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Delta Air Lines removed Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) from the qualification requirements when it made changes to its SkyMiles program last year. Rollover MQMs were also going away. Delta gave its members until today (December 31, 2024) to decide what to do with those MQMs and if you haven’t decided yet, act fast.
If no action is taken, they will be converted to Medallion Qualifying Dollars (MQDs) at a 10:1 rate. If you amassed a ton of rollover MQMs in 2023, you can choose to extend your status (at your current level) for every 100,000 MQMs. This means that a Diamond Medallion with 300,000 excess MQMs could convert to three additional years of Diamond status. If this is not the situation that you’re in, you can choose from the following options:
- 100% redeemable miles and 0% MQDs
- 75% redeemable miles and 25% MQDs
- 50% redeemable miles and 50% MQDs
- 25% redeemable miles and 75% MQDs
- 0% redeemable miles and 100% MQDs
SkyMiles (redeemable miles for award travel) convert at a 2:1 rate. The choice of what to do with any excess MQMs is yours, but only through today. This presents a potentially good opportunity to top up your MQDs and hit a higher status level, extend status, or get some bonus SkyMiles in your account. You can make your selection here.
Anthony’s Take: Act fast if you have not yet made a choice. I had a small number of MQMs left and rolled them into MQDs much earlier in the year. I didn’t need to do this, but thought I was pushing for Diamond Medallion again at that time.
(Image Credits: Delta Air Lines.)
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