Delta Million Miler Gift - Fewer Options to Select From?
Mar 7, 2019, 5:40 am
#76
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: ATL - DL DM/3MM - HH Lifetime Diamond - Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 3,117
Insult? When I hit my 1st MM, there were no options, I was sent a Tumi Pleather notepad cover with MM embossed on it and some notepads.
Mar 7, 2019, 7:21 am
#78
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: MSP
Programs: DL Platinum, Marriott Life Plat, HHonors DM
Posts: 116
I still have my leather boarding pass/passport wallet Continental sent me about 25 years ago. I use it when I travel international. Guess you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth!
Mar 7, 2019, 11:28 am
#79
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: US-Europe
Programs: DL DM Charter/2.5MM, AA EXP, Marriott AMB, LT Titanium, HH Diamond, Avis PP, National Exec-E
Posts: 529
Mar 7, 2019, 9:17 pm
#80
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Toledo, OH
Programs: Delta DM & MM, Hilton DM, Marriott gold, Hyatt Globalist, Alaska 75K, Wyndham Diamond,
Posts: 15,399
Mar 8, 2019, 6:17 am
#81
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: PBI
Programs: DL 2.8 MM/PM, AA MM/GLD, Marriott LT Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,746
But the congratulatory mailing also included 12 one-way upgrade certificates and 1MM stationary, which was awesome.
Mar 8, 2019, 7:22 am
#82
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Toledo, OH
Programs: Delta DM & MM, Hilton DM, Marriott gold, Hyatt Globalist, Alaska 75K, Wyndham Diamond,
Posts: 15,399
I'd love the 12 one way upgrades over any other gift. Only problem is if they are like RUC's they are so hard to use.
Mar 8, 2019, 1:39 pm
#84
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Los Altos
Programs: Delta DM 2 Million Miler, Hilton DM, Priority Club Platinum
Posts: 1,112
Delta Million Miler Gift - Fewer Options to Select From?
Thoughts on what option is the best value money wise to choose, or are they all the same approximate retail value?
Apr 5, 2019, 3:21 pm
#85
Join Date: Jul 2005
Programs: Delta 3MM DM, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 26
Just hit 3MM, and like other have noticed, the gift choices are still a total let down. The Tumi choices are laughable. I was really hoping for a new Tumi Alpha backpack, so I will be sitting on my selection for a while.
Apr 5, 2019, 3:24 pm
#86
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Washington, DC, Chapel Hill, NC (RDU)
Programs: DL Plat (won't hit DM again) 2MM (2.5), HH Gold, PC Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 5,626
Congratulations or commiserations -- as you feel appropriate. I don't think I'll get to 3MM. And you need 4 for LT (or however it is described now) Plat, right?
Apr 7, 2019, 4:34 pm
#87
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brooklyn
Programs: Delta Diamond, Bonvoy something good; sometimes other things too
Posts: 5,050
Has anyone made any observations on patterns of when / how often the gift selection changes? I got my gift invite for 1MM about a month ago and it hasn't changed yet. I could really use a new carry-on roller so I'm debating the Hartmann one ... from everything I've read here it sounds like there's just about no chance of a Tumi suitcase at 1MM, but even the hard-side Hartmann option that had been available in an earlier post would potentially be nicer than the one that's showing up now.
Current 1MM choices that I'm seeing:
Current 1MM choices that I'm seeing:
Sep 14, 2019, 6:51 am
#90
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 24
Just hit MM as DM for past 6 years averaging $25-30k spend each year. Options available today do not include any Hartmann options whatsoever and Tumi items limited to makeup/toiletry bags and a tote. No backpack, suitcase, or briefcases available from Tumi. For that matter, no backpack or briefcase whatsoever, and no options for miles.
I guess Ill wait it out and see if any new options pop up in the next year. If not, this is really disappointing. For those of us flying enough to earn this benefit, we’re aware of the benefit and see colleagues receive these prior gifts. It does feel that Delta has devalued this program and this devalued my contribution to their business relative to friends and colleagues who received this benefit/gift in recent years.
I guess Ill wait it out and see if any new options pop up in the next year. If not, this is really disappointing. For those of us flying enough to earn this benefit, we’re aware of the benefit and see colleagues receive these prior gifts. It does feel that Delta has devalued this program and this devalued my contribution to their business relative to friends and colleagues who received this benefit/gift in recent years.