At Delta’s 2024 investor day last November, the airline’s corporate chieftains disclosed a staggering statistic: Cardholders charged a total amounting to nearly 1% of U.S. GDP on Delta co-branded American Express cards over the prior 12 months. That’s a lot of SkyMiles.
But here’s the problem: If you are one of the millions of Delta Amex cardholders, you’re competing with an enormous pool of people when you redeem those miles. So is earning SkyMiles still worth it? The answer may depend on where in the plane you want to sit.
