Save $90 on Delta bookings with this Amex offer [targeted]

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Amex has launched a new targeted offer for select cardholders in which it’s offering a $90 rebate on spending made with Delta Air Lines by the end of October. Given the terms and conditions and given the length of time we’re being given to trigger the rebate, this should be a relatively simple rebate to earn if you’re a Delta flyer.

Spend $450 and get $90 back with Delta

Headline Details

Get a one-time $90 statement credit by using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $450 in one or more purchases directly with Delta Air Lines by 10/30/2024. Flight must originate in the U.S. and purchase must be in USD.

Key Terms

• Enrollment limited.
• Must first add offer to Card and then use same Card to redeem.
• Limit 1 enrolled Card per Card Member across all American Express offer channels.
• Your enrollment of an eligible American Express Card for this offer extends only to that Card.
• Offer valid for purchases made directly with Delta Air Lines through U.S. delta.com, via Fly Delta U.S. App, and U.S. reservation telephone line.
• Flights must originate in the U.S., including U.S. territories, in order to qualify.
• Offer valid only for purchases where Delta Air Lines is the merchant of record, such as airfare, fare upgrades, seat selection fees, baggage fees, standby fees, and Delta Sky Club® memberships. Excludes the following: (i) purchases in-person at the airport where Delta is not the merchant of record, lounges, and sales offices, (ii) all purchases on-board flights including food, beverage, and WiFi, (iii) stand alone hotel bookings and car rentals through delta.com, (iv) purchases through third parties or affiliated agents, and (v) Delta Vacations, Delta Dive, Delta Cargo, On Demand Charter services, Delta Flight Museum, SkyMiles Marketplace purchases, SkyMiles Experiences, SkyMiles Cruises, Delta Meeting Network, (vi) travel insurance/trip protection, gift card purchases, and charitable donations.
• Valid only on purchases made in US dollars.
• Limit of 1 statement credit per Card Member.
• Statement credit will appear on your billing statement within 90 days after 10/30/2024, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase.
• Limit 1 enrolled Card per American Express Card online account.

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Quick thoughts

This is a slightly worse version of an offer that we’ve seen in the past (spend $400 and get $100 back), but it could still be an easy path to a nice saving if you have any upcoming bookings that you need to make with Delta.

I can see this offer targeted to the Platinum Card® from American Express and that’s good news because if that’s a card you hold (and you have been targeted), that’s a card that will earn you 5 valuable points per dollar that you spend with Delta (it offers 5 points/dollar on up to $500,000 of spending made directly with airlines or flights booked through Amex Travel and 1 point/dollar thereafter – terms apply).

It’s also worth noting that the wording of the offer makes it clear that multiple transaction adding up to $450 or more will trigger the statement credit and that as well as airfare purchases, upgrades, seat selection fees, baggage fees, standby fees, and even Delta Sky Club memberships will all count as qualifying purchases.

If you’re a Delta flyer that should make it relatively easy to trigger this offer, and it should make the offer attractive to those making several cheap bookings as well as those making a single significant booking.

Bottom line

Amex is currently targeting select cardholders for a good (but not excellent) offer on spending made with Delta by the end of October 2024. Cardholders will earn $90 back when they spend $450 or more and, importantly, all that spending does not need to be made in a single transaction.