Delta Skymiles CC Offer Question

[vicarrieous]

Right now I have an offer of 35000 if I sign up for their gold card with the addition of some other valuable perks (free first checked bag and priority boarding plus a statement credit if I buy from Delta)

Now here is my question. This is good until end of May. Is it a possibility this deal would get better? Has anyone been offered more than 35k in sign up miles? I have some banked already and with this bonus we could have two free tickets based on current miles per flight in January.

I guess that leads into another question, do mile costs per flight fluctuate just like prices? We are booking for Jan 2017.

Thanks!

 

[DebbieB]

Right now I have an offer of 35000 if I sign up for their gold card with the addition of some other valuable perks (free first checked bag and priority boarding plus a statement credit if I buy from Delta)

Now here is my question. This is good until end of May. Is it a possibility this deal would get better? Has anyone been offered more than 35k in sign up miles? I have some banked already and with this bonus we could have two free tickets based on current miles per flight in January.

I guess that leads into another question, do mile costs per flight fluctuate just like prices? We are booking for Jan 2017.

Thanks!

They definitely fluctuate. It's hard to get a 25,000 mile ticket. I was looking for PIT-LAX and most were 65,000.

 

[alliecat523]

Yes, offers vary. I got my card on a 50,000 mile offer. If you don't need the miles right now, wait.

Miles for tickets vary too. This summer they have reduced mileage deals to Europe.

 

[vicarrieous]

Good to know! I have been getting offers nonstop so maybe I will hold out to see if there is a better one coming my way.

 

[alliecat523]

I'm on a Delta flight now. goldoffer50k.com for the 50k offer (on the back of the magazine). Also saw it on the delta homepage.

 

[vicarrieous]

@alliecat523 Thanks! I actually just applied last week and got the 50K bonus. Safe travels!

 

[Klismania]

It should also be noted that you can use your miles to help pay for tickets. I typically fly FC and plan on spending 30-40K of my miles to offset the price of a FC ticket. I haven't tried looking it up with coach but you could check that out as well.

 

[WDWNY]

I just got an offer for 60k miles in the mail a few days ago. Not sure what the name of the card is, but its the Delta one with an annual fee of $195.

 

[MichiganScott]

Yeah, 60K is the highest I've seen, usually from delta.com. Right now it appears to be 50K.

 

[vicarrieous]

Yea from what I have read 60K has been the highest but usually with a higher spending requirement and annual fee (I think its the platinum card). I ended up just taking the 50K offer with a 1k spending requirement and annual fee waived for the first year. Plus a $50 statement credit. I was happy with that.