xxx.xx"
Jan 5, 2018, 1:48 pm
#34
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Seattle WA
Programs: DL DM, Marriott Titanium, AA PLT for Life
Posts: 398
So I just did this and "took" the MQMs for myself. They sort of back posted but don't actually show up as MQMs in my "Prior Year" Skymiles activity.
I'm assuming this will correct itself before the rollover date, but I am mentioning it to people who might freak out when the MQMs seem to go nowhere.
I'm assuming this will correct itself before the rollover date, but I am mentioning it to people who might freak out when the MQMs seem to go nowhere.
Jan 5, 2018, 1:54 pm
#35
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So I just did this and "took" the MQMs for myself. They sort of back posted but don't actually show up as MQMs in my "Prior Year" Skymiles activity.
I'm assuming this will correct itself before the rollover date, but I am mentioning it to people who might freak out when the MQMs seem to go nowhere.
I'm assuming this will correct itself before the rollover date, but I am mentioning it to people who might freak out when the MQMs seem to go nowhere.
Jan 8, 2018, 10:48 pm
#36
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: DTW
Programs: DL Diamond/AA Platinum, Hyatt/Hilton Diamond
Posts: 245
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.
Jan 27, 2018, 7:45 am
#38
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 133
I might be the last member to qualify for gold in 2017.. my statement closed 12/26, and I hit the $25k spend requirement on about 12/30. Statement closed in 1/26, and now I'm waiting for the bonus MQM and miles to post. How long does that usually take? Finished the year with 41,200 so those miles will earn gold. I assume they will remove the 16,200 rollover mqm once they award the mqm for 2017.
Jan 27, 2018, 9:50 am
#40
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I might be the last member to qualify for gold in 2017.. my statement closed 12/26, and I hit the $25k spend requirement on about 12/30. Statement closed in 1/26, and now I'm waiting for the bonus MQM and miles to post. How long does that usually take? Finished the year with 41,200 so those miles will earn gold. I assume they will remove the 16,200 rollover mqm once they award the mqm for 2017.
My statement closed on 1/25 and I just got an email a few moments ago about my Boost (Reserve card). So you will probably have to wait another day or two for a 1/26 statement close.
Last edited by xliioper; Jan 27, 2018 at 10:09 am