Earn rates, as stated
2XDelta purchasesIssuer wording: 2X miles per dollar spent directly with Delta, including flight upgrades or in-flight snacks
2XRestaurants worldwideIssuer wording: 2X miles per dollar (one official Amex page also lists U.S. supermarkets at this same 2X rate — see verifyNotes)
1XAll other eligible purchasesIssuer wording: 1X mile per dollar
Credits, as stated
$420 / yr if fully usedDelta Flight Credit$200once per calendar year, after $10,000 in card purchases that calendar year
Delta Stays Creditup to $100annual statement credit, after booking prepaid hotels or vacation rentals through Delta Stays with the card
Rideshare Creditup to $10/month (up to $120/year)monthly, starting after the first card renewal, on U.S. rideshare purchases with select providers
In-Flight Purchase Credit20% back as a statement creditper eligible Delta in-flight food and beverage purchase
Welcome offer, as stated by the issuer
50,000 Bonus Miles and a $250 Statement Credit after you spend $3,000 or more in eligible purchases on your new Card within your first 6 months of Card Membership. Bonus miles and statement credit post 8-12 weeks after reaching the threshold amount. Offer as displayed expires 11/04/2026 at 11:59 PM MST.as of 2026-08-29
- Two official Amex pages disagree on whether U.S. supermarkets earn the 2X restaurant rate: the get-started/deltagold overview page states '2x miles for each eligible dollar spent at U.S. supermarkets and restaurants worldwide,' but the dedicated earn-rewards subpage lists only 'restaurants worldwide' with no mention of supermarkets. Confirm the current supermarket earn status directly on americanexpress.com before publishing.
- Welcome offer figure (50,000 Bonus Miles + $250 Statement Credit, $3,000/6-month spend, expires 11/04/2026) was confirmed via direct WebFetch of the official Amex terms page. A separate, unverified web-search results snippet (not independently fetched/confirmed) suggested a higher 80,000-mile offer instead. Welcome offers on this card are frequently personalized/targeted and change often — re-check the live offer immediately before publishing and note it may vary by applicant.
- The card's full Rates & Fees / APR disclosure page could not be reliably fetched (returned truncated navigation-only content); APR figures are intentionally omitted from this file since they are out of scope for this research pass. A dated (2020) Cardmember Agreement PDF was located at americanexpress.com/content/dam/amex/us/staticassets/pdf/cardmember-agreements/gold-delta-skymiles/delta-skymiles-gold-04-01-2020.pdf but is likely stale and was not used for any figure in this file.
- The 'In-Flight Purchase Credit' (20% back) and other Amex Offers-style perks may require separate enrollment; confirm enrollment requirements before publishing.
- Direct fetch of the dedicated rideshare-credit benefit page (global.americanexpress.com/card-benefits/detail/rideshare-credit/delta-gold) returned HTTP 403. The $10/month, up to $120/year, starting-after-first-renewal figure is instead corroborated by two independent WebFetch calls to the get-started/deltagold and uncover-your-benefits pages, which returned matching verbatim text.
- First checked bag free (and second bag free on domestic Delta flights) and Zone 5 Priority Boarding are real benefits confirmed on official Amex pages but were not included in the credits array because they have no stated dollar value/cadence in the schema's monetary-credit sense; flagging for inclusion elsewhere in content if desired.