Gold Medallions get access to the seats three days prior to the flight; long suffering Silvers can grab what's left over when they check in 24 hours ahead of time.
A Gold Medallion gets 100 % bonus right now, 7600 miles, which is more than 670 * 8 = 5360 in the new plan.
Not exact matches
Gold Medallion members
get SkyTeam ElitePlus status, and will receive a high level of treatment when flying partner airlines.
I fly at minimum 40,000 domestic miles a year on my own cash, so
getting 15,000 more MQMs really makes a huge difference in
getting Gold Medallion (I fly more miles internationally but use awards for most of those trips).
Gold Medallion members
get SkyTeam ElitePlus status, and will receive a high level of treatment when flying partner airlines.
Delta Reserve is an excellent card to
get you very close to
Gold Medallion after just one year of use.
I already had Pre-Check when flying Delta (about half the time as a
Gold Medallion), so hopefully this means I'll
get it more often on United and American as well.
Thanks to their award chart devaluation I'm going to be crediting my Delta flights to Alaska Airlines next calendar year (hopefully after a status match
gets me to MVP
Gold or MVP
Gold 75K), but in the meantime Platinum
Medallion is absolutely priceless for the ability to rebook awards — for free — from the «medium» and «high» levels to the «low» level as award availability appears.
Delta Diamond
Medallion members
get complimentary CLEAR enrollment, while Platinum,
Gold and Silver
Medallion members it for just $ 79.
I added my Delta Airlines
Gold Medallion number (Skyteam Elite Plus) to my reservation and was able to
get a complimentary upgrade.
In addition, over the past couple years they've made tweaks to the cards, including
getting rid of the
Gold card companion ticket and instituting a waiver for cardholders to be exempt from the new
Medallion Qualifying Dollars program if you spend $ 25,000 in a calendar year on your card.
If you've lost
Medallion status, here's a bit of good news: If you have the
Gold or Platinum Delta Sky Miles American Express card,
get ready to head back to the front of the line.