Delta 360 - Consolidated Thread
Dec 9, 2018, 12:44 pm
#76
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Your podunk airport probably has a lot of elites and high value customers for DL.
Dec 9, 2018, 1:28 pm
#77
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RDU, being a focus city must have many 360's though I only personally know only one and he was very surprised about getting the 360 the year that he did as it was also his first DM year. From my reading on this forum some 360's might have that one big year with a huge spend and they get the invite and others are in the Big spend category and don't. Seems there must be some other criteria than spend factored into the algorithm.
Dec 9, 2018, 1:34 pm
#78
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$60K ain't getting it in RDU. I have been DM every year and spend $30-60 each year and will never see it. In fact if it wasn't for two last minute Int'l trips in J this year I would have dropped to PM as I have given my business to AA. This was my biggest spend year ever and as of now it looks like DL will get ~$30K and AA will get $50K.
Dec 9, 2018, 1:43 pm
#79
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360 doesn't really get you anything anyways - at least nothing beyond some improved phone support and potentially slightly higher upgrade priority than DM (although there are mixed reports on this) - so it's not really a big loss, except perhaps to someone's ego.
Global Services is actually majorly beneficial - you get access to special award and upgrade buckets that don't exist for even 1Ks, certain companion upgrade rights when you're flying a paid J ticket, you get to (truly - not "go stand in another line that is just a bit more advantaged than the regular line) jump to the front of security at a number of airports, as well as everything 360 gets you (dedicated phone support, etc).
I can't speak for CK other than for the fact that they actually get guaranteed higher upgrade priority than Plat Execs (as opposed to "maybe higher" upgrade priority like DL).
Global Services is actually majorly beneficial - you get access to special award and upgrade buckets that don't exist for even 1Ks, certain companion upgrade rights when you're flying a paid J ticket, you get to (truly - not "go stand in another line that is just a bit more advantaged than the regular line) jump to the front of security at a number of airports, as well as everything 360 gets you (dedicated phone support, etc).
I can't speak for CK other than for the fact that they actually get guaranteed higher upgrade priority than Plat Execs (as opposed to "maybe higher" upgrade priority like DL).
Dec 9, 2018, 1:44 pm
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$60K ain't getting it in RDU. I have been DM every year and spend $30-60 each year and will never see it. In fact if it wasn't for two last minute Int'l trips in J this year I would have dropped to PM as I have given my business to AA. This was my biggest spend year ever and as of now it looks like DL will get ~$30K and AA will get $50K.
I’d wager that if you’d stuck with either AA or DL with the full 80K your odds would improve dramatically.
Dec 9, 2018, 1:47 pm
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Dec 9, 2018, 2:56 pm
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Global Services also have their own check-in counters here at SFO, so I would assume that they have them at their other hubs too. I don't know what AA does, but DL has nothing special for their 360s!
Dec 9, 2018, 3:33 pm
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DL also reportedly looks heavily at the amount of spend which you control. It isn't just tickets in your name, but whether you are instrumental in a corporate contract. Also, look at how you achieve that spend, e.g. DL vs. ST.
Dec 9, 2018, 3:39 pm
#84
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I can't imagine that anyone has ever decided to fly Delta versus a competitor just to get 360.
Dec 9, 2018, 8:28 pm
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$60K ain't getting it in RDU. I have been DM every year and spend $30-60 each year and will never see it. In fact if it wasn't for two last minute Int'l trips in J this year I would have dropped to PM as I have given my business to AA. This was my biggest spend year ever and as of now it looks like DL will get ~$30K and AA will get $50K.
That being said, I don’t think I’ve met a 360 yet, but I met a dude with CK tags a few weeks ago who had switched to DL.
Dec 10, 2018, 12:12 am
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Dec 10, 2018, 5:14 pm
#87
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Dec 10, 2018, 5:21 pm
#88
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It’s no longer meaningful or even tracked by DL to the best of my knowledge, and is unrelated to the Diamond status you can obtain via Delta Private Jets. (That said, if you know you will need $50k in DL spend in a year, setting up the DPJ membership is one way to immediately start the year with Diamond... although I can’t imagine anyone has actually gone for it solely for that reason.)
Dec 11, 2018, 1:11 am
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Dec 11, 2018, 1:19 am
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