FINAL DAY: Select Your 2023 Delta Choice Benefits!

If you held Delta Diamond or Platinum Medallion elite status in 2023 but didn’t select your Choice Benefits, you may still do so — but hurry! This is your last chance.

Here Are Your Two Choices

The Medallion year expires today, January 31. And so do most of the benefits you can select.

• Unless you’re flying today and find a flight with available, confirmed Global or Regional Upgrade inventory, then Upgrade Certificates won’t be a good choice. (And that assumes they’re issued within a few hours — if at all today.)
• Sky Club membership? Valid through the rest of today.
• Gift Gold or Silver Medallion status to someone? You’re certainly generous — but the recipient can enjoy the benefits through the rest of today.

So, that leaves you with two realistic options: bonus SkyMiles or a Delta Travel Voucher.

• Platinum Medallions may select 20,000 bonus redeemable SkyMiles. It’s a little sweeter for Diamonds: they can receive 25,000. SkyMiles don’t expire until you do.
• The Delta Travel Voucher is valued at $200 both Platinums and Diamonds, expires 12 months after it’s issued, and may be used only by the Medallion member (e.g., you).

Which should you pick?

I generally opt for miles. They can be used to book travel for others (my wife, daughter, etc.). Plus, SkyMiles award travel earns Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQD). Sure, the voucher earns redeemable SkyMiles for your trip. That’s worth considering. But for the sake of ease, I chose miles.

Plus, they go even further if you hold an eligible Delta SkyMiles® Amex card and can take advantage of the TakeOff 15 benefit.

The 25,000 SkyMiles are worth more, in my opinion, than a $200 voucher. Delta seems to value SkyMiles at around a penny each for most award redemptions. Therefore 25,000 SkyMiles are worth about $250.

Here’s where you can select your Choice Benefits.