To earn elite status with Delta Air Lines, you must meet the minimum MQD requirement within a calendar year. How To Earn Delta MQDs Through Credit Cards One of the easiest ways to earn Delta MQDs is through selectDelta American Express cards. Your MQD earning rate depends on your credit c...
Calculate Your Potential Medallion Status, Go to footer noteMQD Thresholds for Status Below are the thresholds to earn toward 2026 Status. 2026 Medallion Status is earned by reaching the spending activity for the 2025 calendar year (January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025); 2026 Status is val...
To calculate the number of MQDs you'll earn, find your fare class on the earning chart and look under the "Medallion Qualifying Dollars" column. Then, use a tool likeGreat Circle Mapperto figure out your flight's distance. Multiply the distance by the percentage to find the number of MQ...
Delta SkyMiles awards one MQD per dollar spent on the ticket cost of Delta-marketed flights. So this includes all flights that are marketed by Delta, even if they’re on partner airlines (in other words, you’re booking your ticket through Delta). Earn MQDs for flights on Delta Government...
Delta has long been the only major U.S. airline toaward Million Miler statusbased on how many MQMs you earn in your lifetime. (American and United calculate lifetime status earnings based on "butt-in-seat" miles flown.) Now that Delta is retiring MQMs, it's also overhauling how you ea...