09-27-2017, 09:51 PM
It seems like all they're doing is tightening up a loophole on the least passenger-centric qualification criteria. No clue as to how many folks have been muscling in on Diamond status by simply spending $25K on the co-brand Amex and only flying once every year or so. If those peeps are at all infringing on the regulars that are flying twice a week, and Delta wants to be nicer to the real frequent fliers, the idea of raising the spending requirement makes sense. Also no clue on what the average Diamond Amex qualifiers have been spending, but it would make sense to double it and round up. I'm guessing bumping the spending to $75K or $100K wouldn't statistically dissuade enough people to allow Delta to concentrate on the real frequent fliers, so the "Amex spenders only" now get stuck mostly at Platinum rather than Diamond; still not too shabby for not being a real frequent flier.
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