{"id":6134,"date":"2013-09-10T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T00:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=6134"},"modified":"2013-09-10T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T00:50:45","slug":"why-im-ending-my-relationship-with-delta-airlines-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/09\/10\/why-im-ending-my-relationship-with-delta-airlines-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I\u2019m Ending My Relationship With Delta Airlines For Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recently I wrote about having a <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/05\/06\/i-have-a-love-hate-relationship-with-the-same-day-confirmed-policy-on-delta-airlines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Love\/Hate Relationship with Delta Airlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So this year, I have acquired 36,361 MQM\u2019s (Medallion Qualifying Miles) including 21,717 MQM\u2019s rolled over from last year. That means that I have accumulated 14,644 MQM\u2019s in 2013. Today, Delta Airlines introduced a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delta.com\/content\/www\/en_US\/skymiles\/about-skymiles\/medallion-program\/medallion-qualification-dollars.html\" target=\"_blank\">Medallion Qualification Dollar Tracker<\/a> so we could see how much MQD\u2019s we have accumulated this calendar yet, but won\u2019t count until the program begins in 2014 for US Customers. Looking at the chart, I have spent $317 so far accumulating 14,644 MQM\u2019s this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/deltadone1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6135\" alt=\"deltadone1\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/deltadone1.jpg\" width=\"663\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/deltadone1.jpg 663w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/deltadone1-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The $317 MQD does not include fuel surcharges (YQ) and taxes. This is surprisingly a low spend considering I earned 14,644 MQM\u2019s this year. At this rate, I\u2019m averaging a rate of 0.0216 MQD per MQD. To reach Diamond Medallion, which requires 125,000 MQM\u2019s, I would need to spend $2,700 + fuel surcharges + taxes under the current program.<\/p>\n<p>Under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delta.com\/content\/www\/en_US\/skymiles\/about-skymiles\/medallion-program\/medallion-qualification-dollars.html\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Medallion Qualifying Program<\/a>, if I reached 125,000 MQM\u2019s, I won\u2019t be a newly minted Diamond Medallion. I will barely crack Silver Medallion by spending $2,700 according to the Medallion Qualifying Levels chart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/deltadone2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6136\" alt=\"deltadone2\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/deltadone2.jpg\" width=\"521\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/deltadone2.jpg 521w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/deltadone2-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is definitely death of the mileage run which is mostly all the fares that I buy. I won\u2019t be spending $25,000 on an American Express co-branded Delta Skymiles credit card for the waiver. It doesn\u2019t make sense. I really hope American Airlines doesn\u2019t follow suit or else I will need to find a new airline loyalty program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think about Delta&#8217;s new online Medallion Qualification Tracker?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Recently I wrote about having a Love\/Hate Relationship with Delta Airlines. 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