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Amex continues to have great refer-a-friend offers on its Delta cards. These are equal or better than public offers. These offers were publicly available in late 2017, and the refer-a-friend versions expire today.

If you’ve been on the fence, the refer-a-friend offers have a few more hours left. Apply by January 31, 2017.

Between my wife and I, we have each of the platinum and gold cards. If you use our links we get 5,000 miles bonus, up to 55,000 miles per card per year. More miles = more travel = thank you!

Here are some of my favorite uses of Delta SkyMiles and how useful Delta SkyMiles are to Australia.

Heads Up: each of these bonuses is ‘once per lifetime’ under current Amex rules. If you have had any of these cards in the past (at least within 7 years), you will not be eligible for a bonus on that specific card. You can get the bonus on any of the below other cards that you have not previously held.

Disclaimer: I am not an American Express marketing partner. The below links are my personal refer-a-friend links.

Amex Delta Platinum:

If you chase Delta elite status, the Amex Delta Platinum cards grant 10,000 MQMs each at the $25,000 and $50,000 annual spend levels.

That first $25,000 also triggers the MQD waiver for Silver-Platinum, while Diamon now requires $250,000.

If you have both personal and business cards and spend $50,000 on each, that’s 40,000 MQMs per year.

Amex Delta Platinum (Personal): apply here

• 70,000 bonus miles and 10,000 MQMs for $3,000 minimum spend in first 3 months
• $100 statement credit with Delta purchase in first 3 months
• $195 annual fee not waived
• Offer expires 1/31/18

Amex Delta Platinum (Business): apply here

• 70,000 bonus miles and 10,000 MQMs for $4,000 minimum spend in first 3 months,
• $100 statement credit with Delta purchase in first 3 months
• $195 annual fee not waived
• Offer expires 1/31/18

Amex Delta Gold:

The Amex Delta Gold cards have some solid offers as well. 60k + $50 statement credit.

To compare, SkyMiles members without an open Amex Delta card from time to time may be targeted for offers in the 50-75k range, with or without statement credit.

Amex Delta Gold (Personal): apply here

• 50,000 bonus miles for $2,000 minimum spend first 3 months
• $50 statement credit with Delta purchase in first 3 months
• 10,000 additional bonus miles for additional $1,000 spend in first 6 months
• $95 annual fee waived in first year
• Offer expires 1/31/18

Amex Delta Gold (Business): apply here

• 50,000 bonus miles for $2,000 minimum spend in first 3 months
• $50 statement credit with Delta purchase in first 3 months
• 10,000 additional bonus miles for additional $1,000 spend in first 6 months
• $95 annual fee waived in first year
• Offer expires 1/31/18

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