I canceled Nicole’s card without any problems.\u00a0 I would have liked to have kept it open to, but nothing was offered and I figured I wanted to make room for more anyways.<\/p>\n
Most recently, I set out to cancel my Delta Gold Skymiles card<\/a>, the card that gets me a free bag on Delta flights and that got me enough MQM to start to feel like a big-shot with Silver Medallion status and pretty regular first-class upgrades.\u00a0 I called up and tried to muster a genuine tone as I proclaimed that I wanted to cancel.\u00a0 I tried to get the associate to sweeten the pot by saying that I had five cards and was going to cancel two of them.\u00a0 The best I got despite my haggling was an offer for a $50 credit – half of the annual fee.\u00a0 I stalled and said I’d have to call back.\u00a0 I got creative and started scouring the American Express site to look into upgrading my Gold Card to a Platinum Card and hit the jackpot – an offer for 10,000 Skymiles, 5,000 of which are MQM. (I couldn’t find it outside of my login, so if you’re looking to do the same, login to your account first).<\/p>\n I did have to fork over the $150 annual fee, but the platinum card has the added bonus of a free companion certificate each year (which is easily worth $300), and of course I called back to take them up on their offer for the $50 credit.<\/p>\n This year my Delta miles took me to Roatan, Honduras<\/a> (35k), and bought a ticket for my brother-in-law to come out for his sister’s wedding (32.5k).\u00a0 With the extra 10k I just piled on, I’ve still got 125k that are burning a hole in my awardwallet.<\/a><\/p>\n Wanderlust with us on Facebook!<\/a> <\/p>\n
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