How Greg uses his Delta Platinum credit card perks | Coffee Break Ep46 | 2-25-25
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Frequent Miler
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🗓️ 26 February 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
With a $350 annual fee, the Delta Platinum credit card is not cheap. But like most of these more expensive cards, it comes with perks and credits that help off-set that cost. Since Greg has this card, we'll find out how he makes use of these various perks and credits.
Learn more about the Delta Platinum card here and the Delta Platinum Business card here.
(00:15) - $350
(00:55) - 15% off when using miles to book an award flight (Delta metal only)
(02:22) - Annual $2,500 MQD Headstart
(04:49) - Companion ticket each year upon card renewal
Learn more about Delta Companion Certificates here.
(07:36) - Delta Stays rebate
(09:14) - $10/Month Rideshare
(14:12) - $10/Month US Resy restaurants
(16:58) - Priority boarding, first checked bag free on Delta flights, and complimentary upgrade list: get added to the complimentary upgrade list after Delta elite members and Reserve cardmembers
(17:53) - Cell phone protection
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at |
| 0:07.1 | voyescape.com. Welcome to coffee break, where we focus on a single topic related to miles and |
| 0:16.3 | points. And each coffee break is limited to 20 minutes or less for your money back. |
| 0:22.2 | Let's talk about the Delta Platinum credit card. This is a card that I know Greg has in his |
| 0:27.0 | wallet, and it's kind of an expensive card at $350 per year. That's the annual fee on the Delta |
| 0:33.0 | Platinum card. But I know that it comes with some perks, and I know that Greg the Frequent |
| 0:37.1 | Miler wouldn't be carrying this card unless he was getting good value out of them. So tell us, |
| 0:41.1 | how do you get good value out of an Amex Delta platinum card? Sure. First off, I don't really carry |
| 0:48.1 | it so much as I have it. I never put any spend on this card at all. I keep the card because of its perks that are valid regardless of whether you spend on the card. |
| 1:01.4 | So I'll get into some of what is what's on here and why I value these things. |
| 1:06.1 | So first off, 15% off when using miles to book an award flight with Delta. Just by having this card, |
| 1:13.5 | or the Delta Gold, or the Delta Reserve card, you get that discount off of award flights. So between |
| 1:21.0 | my wife and I, we probably have, I don't know, close to 2 million Delta Sky miles. |
| 1:36.5 | And, you know, so we do use miles when we could get decent value from them. |
| 1:41.2 | I mean, like, and when I say it like that, I mean, I don't expect to get way outside value for my Delta Sky miles. |
| 1:42.9 | They've become more and more like pennies |
| 1:45.6 | as far as how valuable they are for most for most uses. So as long as I can get, you know, |
| 1:51.7 | over around 1.3 cents per point value, then I'm going to use our stash of Sky Miles. And that's |
| 1:58.6 | pretty common, especially with this 15% discount factor day. Wait, I have a question here. So is that good on all awards? So if I book any, or like I book an award on Korean Air via delta.com using my Delta sky miles. Do I get that rebate? No. It only works when you're flying Delta itself. But, you know, you do, for those interested in chasing elite status, award |
| 2:18.3 | flights book through Delta, do give you elite qualifying dollars. And so you, you know, there's that |
| 2:26.3 | extra value you get when you're booking awards through Delta. And that, I believe that does count even |
| 2:30.3 | that part counts when you're booking things like Korean Air. |
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