cytog64

According to my Summary, I have 1645$ to go until PM. Every time I check my results of past flights it always seems like less MDQ are earned. From what I have gathered, it is because gov fees and taxes are not included.

Here is what I have booked for the remainder of the year. Will I make it?

Trip to SJU (with a companion)
Base Fare:$654.00USD

Total Per Passenger:$719.80USDTotal (2 Passengers)$1,439.60USD

Business Trip to MSP
Air Transportation ChargesBase Fare:$483.72USD
Total Price:$557.00USD

My current guess is no (I think my Companion purchase does not count), so I will be short by about 518$ and need to book a MR (and quickly).

reimero

My quick math says you won't make it, but the numbers are slightly off. Base fare and Delta-imposed fees count, but taxes, airport fees and government fees do not. Without knowing those specific costs, I can't give you an actual qualification number (it could be as low as $400) but to be safe, go with the $434.

cytog64

Thanks for the confirmation. I'm currently looking at a late Dec (27-29) SNA to DEN around 450$ with a side bonus of visiting my stepbrother.

flyerCO

You only earn MQD for tickets you fly, not for other people's tickets regardless of if you pay for it.

Best bet is to either take a quick MR or do a cheap FCM upgrade to F. Note this must be purchased before checkin, in order for the upgrade $ to count as MQD.

Pull up the reservations online at delta.com It'll give you a price to upgrade in $ and miles usually. Only the $ option counts for MQD. You can also pull up the seatmap and select a seat in F. It'll tell you what the price is to upgrade just that segment. If all the offers are bad, call in they can come up with an offer. Finally, keep going back to look, the offers amount can change each time you look (and can disappear one look and reappear seconds later if you pull it up again)

xliioper

You do not receive MQD credit for your companion's ticket. MQD credit always goes to each individual flyer's Skymiles account, not the purchaser's account. Also, you can't add your Skymiles number to another passenger's ticket (DL will not give credit if the name on the Skymiles account does not match the name on the ticket).

MSPeconomist

cytog64

Only made it to 7k...for the last few years, I had been paying my CA rent with payment services such as RentPay and easily making the threshold. When Delta announced that DM would no longer be granted I moved my spending to my United and American Airlines cards. I was honestly going to let my status die this year until last week when my manager informed me that I will likely be traveling on some painfully long flights next year. For me, PM makes it all a little more bearable.

The Situation

With those base fares, it appears you will be $507 short. Looks like you will probably need a trip in the ballpark of $600 to requalify.

MSPeconomist

randysea

daloosh

I think CA rent is actually OP's rent in California (OP indicates his/her home airport is SNA).
FC: First class
DM: Diamond medallion
PM: Platinum medallion

In case you delve further into the Delta forum, you'll see
SM: Silver medallion, also known as FO (Flying orchid)
GM: Gold medallion

Finally, here is the Delta forum glossary:
The Delta Forum Glossary

MSPeconomist