(Speculation) Will Delta rollover status to 2023?
Dec 22, 2021, 6:53 pm
#31
Join Date: Apr 2014
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Based on the flights I took the last couple of months and the ones I’ve booked for ‘22 I would say the MQD Accelerator is already here - in the form of M, B and Y fare buckets appearing earlier than ever. I have 5 trips scheduled for January, Two are M’s, two are B’s and one is K fares. None are anywhere near full.
Dec 22, 2021, 7:43 pm
#33
Join Date: Aug 2016
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Having it be temporary at first also means they could eliminate it if a glaring issue was discovered.
Dec 23, 2021, 9:30 am
#34
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That's totally fair, but I did say "probably less of a selling point", not "of zero interest to anyone" 
Skimming the year end totals thread for non-scientific anecdata does show a range of responses including probably a bunch of people who could be in a similar situation as you, but also people with 400k+ MQMs all of which are going to rollover, plus whatever they may earn organically next year, for whom the prospect of another 15k MQMs probably doesn't move the needle much. The former group still has incentive to put spend on an AMEX for MQM boosts, the latter not so much.
Skimming the year end totals thread for non-scientific anecdata does show a range of responses including probably a bunch of people who could be in a similar situation as you, but also people with 400k+ MQMs all of which are going to rollover, plus whatever they may earn organically next year, for whom the prospect of another 15k MQMs probably doesn't move the needle much. The former group still has incentive to put spend on an AMEX for MQM boosts, the latter not so much.
If overseas opens up I can make DM in a month or two, and have nothing to lose with DL if AA is not any better.
The other part is I am worried about how many DMs DL has these days with three years of rollover. I think they should have just waived the MQDs so people would start burning MQMs and have a soft landing.
Dec 23, 2021, 9:43 am
#35
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I fear you are right which will upset me even more, as I really want DL to thin the heard and start figuring out a way to reward people that are flying, versus the glut of rollovers.
