One thing to note is that you are only eligible to receive one annual bonus per threshold for calendar year for each type of Delta credit card. Since the welcome bonuses for these cards usually have an offer of something like 5,000 to 10,000 MQM’s, you would be able to more than hit the income requirement for top elite status. That would put you only 5,000 MQM’s short of hitting the requirement for diamond status!

So if you spent a total of $240,000 in a year between the four of these cards, in accordance with the MQM spend requirements, you could potentially net 120,000 MQMs. With the Delta SkyMiles Reserve Business, you can earn 15,000 MQMs after $30,000 in eligible purchases, up to 4X per calendar year. With the Delta SkyMiles Platinum Business, you can earn 10,000 MQMs after $25,000 in eligible purchases, up to 2x per calendar year. In addition to these cards, you can also earn more MQMs with the business versions. This means that if you spend $120,000 in a year you can earn a total of 60,000 MQMs. With the Delta SkyMiles Reserve, you can earn 15,000 MQMs after $30,000 in eligible purchases, up to 4X per calendar year. This means that if you spend $50,000 in a year you can earn a total of 20,000 MQMs. With the Delta SkyMiles Platinum, you can earn 10,000 MQMs after $25,000 in eligible purchases, up to 2x per calendar year. Delta Airlines A330-323 N821NW at JFK JEarning Delta MQMs

You can actually have this requirement waived by spending a certain amount on your Delta credit cards and I will talk more about that below. Keep in mind that you also have to spend a certain amount of money which is known as the MQD requirement which stands for “Medallion Qualification Dollars.” Here are the requirements for all tiers of status for Delta: Medallion Tierĭelta Medallion qualification requirementsĪs you can see, the bottom level of elite status known as silver status requires 25,000 MQM’s while the top level requires 125,000 MQMs. These are not miles with different valuations that you use to redeem for award flights but instead these are miles required for earning elite status with Delta. Delta MQMs stands for “Medallion Qualification Miles.”

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