Delta Gifting Elite Status
The New Year has begun, which means that status rat race has started all over again. I know the end of the year can be stressful for many trying to wrap up their preferred status tier. Inevitably, many end up falling just short of hitting that next rung on that status totem pole. It seems like one airline understands that frustration, at least a bit, since Delta is gifting elite status to some lucky members according to my buddy Andrew at CNN underscored.
Update 5/23/24: Another round of gifted status is going out, this time it is giving people without status. Details below. (HT FM)
New Status Offer Going Out May 2024
Delta is giving some people their low tier Silver status through November 30, 2024. They can maintain the status through May 30, 2025 by earning $2,500 MQDs by November 30, 2024. It seems like, from the early data points at least, that Delta is targeting people that had status with the airline in the past. The cool thing is you don't even need to enroll in the offer, the status should automatically be showing on your account. I guess you could just go there to check versus searching your emails. Hopefully some of our ToP Facebook Group peeps were targeted for this.
Check Your Emails
One of Andrew's readers received an email from Delta saying their status had been proactively upgraded. You heard that right, the airline that slashed their program a few months ago is gifting some elites the next level of status. The reader was 7,000 MQMs short of Gold status but was still moved from Silver to Gold for the next year. Her newly minted Gold status is good until January 31, 2025.
That date is important, since I know many of you are probably pulling up your Delta Airlines app right now to see if you are one of the chosen ones. If you dropped a level or two from last year, the status won't reset until February 1st. Don't get fooled by that overlap. Case in point, mine still shows Platinum and I should be a lowly Silver pretty soon.
Andrew reached out to for a comment on Delta gifting elite status and here is what they had to say on it:
“This is something we do every year for select Medallion Members who were just shy of achieving that next Status tier, and we love being able to reward them for their loyalty.”
As someone who fell less then 5,000 MQMs short of Gold status, I am hoping for an email to come my way soon. Even if it is very unlikely. If you remember, I ended up short because my Delta credit card scheme didn't work out as planned.
Delta Gifting Elite Status: ToP Thoughts
It is cool to see Delta gifting elite status to some members. I just wish it was more known how & why certain people were chosen. Hopefully some of our ToP family gets the email over the next few weeks. The reader is a non US based flyer so that may be why they got word before us stateside would have. Only time will tell.
Let me know if you get an upgrade to your Delta status over in the ToP Facebook Group.
