Can I get Medallion Status with this situation?
Sep 30, 2018, 2:09 pm
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Can I get Medallion Status with this situation?
Hello, long time lurker. I've got all the different statuses with WN. I'm looking at switching over some of my travel to Delta. I live in BWI area, so WN is convenient.
This whole sky miles stuff is confusing as hell. MQM, MQS, MQD, wow, could they make it more confusing? Here is my situation. I fly BWI to DTW 10 times a year. I would also fly BWI to other places a few times a year.
I would normally fly 1/2 the time in coach and half the time in paid first class. I could put up 100K - 150K on a delta credit card per year. (moving that money form a Hilton cc and a southwest cc)
Will I be able to get medallion status with this situation? I could possibly put more miles on a delta card if needed.
Thanks in advance.
This whole sky miles stuff is confusing as hell. MQM, MQS, MQD, wow, could they make it more confusing? Here is my situation. I fly BWI to DTW 10 times a year. I would also fly BWI to other places a few times a year.
I would normally fly 1/2 the time in coach and half the time in paid first class. I could put up 100K - 150K on a delta credit card per year. (moving that money form a Hilton cc and a southwest cc)
Will I be able to get medallion status with this situation? I could possibly put more miles on a delta card if needed.
Thanks in advance.
Sep 30, 2018, 2:36 pm
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BWI-DTW round trip is 1000 MQM.
If you spend 100k on delta cards, you can get an additional ... 50k MQM IIRC? 15k for the reserve card at $30k spend, another 15k at $60k, then 10k each at $25k and $50k? In any case, it's around that amount.
So that gets you 60k MQM and the MQD waiver. That gets you gold status.
If you spend 100k on delta cards, you can get an additional ... 50k MQM IIRC? 15k for the reserve card at $30k spend, another 15k at $60k, then 10k each at $25k and $50k? In any case, it's around that amount.
So that gets you 60k MQM and the MQD waiver. That gets you gold status.
Sep 30, 2018, 4:30 pm
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I'd add gold is probably worth it for you, so go for it. You should be upgraded fairly regularly on BWI-DTW for those flights you don't opt to buy F
Sep 30, 2018, 5:52 pm
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Both the DLAX Platinum and DLAX Reserve cards also get you one free companion certificate annually upon RENEWAL -- i.e. you will get the cert after the first year of membership. The Reserve certificate is good for a free domestic first-class companion ticket. The Reserve card also gives you Sky Club access. If you're going for DL status, the AX cards are perfect to easily get you to Platinum Medallion (PM) status with Delta.
Sep 30, 2018, 6:53 pm
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Hello, long time lurker. I've got all the different statuses with WN. I'm looking at switching over some of my travel to Delta. I live in BWI area, so WN is convenient.
This whole sky miles stuff is confusing as hell. MQM, MQS, MQD, wow, could they make it more confusing?
This whole sky miles stuff is confusing as hell. MQM, MQS, MQD, wow, could they make it more confusing?
In addition to what others have said, if you are currently A-List you could do a status match/challenge to Silver (or if A-List Preferred you can match to Gold).
DL page: https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...challenge.html
related FT thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delt...ve-thread.html
note that, as with Medallion qualification itself, a successful status challenge requires satisfying both a flight requirement (MQM or MQS) as well as a dollar-amount spent requirement (MQD)
DL operates out of the D concourse at BWI. There is a tiny Priority Pass lounge on the other "fork" of the concourse, if you have any CCs that give you access to that.
Sep 30, 2018, 9:59 pm
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BWI-DTW round trip is 1000 MQM.
If you spend 100k on delta cards, you can get an additional ... 50k MQM IIRC? 15k for the reserve card at $30k spend, another 15k at $60k, then 10k each at $25k and $50k? In any case, it's around that amount.
So that gets you 60k MQM and the MQD waiver. That gets you gold status.
If you spend 100k on delta cards, you can get an additional ... 50k MQM IIRC? 15k for the reserve card at $30k spend, another 15k at $60k, then 10k each at $25k and $50k? In any case, it's around that amount.
So that gets you 60k MQM and the MQD waiver. That gets you gold status.
Sep 30, 2018, 10:20 pm
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Putting $100,000 spend on a DL Reserve card and a DL Plat AmEx credit card will also get you 100,000 DL redeemable miles for the spend plus 100,000 bonus redeemable miles when the MQMs are earned. In addition, you get 2 extra miles per dollar spent on DL tickets, in addition to about 8 (estimated as it depends on your status at the time of travel) per dollar spent on DL fares, so this is just about enough for an annual D1 RT ticket if you're very flexible about dates and routes.
Oct 2, 2018, 6:46 am
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You should also consider what you are hoping to get out of DL status. If you are buying FC half the time anyway, you would really only get benefits from the other half of the time on a short flight. In my opinion, the 100k annual credit card spend could be more wisely directed toward another card like CSR.
Oct 2, 2018, 7:26 am
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Elite phone lines, better IROPs handling, protection against IDBs (which are extremely rare anyway), etc. Elites in FC can be treated better than nonelites in FC.
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