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Old Jul 23, 2021, 7:21 am
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Delta Air Lines Introduces Lifetime Diamond Status
https://www.delta.com/us/en/skymiles.../million-miler

And now, in recognition of our top Million Milers, Members that earn 6 Million Miler Status and above will receive annual complimentary Diamond Medallion Status. If you’ve previously earned this level, your account has been updated automatically with no action needed from you.
I just woke up to some incredible news. I think this was discussed in the forum in the past, but nothing changed until now. 6 million miles is a pretty high bar. Nonetheless, at least top-tier status is an option now! If there is anything good coming out of the pandemic, maybe we'll get more consumer-friendly policies from the airlines?
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 7:30 am
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Has already been discussed in the thread right below this.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 7:34 am
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Not sure 6 Million is really a reachable goal for most people so lets say you fly minimum of 125K to reach Diamond every year - that would require 48 years..... while United requires 3 Million for Premier 1K which is much easier...
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 8:42 am
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Originally Posted by LDNConsultant
Not sure 6 Million is really a reachable goal for most people so lets say you fly minimum of 125K to reach Diamond every year - that would require 48 years..... while United requires 3 Million for Premier 1K which is much easier...
I didn't say it was easy. UA requires all flying on UA metal. At least DL count partner flights.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 8:54 am
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Great, at my current rate with 2.2M I can enjoy lifetime Diamond when I am 106 years old.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 9:07 am
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Originally Posted by JCWCVG
Great, at my current rate with 2.2M I can enjoy lifetime Diamond when I am 106 years old.
I'm accelerating my MQM aggregation and am planning to hit 6MM on my100th birthday. Then I'll have lots of years as a DM until my Lifetime SkyClub Executive runs out in 2079. That's a great future to look forward to.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 9:17 am
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Originally Posted by JCWCVG
Great, at my current rate with 2.2M I can enjoy lifetime Diamond when I am 106 years old.
lol! We've lost almost 2 years due to the pandemic so it sucks that DL isn't making this slightly easier. I mainly fly tpac and DL offers competitive pricing to PEK and PVG. Sadly, I can't go there anymore to rack up some MQMs. Damn it!

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I'm accelerating my MQM aggregation and am planning to hit 6MM on my100th birthday. Then I'll have lots of years as a DM until my Lifetime SkyClub Executive runs out in 2079. That's a great future to look forward to.
Medical science is constantly getting better! 100 will soon be the new 90...
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 9:50 am
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Great, at my current rate with 2.2M I can enjoy lifetime Diamond when I am 106 years old.
At least bragging rights while getting diaper changed, or discussing about an obsolete flying technology frequent flyer status by that time.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 9:51 am
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Originally Posted by lsquare
I didn't say it was easy. UA requires all flying on UA metal. At least DL count partner flights.

UA also doesn’t count cabin and AMEX bonuses like DL does. 3MM on UA is probably the equivalent of 5 or 6MM with DL depending if you fly partners or paid J often.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by lsquare
I didn't say it was easy. UA requires all flying on UA metal. At least DL count partner flights.
And DL also counts class of service bonus MQMs and MQMs earned through other methods (AmEx sign-up bonuses and Spend Boosts, etc.). UA does not count this towards MMer status, AFAIK.

I'm guessing this will be unreachable for me (realistically for me would probably be 2MMer and getting "complimentary annual" GM is more realist - I doubt I'll even ever hit 4MMer) but it is good news.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 10:30 am
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Paging oldtirednbusy!
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 10:37 am
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Originally Posted by MCO Flyer
UA also doesn’t count cabin and AMEX bonuses like DL does. 3MM on UA is probably the equivalent of 5 or 6MM with DL depending if you fly partners or paid J often.
Indeed. UA only count BIS miles afaik. At least with DL, there are ways to rack up the MQMs. I'm probably going to put more spending on my DL Reserve going forward.

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And DL also counts class of service bonus MQMs and MQMs earned through other methods (AmEx sign-up bonuses and Spend Boosts, etc.). UA does not count this towards MMer status, AFAIK.

I'm guessing this will be unreachable for me (realistically for me would probably be 2MMer and getting "complimentary annual" GM is more realist - I doubt I'll even ever hit 4MMer) but it is good news.
Like I said earlier, UA is all BIS miles so it's a bit harder. With DL, at least you can try a variety of ST partners and still have their miles count.

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Old Jul 23, 2021, 10:58 am
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Who's that guy?
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/memb...irednbusy.html
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 11:01 am
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One of the CSR's told me that they had an 11 MM in the MSY Sky Club last month. Wish I'd been there to meet him/her/they/whatever.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 11:01 am
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Doesn't seem like he's very active on FT. 7mm! Nice!

Originally Posted by SuperG1955
One of the CSR's told me that they had an 11 MM in the MSY Sky Club last month. Wish I'd been there to meet him/her/they/whatever.
I think UA had a guy that flew 20+MM.
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