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Link: Delta SkyMiles® Gold American Express Card
Link: Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card
Link: Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card
Amex has recently increased the welcome offer for several of their co-branded Delta SkyMiles cards. This current offer is +25,000 higher than the best offer found on 02/06/25 for the Reserve card. This offer ends 10/29/2025. Other cards match the Bonus Miles of the best offer found on 02/06/25.
This means that if you’re planning to pick up any of these Delta SkyMiles cards, it’s probably a good time to do, as we haven’t seen offers this high in the previous 7 months.
Here is the list of the current offers:
- Delta SkyMiles® Gold: Earn 80,000 Bonus Miles after you spend $3,000 in eligible purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership. Offer Ends 10/29/2025. (The previous offer was 50,000)
- Delta SkyMiles® Platinum: Earn 90,000 Bonus Miles after you spend $4,000 in eligible purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership. Offer Ends 10/29/2025. (The previous offer was 60,000)
- Delta SkyMiles® Reserve: Earn 125,000 Bonus Miles after you spend $6,000 in eligible purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership. Offer Ends 10/29/2025. (The previous offer was 70,000)
Here is the history of previous offers that we think will be hard for new offers to beat:
You should compare any current and future offers to past offers to see if you’re getting a good deal when you sign-up for a new card. Here’s the most recent history.
- 09/08/25 – Current offer: Gold: 80,000 after $3000 in 6-months / Platinum 90,000 after $4000 in 6-months / Reserve: 125,000 after $6000 in 6-months.
- 02/06/25 – Gold: 80,000 after $2000 in 6-months / Platinum 90,000 after $3000 in 6-months / Reserve: 100,000 after $5000 in 6-months.
These cards have annual fees:
- Delta SkyMiles® Gold: $0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $150. See Rates and Fees
- Delta SkyMiles® Platinum: $350. See Rates and Fees
- Delta SkyMiles® Reserve: $650. See Rates and Fees
Our personal opinions about this offer:
- If Delta is your main airline, then there are several perks with these cards that are worth noting: The main one being 15% off when using miles to book Award Travel on Delta flights through delta.com and the Fly Delta app. The other worthwhile perk is the free first-checked-bag perk.
There are a few things to point out about this deal:
- You can check your application status online via this link.
- Amex will likely deny your application if you have more than 5 or more Amex cards, or 10 or more cards total.
- This welcome offer isn’t available if you have received a welcome bonus for any other Delta SkyMiles card within the past 24-months.
- If you get denied and you have good credit, call their reconsideration hotline: 877-399-3083 (if you are a new account holder) Calling may not change the outcome, but there is a chance it will. You’ll also be able to get better insight in why your application was denied.
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- For rates and fees, please visit the corresponding URL for each card: [Delta SkyMiles® Gold] / [Delta SkyMiles® Platinum] / [Delta SkyMiles® Reserve].
