jakers3200

You nailed it! Hence the credit card route, with a $3000 spend in a couple weeks-- I can do that, as I have at least one large bill I can pay via credit card. It's that or have someone gift me their MQM bonus, which isn't happening.

jakers3200

I ended up applying for the Reserve card. Not a great sign-up bonus (40K instead of 70K that sometimes occurs), but timing is everything. Will start off next year with 4K MQM in the bank, which will probably be enough to keep me "rolling" in Silver through 2020.

jakers3200

Coda: And hours later, Delta was providing the opportunity to buy MQM-- 5,000 miles would've cost $799. Almost double what the Reserve card will cost and without any of the ancillary benefits.

Qwkynuf

If it makes you feel any better, my offer started at $2399 for 1000 MQM. I will be rolling over enough of those to cover at least gold. MQDs is where I struggled a little this year, but it looks like I will make it on 12/26, so... hard pass on the 2,300 bucks.

bigskyfarm

I need to do this same thing, or a mileage run. Did they tell you that the MQMs would for sure credit this year and not in January? I called at Thanksgiving and was told it might not credit in time.

jakers3200

The Amex rep I talked to said they would MQM would count for 2018 status, although they may not post until 2019 (and essentially backdated).

jakers3200

Just an update. I hit the $3000 spend requirement with more than a week to spare (yikes for my spending), and the 10,000 MQM & 40,000 SkyMiles have posted. That's earned me Silver for 2019-- better than nothing! Actually had a late year flight, which has got me a little extra rollover miles & an opportunity to visit the lounge a couple times.

bergamini

Is there a good thread out there on this? My search results weren't great (went through 5 pages).

I've had the Delta Plat Amex for 5+ years now. I just want to switch it to Reserve. My logic is ultimately as a DM I can swap the SkyClub choice to a $200 or 25K choice and that brings the cost of the card down to $250 ($450 - $200 Delta credit I can use towards a reimbursable ticket). I also naturally spend about $60K on travel so I can get the 30K MQM. This year I had to work at it to get up to 75K with a triple Amex MQM bonus that I presume I won't get.

I'm not the type to carry multiple Delta Amex's or do anything else the high rollers or manufactured spenders do. I keep a card with each of my preferred hotel / airline loyalty programs and then have a Best Buy card so I can get interest free on appliances or electronics.

Anyway, my card anniversary is in October on the Plat Amex and I want to call after 1/1 (to not cause any risk to my already posted triple MQM bonus). Here are my assumptions. Are they correct?

1. My $95 Plat annual fee will be pro-rata refunded. My $450 Reserve fee will be pro-rata charged.
2. My un-used companion ticket from Plat Amex that posted in October will still be good
3. My credit limit and all that will stay the same

Are these safe assumptions? I guess I could close the Plat and do a new Reserve but I don't like to run up inquiries or create any risks. They've also put my limit on the Plat way higher than it should be and I like that because in the event I do have an interest free purchase holding on my Best Buy then my utilization is still like 1% because of how high this limit is.

If you know of a better post for me to follow on it, let me know. Sorry, I tried to find.

CKDGM

3Cforme

See post #8 .

bergamini

Did you have an open companion certificate? Did you have any boosts you had hit or anything?

mnbp

I kept the Amex DL Plat MQM boost I had already earned, and started (and subsequently earned) another MQM boost from the Reserve.

I cannot definitively answer about the open companion cert, as I tend to book mine within a week of the cert becoming available. However, you earned that cert by holding the DL Plat card for that full year ending in October, so why should they try to claw it back if you now decide to upgrade DL Plat to Reserve? Assuming you upgrade DL Plat to Reserve, your anniversary stays the same, and at that next anniversary date you'll receive another companion cert. So you are only getting one cert per anniversary year - no reason for Amex to try to claw a cert back.

bigskyfarm

Zorak

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delt...arry-over.html

in particular the posts from iflyalexair.