Comments on: A Look at Delta’s New Diamond Medallion Credentials

By: Dave Marcus

Dave Marcus — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:27:01 +0000

The new metal luggage tags are great … we all thought. However, put them on your checked bag and after a few flight they look like a wadded up business card. (The plastic ones uncrumple and come out looking fresh after being knocked around as bags are tossed here and there, bounced out on conveyor belts, etc, The metal ones don’t uncrumple. It is amazing.)

A little more troubling – a Diamond over at MIA the other day pointed out to the gate staff how, with a little filing, his metal Diamond tag could be turned into an object with a VERY sharp cutting edge. that is NOT good.

By: Doug Henline

Doug Henline — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:13:26 +0000

I’m Diamond and it is all hollow doubletalk. Now that Delta is the largest, and has all the Worldperks added on top, your chances of upgrade are slim. And whats with the “benefit” of upgrade from full Y fare? Y and first are the same price!

Furthermore, and award ticket in business is now so high the 125% doesn’t really help–we’ve all lost ground for our loyalty.

Does anybody out there know how many Diamonds there are???

By: Robert Thornton

Robert Thornton — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:23:36 +0000

Diamond is nice but out of reach in any reasonable year for me, but I’m more worried about my lowly Lifetime Gold. Years ago when I went over 2mm I recieved all the hoopla saying I was Lifetime Gold (and I usually either earn that or platinum annually). In February 2010 I recieved an annual Gold level package based on last years activity and the NW FF merger. When I asked if I would still be Lifetime Gold if i lived past 12/31/10, they could not really answer clearly. Anybody know if the Lifetime levels have been demoted to annual levels?

By: chris

chris — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:12:07 +0000

Sent to me by reader DC:

I completely agree with “JK” about Delta’s new Medallion tags: they are too big. The old ones have a much better shape, are less obtrusive and less obnoxious.

By: Ron H

Ron H — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:40:55 +0000

That is the Platinum luggage tag is from ’08. The ’09 Platinum luggage tag was also black but square like the current Diamond luggage tag in the picture.