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A few weeks ago there was a targeted Delta Amex Offer that showed up on some people’s cards. Something strange subsequently happened whereby Amex changed the expiry date from December 31 to October 14 – the day the offer first appeared.
As a result, we didn’t publish about the offer at the time because it disappeared from people’s cards, but it subsequently reappeared and so we wanted to highlight that so you don’t miss out if you were targeted.
The Deal
- Spend $300 in one or more transactions with Delta & get $125 back with a targeted Amex Offer.
Key Terms
- Expires December 31, 2021.
- Offer valid for purchases made directly with Delta Air Lines through U.S. delta.com, via Fly Delta U.S. App, and U.S. Delta Reservations telephone line.
- Flights must originate in the U.S., including U.S. territories, and purchases must be in U.S. dollars 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.
Quick Thoughts
Seeing as this offer has been around for a few weeks (other than a 1-2 day period where it disappeared), there’s a good chance you’ve already come across it if you were targeted.
It’s the most generous Delta Amex Offer that I can remember seeing because it gives you a return of 41.67% when spending exactly $300. That’s a fantastic offer, particularly with it being valid on one or more transactions.
If you don’t need to book any Delta flights before the end of the year but want to lock in the value, you can buy Delta gift cards to take advantage of the offer. You have to ensure you do that in the right way though because doing it the wrong way will mean you won’t get the $125 statement credit.
There are three different places that Delta sells gift cards – one directly on their website and two separate CashStar pages. You need to buy directly from Delta rather than CashStar, so this is the page you need to buy them from.
For some reason payments seem to be processed differently depending on if you buy on desktop or mobile, so it’s best to buy on desktop as mobile purchases might not trigger the statement credit.
Both my wife and I were lucky enough to be targeted for this offer when it came out on October 14. We both bought a $300 Delta eGift card using the method described above and both received our $125 statement credits a few days later.
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Hi Stephen, thanks for your link! It shows Delta Air Lines rather than Delta CSTAR GFTCD!
Great – hope you get the credit soon.
Delta gift cards are not like cash. “They may not be used for any additional fees (including baggage fees) or for any other products or services (including upgrades, in-flight purchases, premium seating, SkyMiles Cruises, cargo, hotel stays, or car rentals). Gift Cards cannot be used to pay for any cash portion of an Award or Miles + Cash Ticket.”
Hello! Do you know if this works on a physical gift card as well? Thanks!
I’d guess that it would seeing as it’s being purchased from the same site as the eGift card, but I’m not certain about that as I’ve only ever ordered the eGift card.
Hi Stephen, I am just here to say, thank you for the GC link. It worked.
Awesome, glad it worked 🙂
Hi Stephen, do you know if this will stack with the Plat airline credit? For example, if I pay for a $250 flight using a $50 GC + the card to trigger the $200 airline credit, will they count that $200 towards the $300 spend such that I would just need to top off the Amex Offer with a $100 GC purchase?
Also, do you know if multiple GCs will trigger the offer? More flexible to have a few smaller denominations.
I haven’t done this myself, but I’d assume it would work because the Amex Offer is valid on one or more transactions.
Not sure if this ship sailed, but yes, multiple GCs adding to 300 triggered the offer.
I’m not sure how Amex would calculate that. With the 10% Dell Amex Offer, when used on a Business Platinum card with the Dell credits, Amex has clawed back some of the statement credits before, so I don’t know if they’d do something when combining this Delta Amex Offer with the airline credit.
Delta now offers free standard (3-4 day) shipping on physical GCs, through Dec 16.
They’re also offering a Limited Edition $50 Gift Card — “Get a bonus $50 Delta Gift Card made from the aluminum of a retired DC-9 aircraft when you purchase $500 or more in Delta Gift Cards.” Works out to ~32% off, which isn’t as good as the original $125 off $300gc (~42% off), but still a decent deal if you’re looking for some “limited edition” bling.
That limited edition card has already sold out. I think payment for that card would also have been processed via CashStar and so wouldn’t have triggered the statement credit from the Amex Offer.
Anyone tried booking and canceling within 24 hours and seeing if the credit is retained?
There’s a good chance Amex would claw back the statement credit.
You said this will work multiple times. So, I can buy multiple flights and get the discount?
Yes, you can pay for 2+ flights and get the $125 provided the flights cost at least $300 when totaled together.
If I have multiple $300+ flights, it just does 1 refund, right?
Yes, there’s only one $125 statement credit.
Thanks!