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Delta 747 Reserve SkyMiles Cards No Longer Available to Current Reserve Cardholders

Chris Carley by Chris Carley
July 12, 2022
in Credit Cards
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Delta and American Express announced two Reserve cards made of metal from a retired Boeing 747 airplane.
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Do you currently hold either a Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card or Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card and want to get the sexy, new metal card made from a real Delta 747?

Well, I have some bad news.

Existing Reserve cardholders are no longer eligible to request a replacement card with the 747 metal. Reader Blake chipperly pointed out, “This is now only offered for new card members or upgrades. Entire article should be deleted.”

American Express confirmed to me:

We are thrilled by the incredible response to the new limited-edition card design and while we wish we could offer it to everyone who wants one, there’s a limited supply of cards we could make from Delta Ship #6307. Beginning July 1 through August 3 the Boeing 747 credit card design will be available for people applying for a new Reserve or Reserve Business Cards or upgrading from a Delta SkyMiles Gold or Platinum Card while supplies last. The response to this limited-edition card design has been truly amazing and we will continue to look for ways to offer our Card Members more unique products in the future.

(Maybe Gold cards made from CRJ-200s? 😉 )

Should You Upgrade Your Delta Gold or Platinum Card to a Reserve? Or Apply for a New Account?

If you hold a Delta SkyMiles® Gold or Platinum American Express Card and want to get the Reserve Card, consider applying for a new Reserve card/account altogether if you haven’t already held the card.

Why?

You can take advantage of the big welcome bonuses available. Then cancel your Gold or Platinum card (or downgrade it to the Delta SkyMiles® Blue American Express Card or a no-annual-fee Amex card).

Learn how to apply for the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card
Learn how to apply for the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card

The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card

Earn 100,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $5,000 in purchases within three months of being approved for the card. (Terms apply. See rates and fees.) This offer expires on August 3, 2022. Learn here how to apply. 

 

The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card: Bonus MQMs and Sky Club access? Yes, please!

The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card

Earn 110,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $6,000 on purchases within three months of being approved for the card. Offer expires on August 3, 2022. (Terms apply. See rates and fees.) Learn here how to apply.

Delta and American Express announced two Reserve cards made of metal from a retired Boeing 747 airplane.
Card images courtesy of American Express. Delta 747 at Narita photo copyright Eye of the Flyer.

Final Approach

Current Delta Reserve cardholders who haven’t ordered a 747 metal replacement card are no longer eligible. The limited edition card is open only to customers opening new Reserve card accounts or Amex members looking to upgrade their cards to Reserves.

 

To see rates and fees for the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card, please visit this link. Terms apply.

To see rates and fees for the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card, please visit this link. Terms apply.

To see the rates and fees for Delta SkyMiles® Blue American Express Card, please visit this link.

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Comments 15

  1. Elise says:
    4 weeks ago

    I have the AMEX PLATINUM CARD…. I dont think this will affect people who use this card…..

    Reply
    • Chris Carley says:
      4 weeks ago

      Right.

      Reply
  2. Justin Haase says:
    4 weeks ago

    Glad I got one! Love it.

    Reply
  3. Barry Graham says:
    4 weeks ago

    Looks like I ordered mine in the nick of time!

    Reply
  4. Don in ATL says:
    4 weeks ago

    You know what this means??? EVEN MORE CROWDED SKYCLUB LOUNGES! They just can’t stop trying to oversell the Reserve Card, so the lounge experience gets worse and worse. BYW, I have one of these 747 Cards and don’t like it. It is “tinnier” (weighs only 12 grams instead of 17 grams like the old one and the real non Delta Amex Platinum Card). I actually think I can bend it and break it, but won’t try. Tinny, too light, feels cheap.

    Reply
    • Barry Graham says:
      4 weeks ago

      The club lounges are supposed to be full just like planes are. Otherwise it’s bad business.

      Reply
  5. Marcia Portilho greczyna says:
    4 weeks ago

    I just tried to order one for my husband on his account (before I read your article) and the agent told me that it was not available for now. Interesting that he did NOT tell me that it’s no longer available for existing card holders. I think that this is not fair to the loyal existing card holders. They will offer to the new ones but not make it available to the existing ones that have spent hundreds of thousands with Amex? It is not right!

    Reply
  6. Don in ATL says:
    4 weeks ago

    I would argue that full with lines waiting to get in …. or not being able to get in at all due to being full is bad business!

    Reply
    • Barry Graham says:
      4 weeks ago

      You are right, I didn’t say that was good!

      Reply
  7. phil g says:
    4 weeks ago

    anyone able to get the flight history of this bird? cant seem to find it

    Reply
    • Chris Carley says:
      4 weeks ago

      Here’s a start: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N667US

      Reply
  8. Wayne says:
    4 weeks ago

    I didn’t request the new metal Reserve card. I don’t like metal credit cards. They’re too heavy. I never asked for a metal card when Am Ex sent me a Platinum renewal card years ago. I was disappointed with how heavy it is. If every card in my wallet was made out of metal, I need a rollaboard in which to carry them. If Am Ex wanted to improve their cards they’d make them out of carbon carbon fiber or offer plastic cards as an option.

    Reply
    • Kurt says:
      4 weeks ago

      When I requested the 747 card I saw there was also a plastic option.

      Reply
  9. Mark R. Brengelman says:
    4 weeks ago

    I am so glad to have obtained a replacement Delta Airlines 747 Amex Reserve Card when it was still available to us current Reserve Card holders. I actually needed a new card because my original, plastic Reserve Card had a crack in it (probably from severe over-use and age!), so seeing the 747 design spurred me immediately to action. I love the new card, the new look, and it feels heavier and more substantial than my prior Reserve Card that cracked.

    Signing off for now as a Gold Medallion (very soon to be Platinum Medallion) from Woodford County, Ky, home of Woodford Reserve served on Delta flights. Looking forward to my SkyClub visits for this weekend’s travel, and to my Comfort Plus and First Class upgrades already confirmed for my 3-day business travel…..

    Reply
  10. DLPTATL says:
    4 weeks ago

    I’m glad I was able to score my card as an existing Reserve cardholder when I did. I was still using the old dark gray plastic card as I had never been sent the purple metal one.

    It’s a gimmick, but all marketing is a gimmick. I still enjoy having the card and have actually received comments on it at multiple restaurants (using it for dining because of a referral deal to earn +5 miles/$ on dining).

    Reply

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