American Express Delta Platinum – 70,000 Miles + $100 Statement Credit + 10,000 MQM [Personal & Business] – Highest Ever

The Offer

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  • American Express has increased the sign up bonus on the personal & business versions of the Delta Platinum card. Bonus is as follows:
    • 70,000 miles & 10,000 MQM after $4,000 ($5,00 for business) in spend within the first four months
    • $100 statement credit after your first Delta purchase

Card Details

  • Annual fee of $195 is not waived
  • Card earns at the following rates:
    • 2x miles on all purchases made directly with Delta
    • 1x miles on all other purchases
  • Receive another 10,000 MQM after you spend $25,000 or more within a calendar year and an additional 10,000 MQM when you spend $50,000 or more within a calendar year for a total of 20,000 MQM (plus the sign up bonus)
  • No foreign transaction fees
  • Receive a Domestic Main Cabin round-trip companion certificate each year upon renewal of your Card (Payment of the government imposed taxes and fees of no more than $75 for roundtrip domestic flights (for itineraries with up to four flight segments) is required)

Our Verdict

This is the highest this bonus has been on this card. There is also an increased bonus of 60,000 miles + $50 statement credit on the Gold card. Worth applying for if you have a need for Delta miles/MQM, the gold offer might be more appealing to some due to the fact that the annual fee is waived ($195 fee not waived on this card). Might be worth waiting for referral links to show up for this card, that way you can support other DoC readers.

As always before applying for this card or asking basic questions, I’d recommend reading through these things everybody should know about American Express credit cards. If you’ve recently applied, remember that American Express doesn’t usually match sign up bonuses if a higher one comes along but they will sometimes offer courtesy points. You generally need to call and request speaking to a manager as frontline reps/chat reps can’t issue points.

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Y (@guest_471251)
September 4, 2017 12:09

How quickly did your miles post after meeting the spend requirement? Met spending requirement ($6K of spending – mostly Simon MS but some organic spend mixed in) and statement cycled, but still haven’t seen bonus post.

Steven
Steven (@guest_448438)
July 28, 2017 10:07

So, I opened the delta plat biz, have spent under 4k, and have been awarded 60k miles plus 10k MQmiles… Not really sure if I should call it quits without reaching the 5k, or if reaching the 5k will somehow give me the extra 10k miles. What a weird experience, particularly given the recent crackdown.

Jason
Jason (@guest_466141)
August 26, 2017 09:16

I opened the personal and also received the 60k. Spent well over 5k. Will be calling soon to follow up.

Y
Y (@guest_471339)
September 4, 2017 14:29

How quickly did the points post after meeting spend? Typically AmEx has been snappy historically for me, but not for this offer.

Sawlye
Sawlye (@guest_445473)
July 24, 2017 09:32

Resharing my invite link for those who are still interested. You must signup using the link below to get the 80k bonus (70k miles + 10k MQMs). The offer ends on the 26th.

Happy flying! Copy url below into your browser.

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With this special offer, they’ll receive an elevated welcome bonus — that’s 70,000 bonus miles after spending $4,000 or more in eligible purchases with their new Card in the first 4 months of Card Membership. Plus, they earn a $100 statement credit after they make a Delta purchase with their new Card in the first 4 months — this special offer ends July 26, 2017!

Roman S
Roman S (@guest_432813)
July 3, 2017 15:56

This offer expires in few days. Could you please allow to create a new threat where people can share their referral links cuz those are going to last by the end of this month. I am currently only able to apply after July 18th. But public offer wont be available by then unfortunately.

Mark O
Mark O (@guest_409034)
May 22, 2017 00:48

Decision do I take the referral from my wife for 50k plus 10k for her with only 1k in spend or 70k with 4k in spend. Leaning towards the lower spend – would rather put that 3k towards something else vs getting another 10k in delta miles.

adam d
adam d (@guest_408740)
May 20, 2017 21:20

These minimum spends for amex are always 1k-2k more than the other big guys besides maybe cap1 which is sometimes 4k-5k.

JD
JD (@guest_408657)
May 20, 2017 15:23

I had a nice trip to Chile with the miles I earned from this card a few years ago. Since I’m not eligible for the bonus anymore, I have been thinking about getting this card for my wife, since she only had the AMEX Delta Gold card previously. But every itinerary I have run takes so many SkyPesos, I don’t know if we could find a use for the miles.

AL
AL (@guest_408679)
May 20, 2017 16:31
  JD

I got to Chile a few months ago during thier summer. Had pretty good avail getting down there on Delta for 30k each leg. Thought that was a good deal personally, but I echo that it’s pretty hard to get value out of them.

AL
AL (@guest_408681)
May 20, 2017 16:32
  AL

Jfk-scl that is

JD
JD (@guest_408688)
May 20, 2017 16:51
  AL

I think my ticket was 70K DL for MSN-SCL, return. I don’t really enjoy traveling in Latin America that much, but I was able to use the US Bank LAN card to get enough miles for a ticket to Easter Island from SCL, on the same trip, and that was definitely worth it. Going forward, most of my trips will be to Asia/Pacific, which is more suited to AA miles, with their lovely partners in Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines and Qantas. But this might be worth a flutter, since there is no expiration on SkyMiles.

AL
AL (@guest_408656)
May 20, 2017 15:09

I wanted to have my wife refer me for this card since she currently has one. The referral she generated is only for 50k points instead of the 70k offer. First time I’ve seen a lower referral offer when publicly available offer was better.

George
George (@guest_408539)
May 20, 2017 02:54

Approved business card! Thanks OP…

I am wondering how long it takes for the card to come – I applied and approved Thursday night and has to go abroad next wednesday night – is there a chance for it to come before my trip?

james
james (@guest_408382)
May 19, 2017 16:38

DANG IT! Can somebody convince my company’s big vendors to accept AMEX? 🙂