The Real Cost of Chasing Delta Status
00:00:00.000 | So if you're really trying to use your spend to get Delta status,
00:00:03.240 | getting multiple Delta cards to get multiple headstarts
00:00:06.240 | and then spending on the reserve cards is going to be your best way to do it.
00:00:09.480 | But I would push back and say at some point,
00:00:11.620 | if you're spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a Delta card
00:00:14.440 | to try to get Delta status,
00:00:15.560 | you got to ask yourself what the opportunity cost of that spend is.
00:00:19.300 | And I went through an email exchange with someone who was asking me about this.
00:00:22.480 | And it turns out that by not using, let's say, a 2.625% cashback card,
00:00:27.680 | they were effectively spending $4,000 on Delta status each year
00:00:31.480 | to try to get all the way to Delta Diamond.
00:00:33.160 | If you think that that's worth it
00:00:34.580 | and you understand the benefits and the perks, awesome.
00:00:36.640 | But if you're actually thinking, wow, I don't fly Delta that often.
00:00:39.560 | If I just took that $4,000 and just paid for Comfort Plus
00:00:43.380 | or paid for business class, I'd probably be a lot happier.
00:00:46.280 | And maybe I wouldn't even fly Delta all the time.