(EXPIRED) Delta Air Lines cardholders: Get a $100 Delta eCredit with booking of $500 or more [Enrollment required]

If you have a Delta Air Lines credit card, you may be eligible for an Amex Member Week offer to earn a $100 Delta eCredit with an international booking of $500 or more (terms and conditions apply). There is a lot of fine print to be checked below, but this could be a very good deal if you have a booking in mind already.

The Deal

• Delta SkyMiles American Express cardholders have been targeted to enroll for a Member Week promotion to earn a $100 Delta Air Lines eCredit with a qualifying international flight booking of $500 or more when you book by 11:59 EDT on 10/13/23 for travel completed on or before 3/24/23 (note that travel between 12/15/23 and 1/10/24 is excluded)
• Direct link to this deal

Key Terms

• Eligibility: Basic Card Members of Delta SkyMiles® American Express Cards issued in the United States (“Eligible Card Members”) are eligible to participate in this promotion after enrolling between 12:30AM EDT on October 9, 2023 and 11:59PM EDT on October 13, 2023 on delta.com/memberweek. This promotion is non-transferable.
• Eligible Card Members can earn a $100 Delta eCredit for use towards a future flight after purchasing a Main Cabin or higher fare of at least $500 on a Delta or Delta Connection® carrier-operated roundtrip international flight (subject to the exclusions listed below, an “Eligible Flight”) between 12:30am EDT on October 9, 2023 and 11:59pm EDT on October 13, 2023 on their enrolled Card Account.
• Eligible Card Member must enroll in the promotion prior to booking, and book an Eligible Flight by midnight EDT on October 13, 2023.
• Eligible Flights must originate within the U.S. 50 and serve an international destination (U.S. territories are excluded).
• Award Travel (including Miles + Cash) and Basic Economy tickets are not considered Eligible Flights.
• Travel must be completed on or before March 24, 2024.
• If the ticket purchased to satisfy the promotion requirement is changed or cancelled after eCredit fulfillment, Delta reserves the right to remove the eCredit from your SkyMiles account.
• Eligible Flights cannot take place during the following blackout travel dates apply: December 15, 2023 – January 10, 2024. Flights booked that will depart or return during this blackout period are not considered Eligible Flights.
• By enrolling in this promotion, you acknowledge the content of these Terms and Conditions and agree to abide by them.
• Eligible Flight must be booked with the Basic Card Member’s Delta SkyMiles American Express Card and flight reservation must be in the name of Basic Card Member.
• Only one eCredit will be issued per Card Account.
• Additional Card Members are not eligible for this promotion.
• To receive the $100 Delta eCredit, your Card Account must not be cancelled or past due at the time of fulfillment.
• See promotion page for full terms

Quick Thoughts

As you can see above, there are a number of restrictions here. The flight needs to be international, it can’t be basic economy or an award ticket, and it must be for travel by 3/24/23 but not between 12/15/23 and 1/10/24. That includes enough restrictions that this isn’t likely to be a situation that warrants looking for an opportunity to buy a flight.

It notes that if you later change or cancel your flight, Delta reserves the right to take back the eCredit. That doesn’t necessarily say that they will but rather that they could. I guess that a very regular Delta flyer might make a speculative booking intending to cancel and bank the $500 credit paid for the qualifying flight and the $100 eCredit, but there’s no doubt that it is a risky move. I should further note that the terms indicate that if Delta feels like you have engaged in abuse, they could take back the credit — and if you have already booked a flight with it, they could cancel the ticket.

That said, if you have actual plans for an international trip with a qualifying fare, this certainly could work out well. I could imagine that if I were tracking an international flight with a price right around $500 and hoping for a fare drop, this could be a deal that would push me over the edge to book.

H/T: Doctor of Credit

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