Delta and American Express announced big changes to their co-branded credit card lineup last week. Some people might’ve found ways to maybe make the new features work — while others justifiably weren’t quite as positive.
As part of the Delta Amex card refreshes, there are new, limited-time welcome offers for everything except the Delta SkyMiles® Blue American Express Card. And some of the bonus point offers are fairly juicy. (Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. Enrollment may be required for select American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn more.)
Current Delta SkyMiles American Express Card Welcome Offers
Here are the offers:
- Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card
- Earn 100,000 bonus miles after you spend $6,000 on eligible purchases on the card within six (6) months of being approved for card membership. This offer expires on March 27, 2024. Terms apply.
- $650 annual fee (See Rates and Fees.)
- Read more and learn here how to apply.
- Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card
- Earn 110,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $12,000 in eligible purchases on your new card within six (6) months of being approved for membership. This offer ends on March 27, 2024.(Terms apply.)
- $650 annual fee (See Rates and Fees.)
- Read more and learn here how to apply.
- Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card
- Earn 90,000 bonus miles after you spend $4,000 in eligible purchases on your new card within six (6) months of being approved for card membership. This offer expires on March 27, 2024. (Terms apply.)
- $350 annual fee (See Rates and Fees.)
- Read more and learn here how to apply.
- Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card
- Earn Earn 100,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $8,000 in purchases on your new card within six (6) months of being approved for membership. This offer ends on March 27, 2024. (Terms apply.)
- $350 annual fee (See Rates and Fees.)
- Read more and learn here how to apply.
- Delta SkyMiles® Gold American Express Card
- Earn 70,000 bonus SkyMiles after you spend $3,000 on eligible purchases within six (6) months of being approved for card membership. This offer expires on March 27, 2024. (Terms apply.)
- an introductory $0 annual fee for the first year, then $150 starting the second year of card membership (See Rates and Fees.)
- Read more and learn here how to apply.
- Delta SkyMiles® Gold Business American Express Card
- Earn 80,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $6,000 in eligible purchases on your new card within six (6) months of being approved for membership. This offer ends on March 27, 2024. (Terms apply.)
- an introductory $0 annual fee for the first year, then $150 starting the second year of card membership (See Rates and Fees.)
- Read more and learn here how to apply.
Delta’s really swinging for the fences with the small business card offers. Keep in mind that the business cards don’t feature the family rule language. For example, you can still get a Delta SkyMiles® Gold Business American Express Card‘s welcome offer even if you’ve held a Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card. It’s not the same for the personal/consumer suite. You’re eligible only for cards that are higher up the proverbial food chain, if you will. In other words, you’re not eligible for the Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card welcome bonus if you’ve held the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card.
Their insane flash sales have included trips as low as 42,500 SkyMiles to Australia — and even lower to New Zealand and other destinations. So, this might be a good opportunity to stock up on SkyMiles if you’re interested.
What Are Some of the Featured Perks?
Each product grants the cardholder the following:
- Main Cabin 1 boarding
- 20% statement credit on eligible onboard purchases made during Delta and Delta Connection flights (we’re talking premium food and beverages)
- First checked bag free for the cardholder and up to eight others on the member’s confirmation number (that can really save you some big bucks)
The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card and Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card grant cardholders complimentary access to Delta Sky Clubs when traveling on a same-day Delta-operated or Delta-marketed flight. (Passengers traveling on Basic Economy tickets are not eligible.) Plus, card members may visit American Express Centurion Lounges in U.S. airports when traveling on a same-day Delta-operated or Delta-marketed flight — provided their trip was purchased with an eligible American Express card issued in the United States.
Both flavors of the Reserve Cards also give members four (4) guest passes to use for companions also traveling on a same-day Delta-operated or Delta-marketed flight that’s not a Basic Economy ticket.
PLEASE NOTE THE BELOW CHANGES
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- Delta SkyMiles® American Express Reserve Cardholders (personal or business)
- Starting February 1, 2025, Reserve Card Members will receive 15 complimentary visits per Medallion year to the Delta Sky Club; to earn an unlimited number of visits each year starting on February 1, 2025, the total eligible purchases on your card must equal $75,000 or more between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024, and each calendar year thereafter.
- American Express Platinum (personal or business)
- Effective January 1, 2025
- Six (6) Sky Club visits per Medallion year
- Spend $75,000 during a calendar year and receive unlimited club visits for the rest of that Medallion year and all of the following Medallion year
- Effective January 1, 2025
- Delta SkyMiles® American Express Reserve Cardholders (personal or business)
The following cards come with Companion Certificates starting year two of card membership:
- Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card
- Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card
- Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card
- Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card
The Reserve cards’ Companion Certificates are valid for select First Class, Delta Comfort+(R), or Main Cabin roundtrip flights to select destinations each year after renewal of your Card.
The Platinum cards’ Companion Certificates are valid for select Main Cabin roundtrip flights to select destinations each year after renewal of your Card.
Eligible destinations include:
- United States
- Antigua
- Aruba
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- Bahamas
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Puerto Rico
- USVI
- Mexico
- Grand Cayman
- Jamaica
- Turks and Caicos
- Saint Kitts
- St. Maarten
- St. Lucia
- Costa Rica
- Guatemala
- Panama
- Honduras
- El Salvador
TakeOff 15
Members who hold one of these six cards may take advantage of something called “TakeOff 15.” This entitles cardholders to automatic 15% SkyMiles discounts when booking award flights. That perk alone has saved my family a bunch of SkyMiles — which we’ve used for more redemptions. Delta regularly announces flash sales for trips to various destinations. That’s nothing new.
But what is a new development — and a significant one, at that — are the 44,000 SkyMiles (in Main Cabin) sales we’ve seen to international destinations such as Auckland and Santiago.
Add TakeOff 15 to those and you’re really cooking with gas.
Will similar sales pop up in the future? We think so.
Delta Stays Statement Credit
Each of the cards is also eligible for annual statement credits toward booking prepaid hotels or vacation rentals on the card through Delta Stays on delta.com
- Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card: up to $200 each year
- Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card: up to $250 each year
- Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card: up to $150 each year
- Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card: up to $200 each year
- Delta SkyMiles® Gold American Express Card: up to $100 each year
- Delta SkyMiles® Gold Business American Express Card: up to $150 each year
Rideshare Credits
The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card, Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card, Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card, and Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card all feature this new benefit.
Cardmembers may earn up to $10 in statement credits each month (up to $120 annually) on U.S. rideshare purchases made with Uber, Lyft, Curb, Revel, and Alto.
Resy Credits
Online restaurant reservation platform Resy already has various partnerships and promotions with a few Amex cards — and now it’s extending to the Delta Platinums and Reserves.
The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card and Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card each earn up to $240 each year (up to $20 each month) in statement credits for purchases made with Resy. The Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card and Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card can earn up to $10 back for Resy purchases each month, up to $120 annually.
Upgrade Eligibility
Non-Medallion status SkyMiles members holding the Reserve and Platinum cards are eligible to receive upgrades to Delta One (in the U.S.), First Class, and Comfort+ for tickets purchased on or after February 1, 2024.
Final Approach
Delta and American Express announced big changes to their co-branded credit card lineup last week — and to “celebrate,” there are some pretty big welcome offers available for each of the cards.
For rates and fees of the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card, please visit this link.
For rates and fees of the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card, please visit this link.
For rates and fees of the Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card, please visit this link.
For rates and fees of Delta SkyMiles® Business Platinum American Express Card, please visit this link.
For rates and fees of the Delta SkyMiles® Gold American Express Card, please visit this link.
For rates and fees of Delta SkyMiles® Gold Business American Express Card, please visit this link.
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Chris, Is it still the case that once you’ve had a given card, say the regular non-business Delta AmEx Reserve, you downgrade it and then upgrade it at a later time you do not get the Welcome bonus miles, correct?
Correct. But, you could call up Amex and tell the rep you’re thinking about upgrading back to the Reserve from the Blue or Plat or Gold or whatever you downgraded to. Then see if they have any offers that’d make it worth your while. They may give you a spending challenge.
Any data points on what AmEx is considering “lifetime” currently? I signed up for a personal gold card back in the early 2000s, upgraded to Platinum (with a bonus for upgrading at the time) and then cancelled when I got a Reserve when it launched, wondering if I might be able to secure another sign-up bonus given the passage of time.
This is somewhat OT, but this morning I got an email stating “You’ve Earned 15,000 MQMs With Your Card,” which I was expecting. However, I can’t figure out how to accept the MQMs. The email has a button for “VIEW MQMS,” but that just takes me to the main Delta page. Drilling down into my SkyMiles account, I see no way to accept or gift the MQMs.
I suspect that this is another Delta IT glitch. My status tracker still shows my AMEX spend at about $15K. Has anyone else had problems accepting MQMs?
Does this help?
If your tracker says only $15k, then the email was probably send in error, as you need $30k.
Thanks Chris! The link you provided in that post worked and I was able to add the 15K MQMs to my account. It’s odd that the link in the email did not work.
The SkyMiles status is still not showing the waiver, but you pointed out that it took 8 days for you. so I’ll just wait. I’m not flying on Delta until September.
Here’s hoping the MQD Waiver tracker updates before then…
Rene craps on everything Delta on one hand then you transfer it to the other and serve it up to get shameless credit card signups. Sad 🙁
Thanks for being a loyal reader, Caesar/JonEWR/Truth!