@Anonymous wrote:I was already teetering on closing the Delta Gold. While a $4 increase on the AF isn't significant enough to call foul in iteself, the lost benefits are. Again while I've never had the chance to make use of the Lounge, I probably would have if it worked out in my travels. IMO it's a loss for a Gold Card to lose lounge access. The extra mile for dining and supermakets is useless for those who already get 4X on Gold.
It definitely seals the deal for me to close it to maek room for a card that does work for me.
I never used gold's lounge access neither, I don't know how fancy delta lounge is, but its not fancy enough for me to spend 29. I will just use my basic CSR lounge, thanks. 
It feels as if they are encouraging people to either go basic (blue), or go top (reserve). Things in between, especially gold, is on the highway to the grave.
@redpat wrote:Amex gold is 4x, why would you use Reserve?
See K's post about MQD's with Reserve.
The use case for the Reserve card is not so much earning miles per dollar as it is the status upgrades from high spend.
I'm still trying to understand if someone has the card and also holds plat that they are considering cancelling their plat card over $100 additional AF when the companion tick more than covers the cost. I look at this card as an advanced discount ticket purchase not an AF. I figure that I have to subtract $100 - $150 from the perks that I get from my individual plat since the gift card fiasco.
Personal Cards: Amex Plat | Amex Delta Res | CSR | Citi AA Exec Business Cards: Ink+ | Amex BGR
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:I was already teetering on closing the Delta Gold. While a $4 increase on the AF isn't significant enough to call foul in iteself, the lost benefits are. Again while I've never had the chance to make use of the Lounge, I probably would have if it worked out in my travels. IMO it's a loss for a Gold Card to lose lounge access. The extra mile for dining and supermakets is useless for those who already get 4X on Gold.
It definitely seals the deal for me to close it to maek room for a card that does work for me.
I never used gold's lounge access neither, I don't know how fancy delta lounge is, but its not fancy enough for me to spend 29. I will just use my basic CSR lounge, thanks.
It feels as if they are encouraging people to either go basic (blue), or go top (reserve). Things in between, especially gold, is on the highway to the grave.
Hmm I don't understand that at all. To me the Gold is the best. Waived annual fee the first year and 70k sign up points. Don't understand the point of the Platinum at all. You don't get a lessor sign up bonus and you get a huge $250 annual fee that doesn't waive the first year. The only thing else you get is a domestic companion pass which I would never use as I don't live near a Delta hub.
To me the Gold is by far the best choice.
@Anonymous wrote:Hmm I don't understand that at all. To me the Gold is the best. Waived annual fee the first year and 70k sign up points. Don't understand the point of the Platinum at all. You don't get a lessor sign up bonus and you get a huge $250 annual fee that doesn't waive the first year. The only thing else you get is a domestic companion pass which I would never use as I don't live near a Delta hub.
To me the Gold is by far the best choice.
If you're chasing SUBs, sure, but not long term.
I know... I was just chasing SUBs and I got the personal and business Delta gold cards and got 120K miles in SUBs for nothing. Didn't bother with the plats. Pretty sweet deal. But neither were keeper cards for me, and it seems they won't be good keeper cards for anyone else either.
The long term use case for these cards is for frequent Delta flyers who are chasing status, upgrades, and perks rather than just miles per dollar.
If you're looking to just earn miles on spend, get an Amex Gold charge card and forget the cobranded cards.
