Delta Air Lines and SkyMiles: EVERYTHING you need to know!

Here's everything you need to know about Delta Air Lines and the Delta SkyMiles program, with UPDATED information for 2024!

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - The Basics
3:10 - SkyMiles Silver Medallion
4:01 - SkyMiles Gold Medallion
4:36 - SkyMiles Platinum Medallion
5:21 - SkyMiles Diamond Medallion
5:58 - Spending Your SkyMiles Points
6:30 - Conclusions

[thejokerspeaks]

I'd have 60, 000 MQMs rolling over, more than double what I would need for silver status. After the conversion, I'll be halfway to Silver. Nice of Delta to let us know this in September, after we've already overspent on our credit cards.

[donherbert]

Corrections
Silver = $5000MQD’s
Gold = $10000
Platinum = $15000

[RegularVeteran]

bros eyes look like he saw the magic in Birdbox!

[PaulProsperInvestments]

I'm still not clear on how miles flown factor into earning status. You said we can earn miles on reward travel so I'm guessing we can earn miles on normal flights too. Miles towards what? It seems like dollars are the only metric. Are they converting the miles flown into MQDs + the dollar amount you spent booking the flight?

[myrablackwell]

Does it matter if I book with Expedia for a delta flight?

[VickyGoss]

I have skymiles and trying to use them & credit card Delta America Express ti pay the Remainder. They won't allow me to do that. They told me I need enough Skymiles in the full to use them. What is the option of Miles + Cash

[thechiefhappinessofficer]

Is there a conference when travelers get to learn about all this and be in the know? 😊🎉

[ArnoldWinters]

Delta Vacations spend gets you MQD’s for the next year’s status. I thought silver required 5K MQD’s not 6K as you said

[paulrudin]

Can you transfer your Delta Miles to Air France?

[maxsaviation]

Doesn’t come into affect until 2025, I’m keeping the card

[midwestmg]

Only a fool would chase DL status in 2024. Less Medallions sounds great for upgrade you realize that DL is now selling 80%+ of first class seats. So imagine how dumb you'll feel sitting in the back after giving them $30, 000 with an expectation that as a Diamond you'll get a reasonable amount of upgrades. You'll be number 1 on the upgrade list as the boarding door closes more often than you'll be sitting up front. JOKE WILL BE ON YOU!

[redcaban]

So, basically you've just read out loud what everybody else can read by themself from Delta website

[paulki]

Its so straightforward mqm mdm all so much easy 😂

[MichaelBoelton]

people complaining about delta changing the parameters for elite status don't have to look far to see they had no choice. the lounges are overcrowded, too many people are qualifying for the top tier., and as result upgrades are far and few in between. if you have a delta reserve card and spend about $100k a year and travel internationally on business class a few times a year, it not really that hard to maintain diamond medallion. and if you can't do that, you really shouldn't be in the top tier of the airline.

[frankyavery]

So I read you can directly buy miles but when I click on the FAQ, the page times out after a few seconds. So my question is can we still directly buy miles (for poor people who are bad at saving and want to do a trip)