Delta New Qualification Requirements 2024 status year (2023 earning)
Oct 6, 2022, 10:45 am
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No.
I wasn't anywhere near $12k either.
My 2015-2017 (calendar year) Medallion Statement emails all talk about a $25k waiver without regard to Medallion level.
My 2015-2017 (calendar year) Medallion Statement emails all talk about a $25k waiver without regard to Medallion level.
Last edited by Zorak; Oct 6, 2022 at 10:53 am Reason: with regard => without regard
Oct 6, 2022, 10:49 am
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They may be old but the 2-3-2 seating in Y in the 767s is great! (And let’s face it, that’s probably where I’ll be sitting based on these new qualification requirements!)
Oct 6, 2022, 10:51 am
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Delta Increasing Medallion Qualifying Dollar Thresholds in 2015
Oct 6, 2022, 11:09 am
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Right - thanks for digging that up. I remember when they 10x the limit for DM.
Perhaps others getting it confused with United, where the CC waiver of spend was only good through Platinum (back when they had a mileage/spend status requirement).
Perhaps others getting it confused with United, where the CC waiver of spend was only good through Platinum (back when they had a mileage/spend status requirement).
Oct 6, 2022, 11:11 am
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Though, it would not be shocking if trailing 12-month or year to date MQDs ultimately make their way into the upgrade priority ahead of booking class codes. This would soften the blow to some higher-spending Platinums and IMHO rewards loyalty over time better than fare paid for a specific itinerary. Such a move may promote consistent customer spend on higher fares vs only booking them when lower fares are sold out.
Oct 6, 2022, 11:11 am
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Oct 6, 2022, 11:17 am
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I'm not convinced that the changes will make much difference for SC crowding. I don't think there are very many DMs who currently get SC access through being DM (or take a SC DM choice benefit) and who will fall from DM and aren't flying internationally (so that they would continue to have access with one guest providing they maintain GM status). I suspect most DMs have either a Reserve card or the regular unbranded AmEx Plat/Centurion charge card and thus will continue to have SC access when flying DL.
Oct 6, 2022, 11:29 am
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I am afraid this won't do anything to clear the gut of PMs that accumulated a bunch of MQMs during the pandemic, who use the MQD waiver to qualify. But for 2024, PMs (especially those with Reserve card) should see a significantly better chance of upgrades with Extended diamonds dropping off in 2023, and Regular diamond ranks shrinking for 2024.
Oct 6, 2022, 11:30 am
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By the end of this year, I will have enough MQMs to be platinum for four years. Achieving $25K in credit card spend is easy for me, but achieving $15K in MQD is not. The MQD increase just makes Diamond even less attainable.
David
Oct 6, 2022, 11:38 am
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Here's some of the discussion from the time:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/09/delta-250k-mqd-waiver/
Oct 6, 2022, 11:51 am
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Three years of accumulating MQMs made this already inevitable, and the MQD increase will just be the cherry on top of the cake.
By the end of this year, I will have enough MQMs to be platinum for four years. Achieving $25K in credit card spend is easy for me, but achieving $15K in MQD is not. The MQD increase just makes Diamond even less attainable.
David
By the end of this year, I will have enough MQMs to be platinum for four years. Achieving $25K in credit card spend is easy for me, but achieving $15K in MQD is not. The MQD increase just makes Diamond even less attainable.
David
These changes really penalize their current paying customers and not those that I think of as legacy customers riding the rollover wave.
Oct 6, 2022, 11:53 am
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Agreed. The waiver level was definitely $25K for DM for years.
Here's some of the discussion from the time:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/09/delta-250k-mqd-waiver/
Here's some of the discussion from the time:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/09/delta-250k-mqd-waiver/
Oct 6, 2022, 11:56 am
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The spend on Amex cards they're referring to is to get the MQD waiver after spending $25k (you still have to hit MQM or segments to obtain status). Spending on cards does not count towards MQD, only dollars spent on flights does.
Oct 6, 2022, 1:15 pm
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The UA lounge in Terminal B at LGA is pretty nice, and I've never found it overcrowded (at least not so far). I was there last month on a day of LGA weather delays and there was a waiting list for the Centurion but ample seats in the UC. (NB: I don't have Centurion Lounge access so can't compare the two, I just passed by the Centurion Lounge and saw the line to get in and heard a lounge attendant informing people there was a waiting list).
Of course, UA out of LGA = connections to get pretty much anywhere. Lots of non-stops out of EWR though, if that's not terribly inconvenient for you (thew new EWR C United Club is quite nice but ridiculously crowded)
Star Alliance Gold status is nice.
Of course, UA out of LGA = connections to get pretty much anywhere. Lots of non-stops out of EWR though, if that's not terribly inconvenient for you (thew new EWR C United Club is quite nice but ridiculously crowded)
Star Alliance Gold status is nice.
Centurion lounges hopefully should thin out starting next year regarding guests for $50 unless your annual spend is $75k.
So far have not been impressed with Star Alliance Gold status, at least with the Lufthansa Group airlines. Prefer AF/KLM over LG.
Oct 6, 2022, 2:41 pm
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Right - they should have tried to eat into the accumulated MQMs that we're all sitting on now. I'm at a silly number that would/will enable me to be Plat for many, many years. And of course I'll be accumulating more the whole time. Mine won't be realistically diminished until they radically change the program terms.
These changes really penalize their current paying customers and not those that I think of as legacy customers riding the rollover wave.
These changes really penalize their current paying customers and not those that I think of as legacy customers riding the rollover wave.