There once was a time that pulling out your “gold card” showed you were an important person in the world. If you can remember that far back, you know that credit card issuers reserved gold status for people with high incomes. These days however, gold status means absolutely nothing in the credit card world. Even though the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express may have an historically impressive name, the real question is whether the offer is worthwhile.
For the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express, you can earn 30,000 bonus miles after making $1,000 in purchases on your new card within the first three months of cardmembership. You also earn a $50 statement credit after you make a Delta purchase with your new card within your first three months.
- Earn 2 miles per dollar spent on purchases made directly with Delta.
- Earn 1 mile for every dollar spent on all other eligible purchases
Even though you may find this reward program to be a little light when compared to others, this airline miles credit card has an additional benefit: When you book a flight with the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express and fly Delta, your first checked bag is free. In fact, that’s a savings of up to $200 per round trip for a family of four.
The Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express also offers “Premium Travel Perks” such as priority boarding so you can settle in sooner. You’ll enjoy the $0 introductory annual fee for the first year of card membership. Then the annual fee goes to $95.
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If Delta is your airline of choice and you find yourself traveling often, the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express is a card to consider. The amount of money you’ll save in checked baggage fees, along with a good rewards program could mean thousands of savings every year. To complete an application or read more about this offer and to review the terms and restrictions of the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express for yourself click on the links in this post.
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Updated July 7, 2016 and originally published April 22, 2011.
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Welcome back, Flexo. Enjoyed your guest columnists! I just read an article yesterday about British Airways offering a credit card where you get 50K miles for signing up, and another 50k miles if you spend $2,500 in the first 90 days afterward. I haven’t had time to read up on the details, but 100k miles would be enough for two roundtrip tickets to Europe. Maybe you can check it out and give your readers a review…
I still like my AMEX Blue Cash.
The Gold SkyMiles is great for the free bag in itself. A little know fact is you can downgrade to the Blue SkyMiles card and not pay a fee! You lose the free bag perk and earn mile for every two miles flown. .
I’m a little confused. This credit card, and other premium reward pograms are packed with consumer promotions designed to make you use more credit. Using these cards for the rewards is like spending at a casino for the chance of winning…chances are you will be slammed.
Can you think of any other ways to manage cash flow that don’t involve the use of credit?
I still love my United Airlines card. If you don’t have enough to book a flight with your miles, you can book normally and then apply a credit toward the cost, using your miles.
For example, let’s say a flight takes 30,000 miles and I only have 25,000 in my account. Then I go ahead and book the flight, which costs, say, $350 on United Airlines. I can then have the card company apply my 25,000 credits to the total, which would be $250. So my trip costs only $100.
Of course, it’s great to get full-on free flights. But if you don’t have enough and you have to fly — like when my husband’s good friend got married — it’s a good Plan B for saving money.