What should I do with 1.5M MQMs?
Jan 15, 2024, 9:00 pm
#3
Join Date: Oct 2019
Programs: Flying Blue, Hilton Honors, Amtrak Guest Rewards
Posts: 2,407
Jan 15, 2024, 11:32 pm
#6
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Programs: Delta DM, United Silver, Marriott LT Platinum, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 854
Jan 16, 2024, 6:46 am
#8
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL DM, Marriott TE, and Reformed AMEX Cent
Posts: 332
I'm unhappy with their conversion rate. I did things to earn the MQMs... had I known that my MQMs would only be worth .5 Skymiles in the future then my behavior would have been focussed away from earning MQMs. For instance, rather than spending money on my DL cards I would have spent them on other credit cards with better redemption values. I feel it was a bait and switch from DL.
Jan 16, 2024, 6:52 am
#9
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: DTW
Programs: DL DM, National EE, Hertz PC, IHG PL, Bonvoy Amb
Posts: 1,342
I'm unhappy with their conversion rate. I did things to earn the MQMs... had I known that my MQMs would only be worth .5 Skymiles in the future then my behavior would have been focussed away from earning MQMs. For instance, rather than spending money on my DL cards I would have spent them on other credit cards with better redemption values. I feel it was a bait and switch from DL.
Jan 16, 2024, 7:12 am
#10
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 45
Jan 16, 2024, 7:24 am
#11
Join Date: Aug 2022
Location: IND
Programs: Delta SkyMiles (DM), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium, LTP)
Posts: 535
I'm unhappy with their conversion rate. I did things to earn the MQMs... had I known that my MQMs would only be worth .5 Skymiles in the future then my behavior would have been focussed away from earning MQMs. For instance, rather than spending money on my DL cards I would have spent them on other credit cards with better redemption values. I feel it was a bait and switch from DL.
2. As someone who has earned all lifetime miles (and prior MQMs) organically as BIS and not through CC spend, I'm honestly glad to be more on an equal footing for achieving status with Delta's current changes. I'll hit 1MM next year (if not this year - and hopefully I'm not flying enough to hit it this year), all through BIS actual miles. (And for the same reason, I don't like where Marriott is going, moving Bonvoy toward recognizing CC spend more than actual nights spent in hotels.) Also, this is just commentary on the program. I have nothing against people who used the program to the best of their advantage based on the rules at any given time (even if I wish loyalty programs for travelers got back to recognizing loyalty for actual travel - BIS for airlines, head-on-pillow for hotels, etc.).
Jan 16, 2024, 7:28 am
#12
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 5,190
I'm unhappy with their conversion rate. I did things to earn the MQMs... had I known that my MQMs would only be worth .5 Skymiles in the future then my behavior would have been focussed away from earning MQMs. For instance, rather than spending money on my DL cards I would have spent them on other credit cards with better redemption values. I feel it was a bait and switch from DL.
Jan 16, 2024, 7:51 am
#14
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: SFO
Programs: DL Charter DM/DM/2MM, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 1,925
You are theoretically not a lifetime Diamond, the same as I’m not a lifetime Platinum…it’s known as “Annual Complimentary” 360/DM/PM/GM/SM, as Delta can change the Ts and Cs anytime!
Last edited by audidudi; Jan 16, 2024 at 8:15 am Reason: Added “Annual Complimentary”