Like on Delta metal, your status determines when these upgrades clear. That said, some benefits are reserved for higher-tier Medallion members. For Aeromexico, Gold, Platinum and Medallion members have access to a priority security line and lounge access, while Silver Medallions do not. However, lower-tier Medallion members also get decent perks like priority airport check-in and preferred seats.
Related: Boost your progress toward Medallion status with select Delta credit cards. One of the easiest ways to earn Delta miles through its partners is through Lyft or the SkyMiles Shopping or Dining programs or by flying on a SkyTeam partner. Terms Apply. Disclaimer: The responses below are not provided or commissioned by the bank advertiser. Responses have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by the bank advertiser. Many of the credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.
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The information on this site does not modify any insurance policy terms in any way. Each year, more than million passengers use Delta to fly to one of the locations, in more than 50 countries, that Delta Air Lines serves.
While some of them spend their cold, hard cash on tickets, several passengers fly for free thanks to the Delta rewards program, Delta SkyMiles. SkyMiles can be earned in a variety of ways, including flying Delta or one of its SkyTeam alliance partners. There are more than 20 SkyTeam partners worldwide, making it easy to earn on every flight you take, be it business travel or pleasure. Airline miles, accumulated through flights, shopping and even credit card spending, can be redeemed for free travel on Delta or with Delta SkyMiles partners.
This can be done with any of the SkyTeam partner airlines. Earn Delta Air Lines rewards every day with these credit cards. During off-peak travel dates, it may be worth it to pay for your flight with Delta or the Delta partner airlines that you want to fly. In the same way that full-fare prices differ between airlines, so do the flights between Delta SkyTeam alliance partners. This bonus does not apply to flights flown with Delta partners. Earn qualifying miles, dollars and segments on Delta award flights.
Usually you would not earn any elite qualification from award flights, but Delta has changed this for the remainder The earning rate is somewhat complicated: The Medallion Qualifying Miles are based on miles flown, while the Medallion Qualification Dollars are based on the number of miles used divided by Bonus qualifying miles on some Delta co-branded credit cards.
These promotions vary by card — see here for complete details. These qualifying bonuses apply for flights taken between April 1 and Dec. Put simply: Medallion status is easier to earn when flying with Delta for the remainder of The requirements for each level described below remain unchanged, but Delta is offering bonuses to make them easier to reach. The SkyMiles Medallion program has four levels. We'll start by looking at what you get at each level, then how to get there.
All Medallion members get priority check-in and priority boarding. All levels above Silver get priority security lane access and priority baggage service at select airports. Additional benefits include:.
Medallion members at the Platinum and Diamond levels are eligible for "Delta Choice Benefits," in which they choose the premium benefits they want from a list. Platinum members can choose one of the following:. Package of four regional upgrade certificates.
Gift of Silver Medallion status to a friend. Diamond members can choose three of the following:. Individual membership to Delta Sky Clubs unlimited access for self; guests pay a fee. Executive membership to Delta Sky Clubs unlimited access for self and two guests — this option counts as two choices. Package of as many as eight upgrade certificates eight regional, four global, or two global and four regional. Gift of Gold Medallion status to a friend. See full details about choice benefits.
You earn 1 MQD for every dollar you spend on Delta flights. This includes the fare and airline fees, but not taxes and government fees.
You earn these based on how far you fly and the fare class of your ticket. With regular economy class tickets, you earn 1 MQM per mile flown.
For higher classes, it may be 1. You earn these based on how many takeoff-to-landing flights you fly. But if you changed planes in, say, Minneapolis, then you would earn 2 MQSs. To earn this status, you must have MQDs of at least:. Medallion status for a given year is earned based on activity in the previous calendar year.
Your status is generally good until Jan. For example, your Medallion status for is based on your activity in and will last until Jan. MQMs roll over from one year to the next. Say you earned 65, MQMs in The "unused" 15, extra MQMs roll over to to give you a head start on your next year's earning. Delta also offers to match your status in another airline loyalty program. You must have current elite status with a qualifying airline, and you cannot have used the match in the previous three years.
To keep it for the rest of the year, you need to earn it during those three months:. Delta is one of 20 airlines in the international SkyTeam alliance, which allows you to earn and use SkyMiles on flights aboard carriers other than Delta. As of January , Delta also had partnerships with these non-SkyTeam airlines:. Delta's credit cards are issued by American Express. All of the cards offer different spending rewards. Earn 2 Miles on every dollar spent on eligible purchases made directly with Delta.
Earn 3 Miles on every dollar spend on eligible purchases made directly with Delta and on every eligible dollar spent on purchases made directly with hotels. Earn 1. Earn 3 miles per dollar spent on Delta purchases. Earn 1 mile per dollar spent on all other eligible purchases. To determine the value of reward miles, we compared cash prices and reward redemptions for economy roundtrip routes across several destinations and dates.
Read more about how we arrived at these figures. This is therefore a baseline value for Delta miles, based on real-world data collected from hundreds of economy routes, not a maximized value.
In other words, you should aim for award redemptions that offer 1. We've covered all the basic details of the Delta SkyMiles program. But if you still aren't sure whether a frequent flyer program is worth the effort, see our absolute beginner's guide to frequent flyer programs.
Delta SkyMiles do not expire, but they might lose value over time. Delta SkyMiles cost 3. That is to say: Buying Delta miles is generally not a good move. MQMs differ from standard SkyMiles in that they cannot be used to book flights, yet both MQMs and SkyMiles can be earned by either flying on Delta and its partners or using a Delta co-branded credit card. Generally, you cannot buy Medallion Qualification Miles directly; however, Delta occasionally runs promotions that let you pay to upgrade your existing Medallion status tier.
Here are our picks for the best travel credit cards of , including those best for:. How to redeem Delta SkyMiles.
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