Rewards
The welcome bonus on the American Express Delta Gold Business Card comes in tiers. Earn 40,000 bonus miles after you spend $2,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months. Once your first membership anniversary hits, you’ll earn another 10,000 SkyMiles.
In addition to earning 2 SkyMiles per dollar spent on Delta Air Lines purchases, you’ll earn 2 miles per dollar on the following business-related spending: U.S. shipping, U.S. advertising in select media, and restaurants worldwide. All other purchases will net you 1 mile per dollar spent.
Rewards aren’t restricted, and technically the sky’s the limit here, but be aware that Delta SkyMiles aren’t the most valuable currency to be earning on everyday purchases as far as credit card rewards go.
Delta is a SkyTeam alliance partner, and the miles earned in the SkyMiles program can be redeemed to book award seats on flights operated by the following carriers: Aeroflot, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aeroméxico, Air Europa, Air France, Alitalia, China Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Czech Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Kenya Airways, KLM, Korean Air, Middle East Airlines, TAROM, Vietnam Airlines, and XiamenAir.
Unfortunately, Delta’s award rates in premium cabins on its own flights have skyrocketed since the airline removed award charts from the web and implemented dynamic pricing. However, it’s still possible to find space in business class at reasonable rates on one of the aforementioned partner airlines.
If you’re not spoiled by fine wine, and lie-flat beds in the sky, one of the best options of redeeming SkyMiles is during a Flash Sale promo. The destinations are announced monthly , and you can snag one of the discounted trips in economy class to the listed region.
To determine the rewards potential of the Delta SkyMiles Gold Business card, we have to look at the bonus categories and calculate what an example American household might spend in those areas. Forbes uses data from various government agencies in order to determine both baseline income and spending averages across various categories. The 70th percentile of wage-earning households bring in $100,172 annually, and we base spending on that number. For a small business card, we base our estimates on a sole proprietorship or a freelancer’s expenses.
The Delta SkyMiles Gold Card earns the following: 2 SkyMiles per dollar spent on Delta Air Lines purchases
2 miles per dollar on the following business-related spending: U.S. shipping, U.S. advertising in select media, and restaurants worldwide.
1 mile per dollar […]
