American Express Increases Sign Up Bonus On Delta Cards: 50k + $50 For Gold And 60k + 10k MQM + $100 For Platinum

Update: Offer is now live for business credit cards as well.

American Express has increased the sign up bonus on both the Gold Delta Skymiles® Credit Card and Platinum Delta Skymiles® Credit Card. You have until June 30th to apply for both cards.

Gold Delta 50k Miles + $50 (AF Waived First Year)

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The offer:

• Receive a sign up bonus of 50,000 Delta Skymiles after $2,000 in purchases within three months and a $50 statement credit after your first Delta purchase within three months

Card details:

• Annual fee is waived the first year
• Card earns at the following rates:
  • 2x miles on all purchases made directly with Delta
  • 1x miles on all other purchases
• No foreign transaction fees

Platinum Delta 60,000 Miles + 10k MQM + $100 (AF Of $195)

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The Offer:

• Receive a sign up bonus of 60,000 Delta Skymiles and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) after $2,000 in purchases within three months and a $100 statement credit after your first Delta purchase within three months

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

The Delta Gold offer comes along regularly (and it might still be possible to get the same offer on the business card) so it’s not exactly exciting. I don’t think I’ve seen this Platinum offer in the past, although they did offer 45,000 miles and 15,000 MQM back in July of 2014. The standard sign up bonus is 30,000 miles + $50 for the gold card and 35,000 miles + 5,000 MQM + $100 statement credit for the platinum.

It’s important to remember that you can only get the sign up bonus on American Express personal cards once per lifetime, so you want to make sure you’re getting the best possible deal there is before applying. I don’t really need any Delta miles at the moment, so I’ll probably give these offers a miss but the Platinum offer is somewhat tempting.

Given how often they seem to offer the gold bonus, I’d recommend holding out for something better unless you need the Delta miles in the short term. If you haven’t already I’d also recommend reading our post on 15 17 things everybody should know about American Express.