Dec 27, 2016, 5:58 pm
Last edit by: Pat89339
For each request, please include the following information:
Departure Airport:
Miles Needed:
Required Spend or Budget:
Available Travel Dates:
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*:
For each response. Please quote the original request. DO NOT START A SEPARATE THREAD.
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NOTE: there is not much time left in 2017, given that travel tends to be expensive around holidays. You will have greater chances of success if you have greater flexibility on travel dates and cost. If you need a lot of MQMs on weekends only for < 5 cpm it probably won't happen.
Other creative possibilities depending how many MQMs you need:
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*"Required Metal or Codeshares" is, approximately, asking whether you need a flight operated specifically by Delta or if partner flights are ok. If you are just looking for MQMs to hit a Medallion tier the normal way, then the answer is yes. If you are doing a status challenge, the answer is also probably yes, but read the T&C of your challenge carefully to be sure (for the regular status challenge the answer is also "yes")
NOTE: some partner flights earn MQMs at reduced rates. See this chart for more info.
Newcomers may also be interested in the FlyerTalk Glossary
Departure Airport:
Miles Needed:
Required Spend or Budget:
Available Travel Dates:
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*:
For each response. Please quote the original request. DO NOT START A SEPARATE THREAD.
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NOTE: there is not much time left in 2017, given that travel tends to be expensive around holidays. You will have greater chances of success if you have greater flexibility on travel dates and cost. If you need a lot of MQMs on weekends only for < 5 cpm it probably won't happen.
Other creative possibilities depending how many MQMs you need:
- signup bonuses for various DL-branded AMEX cards (usually have a spend requirement)
- if you already have planned travel, consider buying up (in advance, not at check in) for 50% MQM bonus and more flexible same-day-confirmed options which are another way to increase MQMs
- Hilton 250 MQMs per stay of 2 nights or more
- if you are close to a threshold Delta often will offer a buy-up (at exorbitant prices). 2016 thread, and speculation/anticipation thread for 2017
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*"Required Metal or Codeshares" is, approximately, asking whether you need a flight operated specifically by Delta or if partner flights are ok. If you are just looking for MQMs to hit a Medallion tier the normal way, then the answer is yes. If you are doing a status challenge, the answer is also probably yes, but read the T&C of your challenge carefully to be sure (for the regular status challenge the answer is also "yes")
NOTE: some partner flights earn MQMs at reduced rates. See this chart for more info.
Newcomers may also be interested in the FlyerTalk Glossary
DL/Sky Team: 2017-2018 Consolidated Mileage/Status/Challenge Runs help needed
Jul 25, 2018, 12:16 pm
#1291
Join Date: Jul 2018
Programs: Skymiles
Posts: 36
Departure Airport: MSP, or ORD/MDW on 8/24 only
Miles Needed: 3,000 or 3 segments
Required Spend or Budget: as cheap as possible
Available Travel Dates: Lots of dates work, but I need a same day turn. I need to get from Minneapolis to Chicago on 8/24 so I would be open to adding extra stops or a RT from Chicago that morning if that was easier as well (but I need 3 additional segments).
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Need to earn Delta MQM's
Thank you!
Miles Needed: 3,000 or 3 segments
Required Spend or Budget: as cheap as possible
Available Travel Dates: Lots of dates work, but I need a same day turn. I need to get from Minneapolis to Chicago on 8/24 so I would be open to adding extra stops or a RT from Chicago that morning if that was easier as well (but I need 3 additional segments).
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Need to earn Delta MQM's
Thank you!
Jul 28, 2018, 8:55 am
#1292
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: New York
Programs: DL PLT, Hilton Diamond, CX MPC Silver
Posts: 265
Hi all! Fairly new to Skyteam (aside from some award travel on KE) but looking to match my AA PLT status over to DL Gold. I also signed up for the DL Amex Plat to help with MQM and MQD waiver aside from the fairly generous signup bonus. I have not yet submitted the status challenge, so that the clock doesn't start until I have a better idea of my travel plans for the next 90 days.
Departure Airport: LGA/HPN/JFK (and even EWR if need be)
Miles Needed: 12.5K MQM
Required Spend or Budget: $1500 MQD
Available Travel Dates: Fri evenings and weekends preferred, but will take a weekday off from work if need be
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Not applicable for challenge?
Departure Airport: LGA/HPN/JFK (and even EWR if need be)
Miles Needed: 12.5K MQM
Required Spend or Budget: $1500 MQD
Available Travel Dates: Fri evenings and weekends preferred, but will take a weekday off from work if need be
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Not applicable for challenge?
Jul 28, 2018, 11:28 am
#1293
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,895
Hi all! Fairly new to Skyteam (aside from some award travel on KE) but looking to match my AA PLT status over to DL Gold. I also signed up for the DL Amex Plat to help with MQM and MQD waiver aside from the fairly generous signup bonus. I have not yet submitted the status challenge, so that the clock doesn't start until I have a better idea of my travel plans for the next 90 days.
Departure Airport: LGA/HPN/JFK (and even EWR if need be)
Miles Needed: 12.5K MQM
Required Spend or Budget: $1500 MQD
Available Travel Dates: Fri evenings and weekends preferred, but will take a weekday off from work if need be
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Not applicable for challenge?
Departure Airport: LGA/HPN/JFK (and even EWR if need be)
Miles Needed: 12.5K MQM
Required Spend or Budget: $1500 MQD
Available Travel Dates: Fri evenings and weekends preferred, but will take a weekday off from work if need be
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Not applicable for challenge?
Jul 29, 2018, 5:46 pm
#1294
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATL
Programs: DL GM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,240
Departure Airport: SFO/OAK preferred, but can reposition to LAX/PDX/SEA
Miles Needed: n/a
Required Spend or Budget: $1040 MQD required; real dollar budget is ideally less than that
Available Travel Dates: I'm flexible between Fridays-Mondays
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Trying to maximize DL MQDs, so I suspect a partner-marketed flight might be the way to go? (In the past I've only flown DL-marketed flights, so I'm new to how partner earning works)
Miles Needed: n/a
Required Spend or Budget: $1040 MQD required; real dollar budget is ideally less than that
Available Travel Dates: I'm flexible between Fridays-Mondays
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Trying to maximize DL MQDs, so I suspect a partner-marketed flight might be the way to go? (In the past I've only flown DL-marketed flights, so I'm new to how partner earning works)
Jul 30, 2018, 12:42 pm
#1295
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,895
Departure Airport: SFO/OAK preferred, but can reposition to LAX/PDX/SEA
Miles Needed: n/a
Required Spend or Budget: $1040 MQD required; real dollar budget is ideally less than that
Available Travel Dates: I'm flexible between Fridays-Mondays
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Trying to maximize DL MQDs, so I suspect a partner-marketed flight might be the way to go? (In the past I've only flown DL-marketed flights, so I'm new to how partner earning works)
Miles Needed: n/a
Required Spend or Budget: $1040 MQD required; real dollar budget is ideally less than that
Available Travel Dates: I'm flexible between Fridays-Mondays
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Trying to maximize DL MQDs, so I suspect a partner-marketed flight might be the way to go? (In the past I've only flown DL-marketed flights, so I'm new to how partner earning works)
- SFO - PVG is a "T" class fare which earns MQD at 5% of distance flown
- PVG - SIN is a "B" class fare which earns MQD at 20% of distance flown.
- you would earn 6148 (SF0-PVG) x 2 x 5% + 2377 (PVG-SIN) x 2 x 20% = 614.8 + 950.8 = 1565.6 MQD
You will need to take a look at the Delta chart for each of the different airlines to get the % for the different fare classes.
Last edited by canuck_traveler; Jul 30, 2018 at 12:58 pm Reason: change sample to November flight
Jul 30, 2018, 2:35 pm
#1296
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATL
Programs: DL GM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,240
For partner-marketed flights, MQD is calculated based on a percentage of the miles flown. The percentage will depend on the class of fare. As an example, for SFO-PVG-SIN-PVG-SFO on China Eastern on Nov. 2 - 4 for $514:
- SFO - PVG is a "T" class fare which earns MQD at 5% of distance flown
- PVG - SIN is a "B" class fare which earns MQD at 20% of distance flown.
- you would earn 6148 (SF0-PVG) x 2 x 5% + 2377 (PVG-SIN) x 2 x 20% = 614.8 + 950.8 = 1565.6 MQD
You will need to take a look at the Delta chart for each of the different airlines to get the % for the different fare classes.
- SFO - PVG is a "T" class fare which earns MQD at 5% of distance flown
- PVG - SIN is a "B" class fare which earns MQD at 20% of distance flown.
- you would earn 6148 (SF0-PVG) x 2 x 5% + 2377 (PVG-SIN) x 2 x 20% = 614.8 + 950.8 = 1565.6 MQD
You will need to take a look at the Delta chart for each of the different airlines to get the % for the different fare classes.
Jul 30, 2018, 2:48 pm
#1297
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,895
There are several tools that are pretty close to the distance flown calculations - Great Circle Mapper, Webflyer mileage calculator, Unofficial Skymiles Calculator
Jul 31, 2018, 11:40 am
#1298
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: Delta DM
Posts: 552
I decided I'm gonna do day trips to LAX from ATL for mileage runs. cheaper than SEA and most miles for $.
Aug 3, 2018, 2:17 pm
#1299
Join Date: Sep 2012
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Delta Platinum, IHG Diamond, AA Plat Pro
Posts: 85
Just realized that I have 3 Delta flights coming up this year, which will get me to the required MQM for Silver, but not the required MQD. Not sure if Silver is worth going for though?
Departure Airport: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA)
Miles Needed: N/A
Required Spend or Budget: Need about 2k MQD, but as cheaply if possible
Available Travel Dates: Weekends only. Don't have any vacation days left this year, and not available Nov 21-Dec 4.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Anything to get the MQD
Departure Airport: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA)
Miles Needed: N/A
Required Spend or Budget: Need about 2k MQD, but as cheaply if possible
Available Travel Dates: Weekends only. Don't have any vacation days left this year, and not available Nov 21-Dec 4.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Anything to get the MQD
Last edited by linke3; Aug 3, 2018 at 2:22 pm
Aug 3, 2018, 4:40 pm
#1300
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 306
Just realized that I have 3 Delta flights coming up this year, which will get me to the required MQM for Silver, but not the required MQD. Not sure if Silver is worth going for though?
Departure Airport: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA)
Miles Needed: N/A
Required Spend or Budget: Need about 2k MQD, but as cheaply if possible
Available Travel Dates: Weekends only. Don't have any vacation days left this year, and not available Nov 21-Dec 4.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Anything to get the MQD
Departure Airport: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA)
Miles Needed: N/A
Required Spend or Budget: Need about 2k MQD, but as cheaply if possible
Available Travel Dates: Weekends only. Don't have any vacation days left this year, and not available Nov 21-Dec 4.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Anything to get the MQD
Aug 6, 2018, 10:04 am
#1301
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: Delta PM, Marriott PE
Posts: 61
A couple of my business trips got cancelled or postponed to 2019, so about 20K short for Platinum. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Departure Airport: BOS
Miles Needed: 20K
Required Spend or Budget: as cost effective as possible
Available Travel Dates: November, mid to end of December 2018
Required Metal or Codeshares: any to maximize MQMs
Departure Airport: BOS
Miles Needed: 20K
Required Spend or Budget: as cost effective as possible
Available Travel Dates: November, mid to end of December 2018
Required Metal or Codeshares: any to maximize MQMs
Aug 6, 2018, 10:08 am
#1302
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL PL
Posts: 5
Departure Airport: SEA or YVR
Miles Needed: 6,984 (Gold 2019) or 31,984 (PL 2019) (MQDs currently at $8690)
Required Spend or Budget: MQDs met for Gold, need $310 for PL
Available Travel Dates: Any time. Prefer to get the trip done over the weekend.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Whatever that can be to Gold or PL the quickest.
Thanks
Dan
Miles Needed: 6,984 (Gold 2019) or 31,984 (PL 2019) (MQDs currently at $8690)
Required Spend or Budget: MQDs met for Gold, need $310 for PL
Available Travel Dates: Any time. Prefer to get the trip done over the weekend.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Whatever that can be to Gold or PL the quickest.
Thanks
Dan
Aug 6, 2018, 6:16 pm
#1303
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 23,021
A couple of my business trips got cancelled or postponed to 2019, so about 20K short for Platinum. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Departure Airport: BOS
Miles Needed: 20K
Required Spend or Budget: as cost effective as possible
Available Travel Dates: November, mid to end of December 2018
Required Metal or Codeshares: any to maximize MQMs
Departure Airport: BOS
Miles Needed: 20K
Required Spend or Budget: as cost effective as possible
Available Travel Dates: November, mid to end of December 2018
Required Metal or Codeshares: any to maximize MQMs
Aug 6, 2018, 6:21 pm
#1304
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 23,021
Departure Airport: SEA or YVR
Miles Needed: 6,984 (Gold 2019) or 31,984 (PL 2019) (MQDs currently at $8690)
Required Spend or Budget: MQDs met for Gold, need $310 for PL
Available Travel Dates: Any time. Prefer to get the trip done over the weekend.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Whatever that can be to Gold or PL the quickest.
Thanks
Dan
Miles Needed: 6,984 (Gold 2019) or 31,984 (PL 2019) (MQDs currently at $8690)
Required Spend or Budget: MQDs met for Gold, need $310 for PL
Available Travel Dates: Any time. Prefer to get the trip done over the weekend.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Whatever that can be to Gold or PL the quickest.
Thanks
Dan
Aug 6, 2018, 7:20 pm
#1305
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: MSP
Programs: Skyteam
Posts: 38
Departure Airport: SEA or YVR
Miles Needed: 6,984 (Gold 2019) or 31,984 (PL 2019) (MQDs currently at $8690)
Required Spend or Budget: MQDs met for Gold, need $310 for PL
Available Travel Dates: Any time. Prefer to get the trip done over the weekend.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Whatever that can be to Gold or PL the quickest.
Thanks
Dan
Miles Needed: 6,984 (Gold 2019) or 31,984 (PL 2019) (MQDs currently at $8690)
Required Spend or Budget: MQDs met for Gold, need $310 for PL
Available Travel Dates: Any time. Prefer to get the trip done over the weekend.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: Whatever that can be to Gold or PL the quickest.
Thanks
Dan
From SEA, same route $474 leaving Friday return Saturday. Multiple dates. ~8040 MQM