Over the years, I have used my Delta Blue to fly to JFK in New York City a couple of times to visit family. I also had a wonderful flight to Guadaloupe for a Caribbean sailing trip.
Earlier this year, I gifted my accrued miles to my mother so she could fly to Lisbon, Portugal, to visit her guru, Mooji-baba.
I’ve had my Delta Blue since 2018.
Before that, I had a Delta Debit card from SunTrust. I didn’t stick around for the merger with Truist, so I retired my Debit and opted for the nicer Credit card.
Of all the credit cards I have signed up for, I think the Delta Blue is my favorite. A close second was the Capital One Walmart card that was recently discontinued. I had an 11k limit on the Wally card, much more than the 4k limit I have with my Delta card.
But I rarely charge more than 1k on my card in a month. I make it a point never to leave a balance on my cards month to month. I still rely on many of the tricks I learned on the old Fat Wallet Forums.
More recently, I have been using the Skymiles card as my default payment source on PayPal. When I pay for shipping labels on eBay, the charge to the card earns me some extra miles. I’ve stacked up 6,678 miles from the labels since I began Thrifting in July.
I am planning a trip to Seattle, WA, next year to see family members. I expect I will be booking that flight using miles alone if eBay sales continue at the current rate.
The point-earning categories are a bit limited with this card. I get 2x points when I buy anything from Delta, 2x points when I hit up Starbucks or go to Wendy’s, and 1 point on any other spending. So for every dollar I spend at Goodwill or the Treasure Hunt store, I get a mile.
There’s no annual fee since this is considered an entry-level Delta card. The downside with that is you don’t get any of the perks that come with the higher-end Gold or Platinum cards.
A consolation, perhaps, is that neither the Gold nor Platinum gets lounge access. That perk is only available for Reserve cardholders. But those poor souls are eating a $640 annual fee.
There is a signing bonus of 10k miles if you spend 1k in the first three months. That’s fairly standard with lowbie cards like this.
There are no foreign transaction fees, and you get a small discount on in-flight purchases. I got a pink vodka lemonade with lime on my last flight.
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