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50k Amex Delta Gold + 70k Amex Delta Platinum
HOLY FLIPPING SCHMOLY! This is the largest public offer I’ve ever seen: 70k Amex Delta Platinum! This is 10k more than the offers that were put out earlier in the year at 50k and 60k respectively. This matches the top public offer in the last few years. I’ve seen larger targeted offers, but 50k for Amex Delta gold is very solid. Let’s take a look at the new INCREDIBLE public offers: 50k Amex Delta Gold + 70k Amex Delta Platinum.
How can we find these offers?
These are public offers. I was searching some award inventory when I saw the increased 50k Amex Delta Gold offer. I clicked the link and it took me to the next screen.
That’s when I saw these new offers: 50k Amex Delta Gold + 70k Amex Delta Platinum
Respectively these cards require $2000 and $3000. The great deal with the Amex Delta Platinum is you also earn 10k MQM. What a great and easy way to get a boost in your MQM if you’re a little short on the year. The Delta Reserve Card is offering 10k MQM and 10k Redeemable Delta miles after JUST THE FIRST PURCHASE
The offers are there for business cards too!
The min spend is 2k more for the Amex Delta Platinum Business than the personal, but still a great deal.
Will I sign up for these offers?
I’ve already had both the Amex Delta Gold personal and business. So…
2 things I’ll consider
- Amex is supposedly announcing something big in the beginning of October. Sooo I’ll at least wait til after that
- I’ve also taken a 50k upgrade offer from Amex business gold to platinum that requires 10k spend in 5 months. I’ll have to seriously weigh doing another sign up, and if I did, I would go for the Amex Delta Platinum Business.
Will these count against 5/24
As far as we know, Amex Business cards do not count against 5/24 and don’t show up on your personal credit profile.
Delta devalued their award chart
- From the US-EUROPE in business class is now 70k ( well october 1st) I used 62.5 to fly Virgin Atlantic last year. Like the title image of this post
- From US – ASIA in business is now 80k
It’s probably no surprise that Amex has increased their sign up offers. They’ve been getting killed by Chase and Citi lately.
What would I use these for?
It costs 80k to fly from the US to Asia and I’m planning a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia over NYE. So I’d put them to good use on China Airlines. Their product looks amazing and if I couldn’t land China…I’d give China Eastern a go.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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