Latest reviews about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

stu999 says "Skymiles have been devalued" about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

stu999 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:36:57 GMT

The Delta Platinum American Express Skymiles card has become worth a great deal less in the past year. It is still possible to earn up to 20,000 MQM's per year if you charge $50,000.00 on the card per year. The MQM's help maintain elite status. But the redeemable miles which are earned at a rate of $1 equals one mile is not very good. AMEX use to offer 2 miles per dollar on many catagories. Now only Delta purchases equal two miles per dollar.

The biggest problem is that Delta has changed it's award chart. They have devalued the worth of a mile by requiring more miles for the same trip. A round trip from anywhere in the USA to Europe in bussiness class now requires at least 100,000 miles. That is up from 90,000 miles last year. However it's very difficult to find a seat for 100,000 miles. If you are willing to spend 200,000 miles (mid tier) you can generally find a seat.

So you need to charge around $200,000 for one free ticket. That is not a good deal and dooesn't justify the big annual...

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RenieO says "It gives you more than some other freq. flyer cards." about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

RenieO — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:39:41 GMT

I've been with the program for several years now, and like it better than two others I belong to......mostly because of the double mile promotions they run every so often. One thing that I don't like is that now you end up paying a lot more miles for the trips. They are making it harder to travel on your miles....

Fisherette says "Great" about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

Fisherette — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:12:52 GMT

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dickiedayna says "Great if you love to travel." about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

dickiedayna — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:53:18 GMT

Interest rates are sky high....

djammie2 says "love those skymiles!!!!" about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

djammie2 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:45:10 GMT

American Express Skymiles - love them and love watching them grow...

kate75 says "Best credit card ever" about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

kate75 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:45:42 GMT

The AmEx Delta Platinum is is my favorite credit card ever. I charge absolutely everything on it and pay it off in full religiously. This would not be a good card for someone who carries a balance, as the interest rate is high. Also, the only reason to have this card is if you like to travel internationally, which I do. The reason I say this is that the annual fee for the card is $150, and Delta is about to start charging for FF miles redemption. If all you do is fly domestic, it means the miles aren't worth much, but if you fly first class internationally, the miles are worth over a nickel apiece, and that's more than 5% back, better than any other card. You even get a lot of bonus miles, like 20000 for spending $50K in a year, which we always do. You also get double miles on groceries, gas, home improvement, etc, making that a 10% return. Also, the customer service is terrific - they have solved problems for us, got our money back when we've had trouble with a retailer,......

espfran says "delta skymiles is the best. Went on a lot of trips free." about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

espfran — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:03:00 GMT

I have been using delta sky miles from american express for years. Have gotten a lot of free trips. Also got companion free trips when I do not have enough of points. So either way I am only paying for 1 fare for 2 people....

classyone says "Rewards galore!" about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

classyone — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:15:42 GMT

I use my credit card everywhere for everything. The points add up so quickly. I haven't paid for an airline ticket in so long because of mileage points accumulated. Besides the rewards you also have the guarantee of AmEx when you purchase. ...

JOEY259 says "USE IT AND FLY" about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

JOEY259 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:58:47 GMT

GREAT WAY TO GET POINTS AND GET FREE AIRLINE TICKETS USED TO BUY PRODUCTS FOR EVERYDAY LIVING EXPENSES AND BEST OF ALL POINTS CAN BE USED FOR OTHER VACTIONS ITEMS LIKE CAR RETAL HOTEL AND MUCH MORE AND USE TO ACULMALTED POINTS THRU OTHER PROGRAMS EXCHANGABLE WITH DETLA AIRLINES...

Jameswork says "Use Miles for International Travel - That's It!" about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

Jameswork — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:42:08 GMT

You should only carry/use this card if you intend on using the miles for international travel on a partner airline. We used Delta FF miles to book a flight from Boston to Bali on partner airline Singapore Airlines. We flew first class on Delta (Boston to Los Angeles) and business class on Singapore (Los Angeles to Singapore to Bali). The business class on Singapore was far superior to the first class on Delta - night and day. We figured if we had to pay for the business class tickets on Singapore, it would have cost us in excess of $10K, so the use of the Delta FF miles was well worth carrying and using the card despite the $135 annual fee. If you fly often on Delta and are a medallion member, it might make sense to carry and use this card for the bonus miles, but due to recent cutbacks in capacity, it might be a lot harder to use your hard earned FF miles to book travel....

gled says "good card" about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

gled — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:43:34 GMT

The $135 annual fee is the bigest drawback for me. Otherthan that this is a great card!...

MacGyver says "After 10 years of Free Hawaiian flights, we are BUMPED!" about American Express - Delta Skymiles Platinum

MacGyver — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:27:15 GMT

We just went through a very disappointing Delta Airlines experience. So bad we are selling our Maui timeshare so we do not have to fly 15 hours to arrive at 9PM after taking off at 5:30AM EST and arrive to get the last available suite for the 2 week period we own.

We use our Delta Skymiles to fly free for 10 years & the first 5 they were arriving at 4PM, a rental car was ready for us, 30 minutes ride was in daylight & we were in a much better mood arriving for 4PM check in. The last 5 years we have been changed & changed again & told we have no seats when I have seats on my E-ticket that they have changed 5 times since my April reservation to fly in February next year.

March,2006: Just got online to book 2/15/2007 CLE-OGG and now they want 70,000 miles per person for COACH! Not 70,000 per couple.

I phoned in 2006 verifying our flight info & nothing had changed. We were flying a new route from CLE-SLC-OGG arriving at 3PM or CLE-ATL-HNL arriving at 11PM & then inter island flight we pay...

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