topic Re: American Express Delta Gold Upgrade in Credit Cards

American Express Delta Gold Upgrade

cem13 — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:21:44 GMT

Just a head's up to the board: I have the Delta Gold and my year was up on 01FEB. I received an invitation to upgrade for 10,000 mile but I declined. In May they sweetened the offer to 15,000 miles: a HUGE increase right???

Yesterday I was checking in to my Delta flight and I received a pop-up to apply for the Platinum. It was 70,000 for $4000 spend. I jumped and was approved.

I called AMEX to set travel notification and ask about the new app. So an upgrade takes 24 hours to process the card. The card number stays the same. A new app is a new account with a new number. So I asked the CSR why would anyone take the upgrade request as opposed to applying for a new card?

She said many people do not want the hassle of a new card number for reoccuring bills etc. So they can offer lower bonus miles for this convenience. So today I cannot get the benefits of the Lounge because I do not have possession of the new card. This is fine by me. I will take a 55,000 mile increase and not have the benefits of the new card today.

Re: American Express Delta Gold Upgrade

grillandwinemaster — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:28:49 GMT

Nice! Your patience has certainly paid dividends for you. Congrats on your upgrade.

Re: American Express Delta Gold Upgrade

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:03:16 GMT

Just wanted to make sure I followed your post correctly. So you upgraded the Delta Gold SkyMiles credit card to the Delta Reserve and also applied for Delta Platinum?

Re: American Express Delta Gold Upgrade

resilient — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:02:59 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Just wanted to make sure I followed your post correctly. So you upgraded the Delta Gold SkyMiles credit card to the Delta Reserve and also applied for Delta Platinum?

Did the OP mention Delta Reserve in another post? I only see him talking about the Gold and Platinum.

Re: American Express Delta Gold Upgrade

tlavery — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 05:36:14 GMT

Hey cem13, just sent you a private message.