[YMMV] American Express Delta Gold 60,000 Miles + $50 Statement Credit, No Lifetime Language [Personal & Business]

Update 05/25/18: Added another link that is working for some people.

Update: Reader ne0ven0m was able to get this offer to show (without the lifetime language) by doing a dummy booking on Delta.com, this is despite the fact that the direct link mentioned below did not work for them. It might be worth doing a dummy booking to see if you can get the same offer to show, even if you weren’t eligible via the direct link. As always, please make sure your own offer doesn’t have the lifetime language before applying.

The Offer

Direct link to offer or this link

American Express is offering a sign up bonus of up to 60,000 miles + $50 statement credit on the Gold Delta Skymiles Personal & business credit cards. Bonus is broken down as follows:

  • Earn 60,000 bonus miles after you spend $1,000 or more in eligible purchases with your new card within the first 3 months of card membership
  • Earn a $50 statement credit after making your first Delta purchase within six months of being a card member

Card Details

Our Verdict

The offer itself is quite standard, sometimes we even see better offers on this gold card. What’s special about this offer/link is that it doesn’t contain the once per lifetime language. If you are targeted and have had this card before, I’d sign up as it’s unlikely you will be offered anything better without the lifetime language. If you haven’t had the card before I’d recommend waiting for a better offer to come along. If you have a question regarding American Express cards, read this post first as it probably answers your question.

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Teri
Teri (@guest_625183)
August 1, 2018 13:38

Hi-
I have a referral for a Delta Amex Gold with 60,000 mile bonus. If interested, please email me at [email removed. Only post in allowed referral threads]
Thanks,
T

TomT
TomT (@guest_625319)
August 1, 2018 18:00

DoC’s rules prohibit solicitations for referrals except on discussions explicitly opened for that purpose. You risk a permanent ban for violating that rule.

MM
MM (@guest_611773)
July 2, 2018 16:49

Well, good news is the bonus posted for the Delta Gold personal card I was targeted for in May, even though I’d had the same fairly recently (closed about six months ago). Bad news is Delta appears to have devalued their miles (yet again), and the website seems extra glitchy at the moment, so who knows how I’ll use these newly churned miles. Que sera, sera, I suppose.

Teri
Teri (@guest_602594)
June 5, 2018 16:18

Hi-
I have a referral for a Delta Amex Gold with 40,000 mile bonus and $50 statement credit. If interested, please email me at tburgs808 at gmail dot com
Thanks,
T

TomT
TomT (@guest_603182)
June 7, 2018 13:19

Posting referrals here is expressly prohibited. Doc will eventually find it and ban you after 1 warning.

Yu
Yu (@guest_602306)
June 4, 2018 20:35

I called amex today and tried to get confirmation from it before applying for the card. The CSR kept saying I would not get welcome bonus since I had the card before even if there is no lifetime term mentioned in the offer. I am really confused.

Jan B
Jan B (@guest_602319)
June 4, 2018 21:27
  Yu

Speculative answer at best. As mentioned before, I got an email invite with approval and bonus miles AFTER I had closed my initial Delta Gold Amex having gotten the first bonus already sometime before (it’s been over 10 years now). I believe the email is from a marketing arm and the history of a past account is not factored into the invite. I took the bait and got the same disappointing answer from AMEX after I did the requirements on the 2nd card. Amex catches it; marketing is not in the loop. One is just part of the “big net” approach to glean “new” cardmembers (defined as those who don’t have a current card).

My advice: don’t use the marketing email to apply. Look for a better source. Lifetime language is a term invented within the blogosphere. Only verifiable experiences with AMEX count toward success.

Theory
Theory (@guest_601913)
June 3, 2018 09:24

Does the latest iteration of this offer also allow for applying for the business version? I’m not seeing this made clear on the landing page for the offer (I am getting the 60k to show).

Alex
Alex (@guest_601518)
June 1, 2018 17:10

I was surprised this morning. After I logged into Delta, I saw the offer as an ad on the right side. Clicked on it, and sure enough no lifetime language.

Applied for now, even though I knew I would get rejected due to having 2 cards in the past 90 days. Going to call reconsideration after 90 days are up.

Yu
Yu (@guest_600788)
May 30, 2018 22:49

Anyone who had bonus from this Delta gold card in the past, can you share (1) If you are or not able to get the bonus posted this time; (2) If you got paper mail invite, email invite or no-invite?

Thanks.

DrCalamari
DrCalamari (@guest_599292)
May 25, 2018 15:11

How do you get the business offer to show? I only see the personal offer.

Waingro
Waingro (@guest_599290)
May 25, 2018 15:09

dummy booking gives me lifetime language and 25k miles + $150 credit offer 🙁