American Express Delta Increased Signup Bonuses on Personal & Business Cards (Reserve, Platinum, Gold Versions)

Update 7/31/19: Reposting as some/all of these are set to expire today (we’ll find out tomorrow if it gets extended).

Update 7/1/19: Reposting as deals are supposed to end on July 2nd, 2019.

The Offer

Direct link to offer

  • American Express has increased the signup bonus on both personal and business versions of the Reserve, Platinum, and Gold cards as predicted. A lot of the cards are offering better bonuses when using a referral. To generate a referral use the following link. You can leave and use referrals in this linked post (do not share them in the comments below).
  • Personal offers:
    • Delta Gold: 60,000 miles + $50 statement credit with the annual fee waived (there has been much better offers previously)
    • Platinum Delta: 75,000 miles + 5,000 MQM after $3,000 in spend within three months + $100 statement credit after first purchase
    • Delta Reserve: 75,000 miles + 5,000 MQM after spending $6,000 + $100 statement credit after first purchase (available via referral only. Public link doesn’t have the statement credit)
  • Business offers:
    • Delta Gold: 70,000 miles + $50 statement credit with the annual fee waived (there has been much better offers previously)
    • Platinum Delta: 80,000 miles + 5,000 MQM after $6,000 in spend within three months + $100 statement credit after first purchase
    • Delta Reserve: 80,000 miles + 10,000 MQM after spending $6,000 (available via referral only. Public link is only 5,000 MQM instead of 10,000)

The Fine Print

  • These offers are valid through July 2, 2019

Our Verdict

All of the offers are quite strong, although we’ve seen much better offers on the Gold card before so I wouldn’t consider getting these now and those come around frequently. Previously we’ve seen a bonus of 70,000 miles + 10,000 MQM on the Reserve card and 70,000 miles + $100 on the Platinum card. So it looks like the above offers are better than those (at least when using a referral link). We have seen an offer of 80,000 miles + 5k MQM + $100 statement credit on the Delta Business Platinum recently.

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Sapien
Sapien (@guest_798275)
August 14, 2019 13:26

DP:

$50 Delta GC purchased with Delta Gold card: 8-11-19

Statement credit: 8-13-19

Brian C
Brian C (@guest_811548)
September 18, 2019 11:58

you purchased via delta website on a desktop computer?

Kyle
Kyle (@guest_798223)
August 14, 2019 11:40

My spouse received a targeted 70K offer +100 statement credit on the Delta Gold personal via snail mail. I normally chuck most offers but decided to apply and instantly approved. Have a trip coming up next year and Delta has best rates right now.

Thomas
Thomas (@guest_806040)
September 4, 2019 09:49

dear diary

YoniPDX
YoniPDX (@guest_791800)
July 31, 2019 16:46

PSA: DP GC STILL A GO

Statement Credit still works on purchase of Delta GC BUT ONLY FROM DESKTOP BROWSER.

Delta GC purchase posted 7.26.19

Statement credit posted 7.28.19

Note this is only on Delta Amex cards

beat2def
beat2def (@guest_791996)
July 31, 2019 23:24

Did you buy $50 increments?

YoniPDX
YoniPDX (@guest_792004)
July 31, 2019 23:32

beat2def

Yes

beat2def
beat2def (@guest_792089)
August 1, 2019 08:25

So would this still work for the Amex Plat biz and personal?

Andrew D
Andrew D (@guest_792096)
August 1, 2019 08:36

Not likely.

Hari
Hari (@guest_791778)
July 31, 2019 15:50

Seems like the link expired

https://www.delta.com/actnow
404 – PAGE NOT FOUND
That Page Isn’t On Our Radar

kuso29
kuso29 (@guest_791773)
July 31, 2019 15:47

I see that it is extended till the 18 of Sep for me on the regular Delta site…

AFTER YOU SPEND $2,000 IN ELIGIBLE PURCHASES ON YOUR NEW CARD WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS.† PLUS, EARN A $50 STATEMENT CREDIT AFTER YOU MAKE A DELTA PURCHASE ON YOUR NEW CARD IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS.†
OFFER EXPIRES 9/18/2019.†

It may have to do with the cache?

Dani
Dani (@guest_791760)
July 31, 2019 15:25

All I am seeing for biz gold under referrals is 30k…

Dailybread
Dailybread (@guest_791879)
July 31, 2019 19:11

You have to use a referral link generated from a Delta card

San
San (@guest_780341)
July 9, 2019 11:04

Received 70K miles offer from Delta.
EARN 70,000 BONUS MILES
AFTER YOU SPEND $2,000 IN ELIGIBLE PURCHASES ON YOUR NEW CARD WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS.† PLUS, EARN A $50 STATEMENT CREDIT AFTER YOU MAKE A DELTA PURCHASE ON YOUR NEW CARD IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS.†

TravelingTricks.com
TravelingTricks.com (@guest_792400)
August 1, 2019 16:01

Same Offer. DPs: Wife got the offer, had only Amex Gold Biz and other Amex previously. I had the same but more churning of Amex. Didn’t get it, and I still get the Pre-apply pop up. Havent tried applying for it yet with her’s because she’s 4.24.

MoreSun
MoreSun (@guest_777551)
July 2, 2019 13:04

Reminder: if you can find the offer you want via referral the expiration is not until 7/30.

beat2def
beat2def (@guest_777087)
July 1, 2019 17:38

Are the Reserve cards worth it? For $450 annual fee it doesn’t seem like it.

Dave P
Dave P (@guest_776895)
July 1, 2019 11:59

Can I sign up and get the bonus for the personal platinum, if I currently hold the personal Delta Blue card (downgraded from Gold about a year ago)? Thanks.

joe
joe (@guest_788806)
July 26, 2019 00:41

Yes