Getting to 2 Million Lifetime Skymiles
May 25, 2018, 8:50 am
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Getting to 2 Million Lifetime Skymiles
I currently have 1,918,000 lifetime miles on Delta and am currently a Lifetime Silver Medallion member. I am trying to get to 2 million to get lifetime Gold but I don't fly more than once a year any more. If I get an AmEx/Delta Platinum Card I can get 45,000 miles and 15,000 MQMs. The MQMs will help me get to 2 million but will the 45,000 count? Also, will any purchases on the Platinum card help me get to the 2 million? Any thoughts on how else I can get to 2 million given I fly so little now?
May 25, 2018, 9:02 am
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If you spend $25,000 on the card within the calendar year you will get a 10,000 MQM boost; a $50,000 annual spend gives you 20,000 MQM.
If you rarely fly, why does it matter to get annual (not lifetime; they can change the rules) gold?
May 25, 2018, 12:01 pm
#6
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I just installed the DL app on his phone last year. He still doesn’t use it, and still uses travel websites to book flights.
May 25, 2018, 2:42 pm
#7
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Having almost two million miles is nothing to brag about! It mainly means I was never home. Furthermore, the Delta Sky Miles representative told me that they would count and that is why I posted my question since that response was inconsistent with what I had read on the Delta website. Thanks buddy! 
May 25, 2018, 5:11 pm
#8
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It isn’t obvious to me whether delta lifetime miles are MQM’s or butt-in-seat miles. Apparently, it’s MQM’s, so Delta Amex card bonuses and premium class of service bonuses count.
May 25, 2018, 5:29 pm
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OP was also asking about the 45K RDM signup bonus that comes with the Amex card. That bonus does not count. He was apparently told that it does.
May 25, 2018, 6:00 pm
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May 25, 2018, 6:21 pm
#11
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Believe it or not, there are more MMers that DON’T know than do. My business partner is one of them — 3-4MM and doesn’t have a clue about any of this stuff and doesn’t care. It’s seemingly astonishing that someone that travels so much is so ignorant of airline operations.
Rules ?? we don't need to map them out until we are only a few months out from achieving another level, hence the friendly question on flyertalk
May 25, 2018, 8:10 pm
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I currently have 1,918,000 lifetime miles on Delta and am currently a Lifetime Silver Medallion member. I am trying to get to 2 million to get lifetime Gold but I don't fly more than once a year any more. If I get an AmEx/Delta Platinum Card I can get 45,000 miles and 15,000 MQMs. The MQMs will help me get to 2 million but will the 45,000 count? Also, will any purchases on the Platinum card help me get to the 2 million? Any thoughts on how else I can get to 2 million given I fly so little now?
LBJ... indeed. For years, I worked in the engineering department for large multi-national company. We had our own departmental newspaper and one of the engineers contributed cartoons to it. One cartoon showed, in the first panel, a designer diligently hunkered down over his drafting table. The second panel showed designer looking up while his boss congratulated him for being named "Employee of the Month." The third panel showed the designer again diligently hunkered down over his drafting table. That cartoon pretty well epitomizes what one should expect to achieve when passing 2 MM on DL.
May 25, 2018, 9:53 pm
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Lounge access on international flights is the main benefit I was shooting for as "annual GM" -- though by the time I stop flying enough to drop below GM (or jump ship) they probably will have eliminated that.
May 25, 2018, 11:09 pm
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LBJ... indeed. For years, I worked in the engineering department for large multi-national company. We had our own departmental newspaper and one of the engineers contributed cartoons to it. One cartoon showed, in the first panel, a designer diligently hunkered down over his drafting table. The second panel showed designer looking up while his boss congratulated him for being named "Employee of the Month." The third panel showed the designer again diligently hunkered down over his drafting table. That cartoon pretty well epitomizes what one should expect to achieve when passing 2 MM on DL.
May 26, 2018, 7:48 am
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