Scary Thought: Someone Spent $230,000+ On Delta Last Year

By: Ben Schlappig

Updated: October 27, 2018
Published: December 30, 2014

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The past few years Starwood has published a “Year In Review,” whereby they share some fun statistics with member highlights.

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There are the facts that seem believable. For example, the Sheraton New York Times Square was the most popular hotel that members redeemed Starpoints at in 2014:

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And 86 is the most number of SPG properties visited by one member this year:

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In terms of slightly more shocking statistics, one member earned over 21 million Starpoints this year (I’m guessing they spend a lot of money on credit cards, but even so, that seems high):

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But perhaps the most painful statistic? Someone earned 230,000+ Starpoints through (the now-defunct) Crossover Rewards, whereby elite members earn one Starpoint per dollar spent on Delta:

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Spending $230,000+ on Delta in a year? Ouch!

(Tip of the hat to Mac)

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Ivan Y Diamond

January 13, 2015, 8:22 pm

8M Starpoints... So jealous of the other Ivan Y. :) ~ The Original Ivan Y.

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John DELTA Guest

December 31, 2014, 11:45 am

@lucky @Robin Sorry, lucky, I should have also given your blog post credit: https://onemileatatime.com/worlds-most-frequent-flyer/

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Ivan Y Guest

December 31, 2014, 11:35 am

And I thought the 8M in spg points I earned last year was a deal breaker but I guess I am far from that dude. I book a huge amount of rooms for conferences in primarily spg hotels. I earn all the points and usually make a deal with the hotel, since its against the T&C to earn the points for large number of rooms. Usually they give me the points given how much dollars I throw at them(or rather taxpayers).

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CraigTPA Guest

December 31, 2014, 9:58 am

The DL website says any "Delta Marketed" flight qualifies, so a serious road warrior who can fly business (and can control their bookings well) could get to that spend with little or no international travel on DL metal, albeit with a few drawbacks...such as the pit of despair that is CDG.

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Robin Guest

December 31, 2014, 8:12 am

@Arcanum, the official answer is "independent consultant and sales trainer for automobile dealerships". Frequently in Australia. Google "Tom Stuker" for more info (he also has his own thread on the Flyertalk's United forum).

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