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Your estimated value
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Auto-Counted
Included automatically in your WTF Check. No selection required.
0 credits
Capturable
Available only if you use it. Select the amount you realistically expect to capture.
3 credits
Earned, Not Given
Requires spending or qualifying activity. Include only what you realistically expect to earn.
4 credits
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Auto-Counted
Included automatically in your WTF Check. No selection required.
Capturable
Available only if you use it. Select the amount you realistically expect to capture.
Resy Dining
$0 / $120$10/mo; enrollment required
Rideshare Credit
$0 / $120$10/mo; enrollment required
Earned, Not Given
Requires spending or qualifying activity. Include only what you realistically expect to earn.
Companion Certificate
$0 / your callagent-assisted (Claude in Chrome) 2026-09-14: issuer terms state Basic Card Members "will receive a Companion Certificate each year after Card Account renewal" and "the Companion Certificate will be made available for redemption on delta.com in the Card Account renewal month" — anniversary-based, not calendar year. Prior note: Restored 2026-09-11: row was hidden with no end date and no change-log entry. Issuer terms confirm the benefit is still offered. Prior note: Taxes/fees only
First checked bag free
$0 / your callagent-assisted (Claude in Chrome) 2026-09-14: issuer terms "First Checked Bag Free" state the "Waiver is only for standard bag fee, if any, for the first checked bag that is not overweight and not oversize", limited to Basic Card Members, "Maximum nine waivers per reservation". Per-reservation fee waiver — terms state no annual reset cycle, so no anchor set. Prior note: Restored 2026-09-11: row was hidden with no end date and no change-log entry. Issuer terms confirm the benefit is still offered.
MQD Headstart $2,500
$0 / your callagent-assisted (Claude in Chrome) 2026-09-14: issuer terms "Platinum MQD Headstart" state Basic Card Members "will receive two thousand five hundred (2,500) Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs) which will be deposited into their SkyMiles account linked to an Eligible Card during each Qualification Year" and "MQDs will be deposited within 6 to 8 weeks after February 1". Delta Qualification Year (Feb 1), not a cardmember anniversary and not Jan 1 — no matching anchor option, so none set. Amount and name match stored row. Prior note: Restored 2026-09-11: row was hidden with no end date and no change-log entry. Issuer terms confirm the benefit is still offered.
Priority boarding
$0 / your callagent-assisted (Claude in Chrome) 2026-09-14: issuer terms "Priority Boarding" state Eligible Card Members "are entitled to receive Zone 5 Priority Boarding on Delta and Delta Connection carrier operated flights when the Eligible Card Member's SkyMiles number is included on the reservation", Basic Card Members only, "up to a maximum of nine passengers per reservation", and "Delta does not offer Zone 5 Priority Boarding on Delta Shuttle flights". Ongoing per-flight perk — terms state no annual reset cycle, so no anchor set. Prior note: Restored 2026-09-11: row was hidden with no end date and no change-log entry. Issuer terms confirm the benefit is still offered.
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Delta Stays
hotel
Counts toward: up to $150/year
Frequency: Annual
Prepaid via Delta Stays
Resy Dining
dining
Counts toward: up to $120/year
Frequency: Monthly
$10/mo; enrollment required
Rideshare Credit
rideshare
Counts toward: up to $120/year
Frequency: Monthly
$10/mo; enrollment required
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Value & break-even
Whether Delta SkyMiles Platinum is worth its $350 annual fee depends on which credits you actually use. Your WTF Check starts with $0/year in Auto-Counted Value. Add the Capturable credits you expect to use and the Available Credit Value is $390/year. Run the WTF Check above for your verdict.
You need to capture at least $350 in credits each year to break even. Using every credit that isn't spend-gated returns $390 — that's 1.1× the fee.
Banks add up every possible credit at its theoretical maximum. We separate the Auto-Counted Value included in the WTF Check ($0/year here) from Capturable and Earned value that counts only if you use or earn it. If you don't use it, we don't count it.
No. Welcome bonuses are one-time and vary by application channel, so we don't fold them into ongoing annual value. Our number reflects what you get every year you hold the card — not a first-year sweetener.
Credits & enrollment
Delta SkyMiles Platinum has no Auto-Counted credits in our current set. Review each credit below and include only what you realistically expect to use or earn.
These credits require you to opt in through your account before they'll post: Resy Dining, Rideshare Credit. If you don't enroll, you get nothing — even after you spend.
WorthTheFee excludes any benefit without a fixed, verifiable dollar value — things like elite status, lounge access, or trip insurance. They're real, but we won't put a fake price on them.
Methodology & account
We sort every credit into three buckets: Auto-Counted (included in the WTF Check with no selection required), Capturable (available only if you actually use it), and Earned, Not Given (requires spending or qualifying activity). Your verdict adds Auto-Counted Value to the value you select—never the bank's marketing total.
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