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Delta is currently doing some weird combination of miles and dollars for their status levels. The wife is pissed that she is way over the mileage amount for De
by thrower123 7y ago
Delta is currently doing some weird combination of miles and dollars for their status levels. The wife is pissed that she is way over the mileage amount for Delta Gold status, but she's about $900 short on the dollar amount.
Keeping that status is stupidly important; almost every flight she takes she gets upgraded.
- ghaff 7y agoThat sounds like the (now) old system that United had for the past few years. United did have an out (for some status levels) of the dollar amount with spending on their co-branded credit cards; without that I would have missed a higher status level at least a year or two. I don't often get upgraded to business. But I do get the slightly roomier Economy Plus, earlier boarding, and free checked bag (which I don't use much) all the time.
- chrsstrm 7y agoShe's short because she is only getting MQDs for the ticket she paid for, not the class she flew. It's usually pretty easy to hit the miles and dollars levels at the same time unless you are consistently getting deals or buying discounted flights all year. They moved to this new MQM + MQD system like 2 or 3 years ago. FWIW, you can also buy MQMs and the dollars you spend qualify as MQDs as well - check this out [0]. Delta doesn't promote this as much as they used to but it's a good way to maintain status at the end of the year if you find yourself a little short. It's basically a mileage run without having to step onto a plane. If you pick up the Delta Amex card you are also exempted from MQDs once you spend $25K per year on the card. They have some decent bonus offers as well for signing up. [0] https://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/skymiles/elevate-your-status.html https://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/skymiles/elevate-you...