Need about 5k miles to keep gold status on delta and could hit that with about $300 in spend on a mileage run. Worth it? I travel a couple times a month typically. Also if anyone knows of a better route out of Boston to get the miles please share!

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Only $300. Sure why not. Seems easy enough to have a round trip over a few hours. Can even park the car in short term hourly parking.

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Delta Gold is worth "on average" $1800, so would say yes. Of course the exact value to you will depend on your travel habits, but seems a no brainer for how much you travel.

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lol whoever came up with that number has likely not flown much at all recently. First class upgrades are non-existent for Gold on popular routes and even Economy Comfort has become rarer. Checked bags are free but you get that benefit with a credit card too. Everything else is near worthless - a site I saw put $50 value on the priority line which is barely priority service anymore.

Have Gold now and not at all sad to be losing it next year.

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Take a weekend vacation

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Gold is definitely at least $300 better than Silver. Fly somewhere and meet someone for lunch.

As crazy as it sounds, you can find cheap flights on Delta to Anchorage for a quick weekend trip usually $450 but amazing amount of miles and mqm

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