A rough calculation shows I'll be about 10,000 MQMs away from Delta Diamond by year end. Is it worth randomly booking several long trips to get Diamond?

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Flights to HK and back are super cheap now. Just fly there and back and don’t bother leaving the airport. Should get you enough for diamond.

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What’s your home airport? If it’s a Delta hub, you may struggle to get upgraded even with Diamond status.

If your home airport is not a Delta hub, and you want global upgrades for an international trip next year, recommend going for Diamond. Do a mileage run/plan an overseas vaca before EOY if you can.

In my experience (living in non hub city) Diamond is significantly better than platinum. Upgraded to first over 75% of the time, use the delta lounge during connections, and use global upgrades. Also I regularly call the Diamond line to switch flights and they are so lovely/helpful.

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What is your home base? How often do you fly (assuming lots, but short haul/long haul?)

Half year coast to coast and half year short haul but no direct flight.

You can buy up at the end of the year, though the value isn’t great. Probably costs you $2000 to get the 10,000 MQM’s

If you don’t have the delta branded Amex Platinum, they have a promotion right now that gets you 10k MQMs after a few thousand in spend.

Can you take connections or something and achieve it? Definitely a step up in benefits. But not worth spending a ton of money on it.

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