Congratuations on Becoming a Delta Air Lines Million Miler!
Feb 7, 2011, 2:47 pm
#241
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: EWR, FRA, CDG, BOS
Programs: UA-1K; DL-1MM; SPG-P75; Marriot-P
Posts: 469
And just to get a laugh out of it: If I would be like 85% of the FTers here on the board, I should have been offended for you telling a DM to go and check his account history. I thought we ought to do this at least twice a day...
Well, maybe when I finally join the ranks of MM (-6k), people might take me more serious. - Or not. LOL
Feb 7, 2011, 3:06 pm
#242
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: ATL
Programs: 4MM/DM, Marriott Lifetime PM, Hilton Diamond, SPG Platinum
Posts: 1,370
Feb 7, 2011, 3:31 pm
#243
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: DL PM/MM, Hilton Silver, SPG+, Hertz PC
Posts: 7,899
I calculate it by remembering all the redemptions and adding that number up to my present total.
Feb 7, 2011, 7:21 pm
#244
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: AAdvantage Gold
Posts: 1,615
Feb 7, 2011, 7:27 pm
#245
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New York, NY USA
Programs: DL DM/ 2MM, BA Silver, Amtrak Select Executive, SPG Life Plat/Amb, Fairmont Preferred
Posts: 1,056
Well I got MM last week (and it shows a "MILLION MILER" link in all caps when I am logged in), but as yet I have not received an email for the free gift, and when I click on the link "Million Miler Gift" under choice benefits it says I am not qualified. We'll see if maybe a system routine only processes this once a week...
Feb 7, 2011, 8:47 pm
#246
Join Date: Jul 2000
Posts: 3,746
I would settle for free FO at 1MM, but giving credit for the 25K MQMs it would have taken to get FO. So, fly 25K MQMs and you are Gold, 50K MQMs Platinum, etc.
At least to align with UA, lifetime GM for 1MM, lifetime PM with lifetime Skyclub membership for 2MM and lifetime DM for 3MM is fair enough since delta only count MQM toward MM status.
As you know UA offers lifetime premier executive for 1MM(not premier hello?), lifetime red carpet club for 2MM and lifetime 1K for 3MM.
As you know UA offers lifetime premier executive for 1MM(not premier hello?), lifetime red carpet club for 2MM and lifetime 1K for 3MM.
Feb 7, 2011, 9:07 pm
#248
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
-- Reached 1 MM on NW in 2003 or so but don't remember if I even got a letter.
-- I later heard that NW gives recognition only after 2 MM, but nothing happened when I reached 2 MM in late 2009, perhaps because the NW FF program was in its last few months of existence.
The good news was that after the merger Delta calculated that I had 900K+ MQMs. But I did not pay much attention, in part because of some of the FT postings from people who only got passport holders or who received nothing at all beyond annually renewable Silver.
Well, today I received my Hartmann mobile garment bag. It's even niftier than it seemed on the Million Miler selection page, and both Hartmann and Amazon sell it for $550. And the Million Miler luggage tags I got a few weeks ago are another nice touch. I have no idea whether these have any practical value, but the whole package is way better than I've gotten from any other airline.
-- I later heard that NW gives recognition only after 2 MM, but nothing happened when I reached 2 MM in late 2009, perhaps because the NW FF program was in its last few months of existence.
The good news was that after the merger Delta calculated that I had 900K+ MQMs. But I did not pay much attention, in part because of some of the FT postings from people who only got passport holders or who received nothing at all beyond annually renewable Silver.
Well, today I received my Hartmann mobile garment bag. It's even niftier than it seemed on the Million Miler selection page, and both Hartmann and Amazon sell it for $550. And the Million Miler luggage tags I got a few weeks ago are another nice touch. I have no idea whether these have any practical value, but the whole package is way better than I've gotten from any other airline.
It's false that NW never recognized 1MM. When I hit 1MM with NW, I received a very nice box with a letter, a pen, and the MM luggage tag in shiny chrome (?) with black and red paint on black leather. Earlier NW MM received a different style of MM luggage tag that looked like brushed pewter, and were nicely mounted on a IIRC reddish-brown leather tag and strap, while earlier 2MM recieved a similar tag in a brushed gold color.
You're somewhat lucky that DL put your MQMs slightly under 1MM at the time of the merger so that you could quickly then qualify and claim the gift. I would have liked to receive a Hartmann welcome gift during the dark days of the merger.
Feb 7, 2011, 9:07 pm
#249
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Programs: Formaldehyde Medallion DL DieMiles
Posts: 12,646
At least to align with UA, lifetime GM for 1MM, lifetime PM with lifetime Skyclub membership for 2MM and lifetime DM for 3MM is fair enough since delta only count MQM toward MM status.
As you know UA offers lifetime premier executive for 1MM(not premier hello?), lifetime red carpet club for 2MM and lifetime 1K for 3MM.
As you know UA offers lifetime premier executive for 1MM(not premier hello?), lifetime red carpet club for 2MM and lifetime 1K for 3MM.
Feb 7, 2011, 10:45 pm
#250
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: PHX
Programs: Delta 2M DM, Southwest A List and CP
Posts: 1,102
Unfortunately, the status (silver, gold, platinum) that one gets as 1, 2 or 4 Million Miler is not combinable with status from flying. So, if you are 1 MM and fly 25K MQMs a year, you are still silver. As 1/2/4 Million Miler you get the highest status of either MM or MQMs that year, and you cannot add the two up.
Feb 8, 2011, 7:53 am
#251
Moderator: Coupon Connection & S.P.A.M
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Louisville, KY
Programs: Destination Unknown, TSA Disparager Diamond (LTDD)
Posts: 57,953
Same is true for those qualifying before 1995. Just ask any Flying Colonel about his/her "lifetime" Crown Room membership...
Feb 8, 2011, 8:58 am
#252
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: SLC
Programs: DL DM-1MM
Posts: 309
Unfortunately, the status (silver, gold, platinum) that one gets as 1, 2 or 4 Million Miler is not combinable with status from flying. So, if you are 1 MM and fly 25K MQMs a year, you are still silver. As 1/2/4 Million Miler you get the highest status of either MM or MQMs that year, and you cannot add the two up.
Feb 8, 2011, 10:47 am
#253
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2008
Programs: Formaldehyde Medallion DL DieMiles
Posts: 12,646
So, in about 25,000 miles, I'll give up my allegedly "lifetime" FO status (which is virtually worthless these days) for annual complementary GM status. And either status could go away the following year if some DL Empty Suit decided he could protect his bonus by scuttling the program.
As a Flying Colonel, I am certainly aware of the great injustice that DL did to that group.
Feb 8, 2011, 12:37 pm
#254
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Lafayette, LA
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, BA Gold, UA Gold MM, DL SM MM, Hyatt Glob, HH Diam, Marriott Ti/LT Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 274
NW MM status -- EQMs, not program miles?
This sounds to me like you were never a NW MillionAir. While there are some technical differences as well as historical inconsistencies from both NW and DL regarding how MM status miles are counted, if DL recognized only 900 MQM, you probably never really hit 1MM on NW. Could it be that the 1MM and 2MM that NW failed to recognize were total program miles and not (approximately) total EQMs?
Feb 8, 2011, 7:33 pm
#255
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: GRB
Programs: DL -DM / 2MM, HH - Diamond, Marriott - Platinum
Posts: 123
I took the same gift at 1MM. But after I weighed it on a scale have never used it. My husband tried it once but ended up stripping the guts out of it to find enough room to put in 3 days worth of clothes. It has a really weird design to it and unfortunately is sitting in my garage somewhere.
Now I buy all my luggage at Walmart
Now I buy all my luggage at Walmart