New Million Miler Gifts (For 2022 Qualification)
Sep 30, 2022, 5:49 pm
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: South Florida
Programs: Delta Skymiles
Posts: 192
New Million Miler Gifts (For 2022 Qualification)
I crossed over 2mm a couple days ago, and got the gift offers. Seems to be about $120 in 2 bottles of wine, $650 in an overnight bag, or $1200 in a gift certificate. Answer seems obvious to me, but I could not figure out whether I had to use the whole $1200 on one reservation, or if there are some other down sides to the gift certificate. Any advice?
Bob
Bob
Sep 30, 2022, 6:31 pm
#3
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: South Florida
Programs: Delta Skymiles
Posts: 192
Actually the biggest reason I've been such a steady Delta customer is that I have not had so many of those. I've flown American 1/20th as much but they are tied for lost luggage.
Oct 1, 2022, 12:30 am
#4
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: LAX
Programs: Fallen DL DM (PM) 2MM
Posts: 4,783
Beats what I got at 2MM: A suitcase I used once and could have bought for $300 or so. There was a more expensive garment bag but I haven't used one of those in 20 years 
I had roughly 1MM on NWA and 1MM on DL -- most of it longhaul but only got stranded overnight once (and that was a series of cascading failures). A few 8-12 hour delays but they always got me there.
I had roughly 1MM on NWA and 1MM on DL -- most of it longhaul but only got stranded overnight once (and that was a series of cascading failures). A few 8-12 hour delays but they always got me there.
Oct 1, 2022, 6:48 am
#5
Join Date: May 2013
Location: AVL
Programs: DL 2MM, Plat; Marriott LT Titanium
Posts: 214
Wow, $1,200. I made 2MM in early 2021 and I first got an email saying they had temporarily suspended their gifts and then, in May, an email saying, “please accept this $350 Delta eGift Card in honor of your achievement” Plus I received a little glass thingy saying 2MM. However, I have had very few real delays though once a flight I was on was delayed to Atlanta so I missed my departure to Singapore via Seoul and Delta cancelled the entire reservation stating I’d never shown up (the entire trip was on one ticket). They fixed it, they said, and got me to Singapore the next day but every flight on that trip with other airlines was a hassle on check in as they couldn’t easily find my reservation. Other than that, I have had one serious weather delay, one multi-segment trip where every single flight was delayed at least four hours, and one unscheduled landing because of engine trouble. American and United have both caused me enough problems that I go out of my way to avoid them. Delta is a pretty damn good airline from my point of view (though I do think $350 was really cheap now that I see others get $1,200).
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Oct 1, 2022, 7:37 am
#7
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Louisiana
Programs: DL 2MM DM, Bonvoy Lft Titanium, Hilton Lft Diamond
Posts: 63
Wow, $1,200. I made 2MM in early 2021 and I first got an email saying they had temporarily suspended their gifts and then, in May, an email saying, “please accept this $350 Delta eGift Card in honor of your achievement” Plus I received a little glass thingy saying 2MM. Delta is a pretty damn good airline from my point of view (though I do think $350 was really cheap now that I see others get $1,200).
Oct 1, 2022, 7:37 am
#8
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: DL, UA, AA
Posts: 1,996
Inflation's a bear. Just be glad they're not offering it in Bitcoin.
Oct 1, 2022, 1:20 pm
#12
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Washington, DC, Chapel Hill, NC (RDU)
Programs: DL Plat (won't hit DM again) 2MM (2.5), HH Gold, PC Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 5,626
Beats what I got at 2MM: A suitcase I used once and could have bought for $300 or so. There was a more expensive garment bag but I haven't used one of those in 20 years
I had roughly 1MM on NWA and 1MM on DL -- most of it longhaul but only got stranded overnight once (and that was a series of cascading failures). A few 8-12 hour delays but they always got me there.
I had roughly 1MM on NWA and 1MM on DL -- most of it longhaul but only got stranded overnight once (and that was a series of cascading failures). A few 8-12 hour delays but they always got me there.
For 1 MM I took a Hartmann rolling wardrobe case that I've never used.
And my NW/DL mix was about the same - with the merger, my 100,000 DL miles put me over the 1MM and probably 1/4 of the NW miles were flown on NC/Republic.
What is most interesting to me is that the 2MM notation that the FAs see on their handhelds seems to impress them the most - not being DM so much. That is what I hear the most 'thanks' for.
Oct 1, 2022, 1:29 pm
#13
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: San Antonio
Programs: DL DM, Former AA EXP now AY Plat, AC 75K, NW Plat, Former CO Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 27,040
Same for me - the Tumi hard side carryon, which isn't a bad thing - but...
For 1 MM I took a Hartmann rolling wardrobe case that I've never used.
And my NW/DL mix was about the same - with the merger, my 100,000 DL miles put me over the 1MM and probably 1/4 of the NW miles were flown on NC/Republic.
What is most interesting to me is that the 2MM notation that the FAs see on their handhelds seems to impress them the most - not being DM so much. That is what I hear the most 'thanks' for.
For 1 MM I took a Hartmann rolling wardrobe case that I've never used.
And my NW/DL mix was about the same - with the merger, my 100,000 DL miles put me over the 1MM and probably 1/4 of the NW miles were flown on NC/Republic.
What is most interesting to me is that the 2MM notation that the FAs see on their handhelds seems to impress them the most - not being DM so much. That is what I hear the most 'thanks' for.
Oct 1, 2022, 3:39 pm
#15
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,882
It's a stupid thing to do, but I would be that Delta and American Express would be very appreciative if you did it!
Last edited by Qwkynuf; Oct 1, 2022 at 6:22 pm Reason: Fixed typo
