rather_be_on_a_griffin

All in all, this is a surprising turn of events and points to Delta being very worried. I know we always have these threads where people say every flight have been on is packed so Ed can do what he likes but this came from something in the data too. It could have been what Amex was already seeing in collapsing spend / downgrades / cancellations or maybe concern in forward bookings from normally trapped customers.

I still hope a lot of people keep their eyes open. Delta let the mask slip there for a second and its only virtue was some level of truth: there are not enough upgrades for the Diamonds let alone anyone else . So WFBF is the most rational strategy and do not divert a single cent to them (or any of the airlines for that matter) expecting some future outsized benefit.

deltalirious

My congratulations and appreciation to those of us who responded to the initially announced changes with messages voicing our displeasure and disappointment.
This is clearly a testimony to the collective power of the stakeholders, in this case Delta loyalists.
Had no voices been registered, who knows what future devaluations may have been imposed.
Now I will probably re-book several flights back to Delta that I'd switched to competitors.
Hopefully, these revised changes will "stick" without future devaluations.
If they do not, it's back to my (short-lived) free agency.

DrMilano

Very shocked about the increased million miler annual status levels, don’t shoot me, but 3 MM should have been DM, but I’m not complaining.

Lots to be digested. I have a unused $15,000 credit line on the DL blue card since 2020, wonder if AmEx will allow to break out the credit line to $5,000 DL Platinum and $10,000 for DL reserve and sock draw the cards just for the $5,000 annual MQD status boost for $800 annual fee? Wonder if I could the same with a business Platinum and Reserve for a total $10,000 MQD status boost. Makes DM then
18,000 MQD’s.

kcnwgold

As a 1MM, the Gold Status annually, as I head into retirement, will keep me flying Delta.

pofriri

But then there's this:

Does this only apply to prepaid reservations? Yesterday I booked a hotel reservation with the pay later option and am wondering if I will still get MQDs for it?

StayingHomeIsBetter

Ditto here.

I am comfortably above 3 MM. Would have been a lot closer to 4MM if Leo Mullen hadn't driven me away to Continental for two years when he tried to slit open the goose to get all the golden eggs at once. It has been said that corporations don't have memories. Clearly, the lesson that Leo learned did not stay resident in DL's corporate thinking.

Certainly, annual DM status offers me some flexibility. I had decided that the reduced quality of DL's service did not warrant chasing status. Now I need not worry about that. What remains to be seen is whether DL can improve their product sufficiently to attract my business. My Delta One trip to Europe in a few weeks will be a data point. My last experience with Delta One showed that service had not returned to pre-Covid standards.

Georgia Peach

I'm no longer interested in maintaining status, so converting Amex spend to MQDs has no benefit to me. Clearly Delta is only interested in high $ customers. I've already made Platinum for 2024, and will apply my MQMs toward miles.

Orange County Commuter

90% of them would’ve come back anyway

adambrau

Hahahaha Delta.

troyintn

I am not to surprised with the MQM accounts, I mentioned earlier, with the 35K MQD it was close enough to AA CK to make me think hard about it. Those are the people they want. I

I am a little surprised the Amex club access is still so low. That is where I think it gets interesting since I assume most people have the reserve card for access and is 15 enough to keep people on the card. Rember at the end of the day it is all about Amex.

safigan

I'm in the exact same boat, and I hope they clarify this with their full announcement. Because some people have already earned 2024 status, and more will earn it by 12/31/23, that's what they'll extend. I hope the phrase "current tier" was just an unfortunately vague choice of words.

bcj1949

As a 2MM that change in MM program also bought me

safigan

Based on these changes, it appears the AmEx revenue is what's driving the bus here.

troyintn

I am sure that 10 visits make it hard to justify the price of a reserve card, and really I Still think 15 is not enough. That is $750 worth of visits and then a F cert that is hit and miss.

spongenotbob

So.. if I've hit PM for 2024 and have 200K MQM's, do I quality for 2 years extension or just one year? Is it 200K/100K = 2, or is it (200K-75K)/100K = 1