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Walkouts Led to Big Wins for Red-State Teachers. So Why Are They Still Struggling?

Teachers and demonstrators hold signs during a strike outside the Oklahoma State Capitol building in Oklahoma City on April 3, 2018. Photo: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images

When teachers walked out this spring, they won. In red state after red state, intractable Republican governors signed overdue pay raises and pension fixes. West Virginia governor Jim Justice signed a bill that gave teachers, police officers, and service personnel a 5 percent raise, and created a task force to devise ways to stabilize the state’s underfunded Public Employee Insurance Agency. Arizona governor Doug Ducey promised teachers a 20 percent pay raise by 2020, beginning with a 10 percent raise for the current academic year. And in Oklahoma, Governor Mary Fallin approved annual teacher pay raises of $6,100 on average, with average raises of $1,250 allocated for support personnel. (Educators in Kentucky also walked out, but over proposed cuts to their pensions and benefits, not pay.)

The narrative that emerged from the walkouts is a triumphant one, and for good reason. Republicans control the presidency, both chambers of Congress, most state legislatures, and most governors’ mansions. The party is no friend to public education, or to labor. By striking, and winning any pay raises at all, educators achieved the legislative equivalent of squeezing water from stone. But older realities persist. Months later, as the euphoria fades and the grind of another academic year sets in, teachers in walkout states are still struggling.

Beth Wallis, a band director in rural Oklahoma who participated in the walkout, says her raise amounts to a little under three hundred dollars after taxes. “I think a lot of teachers are probably in this position where we got the raise, but we’re still struggling so hard to just make ends meet,” she explained.

“It kind of comes off ungrateful,” she added. “And I don’t want to sound that way at all.”

But Wallis has debt. A lot of debt, which she incurred because she earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree before she became a teacher. The master’s degree makes her more competitive in her field, but the expense is a heavy burden. The raise will “stop the bleeding,” she added, but that’s nearly it. “I don’t mean to say the raise is negligible, but in the grand scheme of things, with how much debt that you have to build up just to live whenever your paycheck doesn’t pay the basic bills, it’s going to be a very, very long time before I can get back on my feet financially,” she said.

Wallis isn’t alone. Teachers in West Virginia and Arizona also told New York that while the raises have helped them provide for themselves and their families, finances remain tight. Some kept their second jobs. Others still contemplate leaving their state for a higher paycheck elsewhere.

Nathaniel Rios, who teaches high-school social studies in Arizona, said that his biweekly pay increased from $953 during the 2017–2018 school to $1,102 this fall. When he began teaching in Arizona in 2007, he made $842 per paycheck. Those figures don’t account for fluctuations in performance pay, health insurance costs, or retirement contributions, but the fact remains that until Rios walked out in the spring, his base salary had increased by only $111 over ten years.

Rios has three children with his wife, who is a high-school math teacher and recently participated in a documentary about Arizona’s educational woes. “It felt like we’ve been running in place, if not going backwards, for a while,” he said. Even with the raise, he hasn’t quit his second job. “I scoop ice cream at a local ice cream shop called The Screamery,” he said. “We use the extra money to take our kids out to eat once every two weeks. That extra money, even though we could put it into debt or the other things we have, we use it to try to live, to try to feel like we have a moment to be a family that can do those things.”

He and his wife are now considering a move to Washington State, where they would both make higher salaries. “It’s devastating,” he said. “I don’t want to move. I grew up in Arizona.”

Katie Kuhn, who’s been teaching in the Tucson Unified School District for over ten years and currently works in classrooms as a teacher coach, described her raise as “extremely minimal.” “The walkout did exact change. It did bring to light certain discrepancies in what the legislature is saying that we’re getting,” she said. “I believe it was a very good walkout.” But Kuhn, like Rios, still experiences financial hardship. She has started a business out of her home, and said she works an average of 60 hours per week in order to make ends meet.

“After taxes and everything, [my raise] actually came out to maybe $50 to $60 a paycheck,” said Kristina Gore, who teaches social studies at a public school in Logan County, West Virginia, and participated in the walkout. “Which isn’t horrible by any means. It’s something. It’s better than nothing. However, it’s disheartening. We wanted to move forward and get higher in the rankings as far as what the states are paying their teachers. When West Virginia started the movement we saw other states follow suit, and they got 10 percent pay raises, 20 percent pay raises. Oh well, we’re last again.” Before the walkout, West Virginia ranked 48th in the nation for teachers’ salaries.

Some teachers did fare better, though their circumstances depended partly on their state and on their marital status. Chelsea Cox, who teaches biology at Bixby Ninth Grade Center in Bixby, Oklahoma, told New York that the raise has been “a really nice blessing” for her and her husband. “We are both teachers, so this has put almost $800 more into our household each month,” she explained. “We are actually meeting with a financial adviser tomorrow on our fall break to discuss putting some of our raises into investing for retirement. I’m pretty excited for this, as investing for retirement seemed kind of daunting before — we were able to put a little in, but not as much as we should be.”

Karla Hilliard, who teaches advanced placement English in Berkeley County, West Virginia, said the raise has made a difference — “not a significant difference, but a difference” — in her family’s financial situation, too. “What it comes down to is that it’s still extra money. And every dollar goes towards something someone needs, whether it’s nursery bills or mortgages or student loans or their kids’ day care. I have a lot of colleagues who have children in colleges, so for them it goes to college tuitions,” said Hillard.

But Hilliard and Cox both agree that there’s more work to be done. “We hope to keep moving forward and will continue to raise concerns, advocate for ourselves, and organize in order to make sure education truly is a centerpiece in our state and that teachers are compensated at a rate where we can attract and maintain talented teachers,” Hilliard said. She recently contributed to 55 Strong, an anthology of essays and interviews with walkout teachers and allies, and told New York that the social media groups teachers used to organize the walkout are still active. Some educators also formed West Virginia United, which is affiliated with the national United Caucuses of Rank-and-File Educators, as Sarah Jaffe recently reported for Medium.

Cox, who protested in Oklahoma City for six days of the nine-day walkout, said that Oklahoma schools still experience serious difficulties. “Four teachers from my school, out of a faculty of about 25, left Oklahoma public education at the end of last year, and that was after the pay raises were passed by the legislature and signed by the governor,” she asserted. “For a new teacher position last May, we had only five applicants, only two of whom were actually certified to teach in the subject area. Ten years ago, we would have had double that number of applicants, and they would have already been certified or they wouldn’t be considered.”

Cox’s experience is indicative of a statewide problem. Reuters reported in August that Oklahoma faced such a severe teacher shortage that it approved 916 emergency certifications for this academic year, which put teachers who lack full accreditation in classrooms. That’s an unprecedented number of emergency certifications for the state, and it still didn’t resolve the shortage. Five hundred vacancies remained.

Teacher shortages aren’t unique to Oklahoma, or even to walkout states as a category. Though unemployment is dropping nationally, analysis by the Economic Policy Institute found that the public education sector lags behind other sectors of the labor market. “There are still 116,000 fewer public education jobs than there were before the recession began in 2007,” wrote Elise Gould, a senior economist for the left-leaning organization. “If we include the number of jobs that should have been created just to keep up with growing student enrollment, we are currently experiencing a 389,000-job shortfall in public education.” In 2017, the Washington Post reported that teacher shortages have expanded steadily since the early 1990s, a problem the Post attributed at the time to a combination of low pay, insufficient resources, and standardized testing standards.

In these circumstances, a small raise doesn’t mean as much as it otherwise could. Teachers are still underpaid, still strapped for resources, and still subject to uncertain professional futures. West Virginia’s 5 percent raise didn’t bring teachers’ salaries up the national average, and though the state’s governor, Jim Justice, promised a $100 million fix for the state’s insurance agency for public employees, and another 5 percent raise for teachers and state employees, labor leaders aren’t convinced he’ll deliver. “Governor Justice must think West Virginians are stupid,” Josh Sword, president of the West Virginia AFL-CIO, told West Virginia MetroNews. Ninety Oklahoma school districts, meanwhile, can only afford to meet four days a week. The walkouts directed national attention to education crises in these states, but legislative solutions have been limited.

In Arizona, educators worry that Ducey’s vaunted 20 percent raise by 2020 plan might not even come to fruition. As the Arizona Republic reported in July, Ducey allocated $306 million to fund a 10 percent raise for teachers this academic year — but the bill allowed school districts to disperse those funds as they saw fit.

Teacher salaries already differ from district to district in Arizona. “Arizona doesn’t have a statewide teacher salary. We bargain those in every district across the state. There is a strong belief in what is called local control in Arizona, and so the districts tend to compete against each other on first-year teacher salary, mid-year teacher salary, and career earnings,” explained
Joe Thomas, the president of the Arizona Education Association. That funding system favors districts that can afford to offer applicants higher salaries, and the pay raise works within this system of local control; that means Arizona educators didn’t receive a uniform 10 percent raise.

Though Ducey promised teachers additional 5 percent raises for the next two academic years, that $306 million pot is one-time funding. “What the governor has said is 20 percent by 2020, and he’s on the record, so we’re going to hold him to it,” Thomas said. “But there is no guarantee that any additional funding will come. None. It’s not law. It’s just his word. He could have promised every kindergarten teacher a pony. It would have just as much authority and reliability as him saying, ‘I’m going to give you a raise a year down the road.’”

Arizona’s example is an illustrative one. If states don’t fund public education equitably, raises have limited benefits. Arizona’s pay raises look like patchwork because they’re bounded by the restrictions of a patchwork education system. Educators are up against dramatic inequality — and they know it. No one who spoke to New York said there were immediate plans in their state for another walkout. But everyone said that they’re still dissatisfied with their working conditions and with their legislators, and will continue to organize.

For some, the possibility of another walkout is real, if still distant.

“I don’t have a button on my desk that I push and it says, go out,” Thomas said. The process of organizing Arizona’s walkout, or any walkout, is a long and complicated one that requires the consensus of a state’s teachers and the support of parents and communities. In Arizona’s case, the likelihood of another walkout seems to depend on the contents of next year’s budget. If it lacks funding for Ducey’s promised, second-year 5 percent pay raise, educators have decisions to make.

“I don’t think we’re just immediately going to walk out,” Thomas continued, “but I do absolutely believe it is a strong possibility. We’ll probably start doing the same things again, where we talk to our members and listen to our members about what needs to happen, and what they are willing to risk.”

Despite Walkout Wins, Red-State Teachers Still Struggle


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Republican gubernatorial nominee Chris Christie’s campaign poked fun at the media this morning, launching a newscast parody web ad to counter a spate of negative news stories about Christie in recent weeks.

In the ad, an unnamed Christie staffer plays a news anchor for a network called CCN who reads off “breaking news” about Christie.

“This morning, Chris Christie stopped for a bottle of water at his local convenience store. At the cash register, Christie nabbed a penny from the penny tray to cover his $1.36 tab, but did not put a penny back. The Corzine campaign bought their 16th ad space on to launch a new attack ad asking, "If he'll take your change, what else of yours is really safe?,” says the anchor.

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The Corzine campiagn did not see the humor.

"They may think it's funny, but a federal prosecutor using their power to pressure local law enforcement into giving them preferential treatment is no laughing matter," said Corzine spokeswoman Elisabeth Smith. "In fact, several public officials in New Jersey have been forced to resign over the very same thing. At the end of the day, it is more and more evident that Christie has always had one set of rules for himself and another for everyone else."

Neither did Democratic National Committee spokesman Michael Czin.

“The Christie campaign must have produced their new ad over the last few days while avoiding questions about Christie’s law breaking conversations with Karl Rove, his secret loansand amysterious traffic stop. Instead of mocking the news, maybe they could spend their time answering the people’s questions about the important issues facing New Jersey. The only thing that's a mockery is Chris Christie lecturing anyone about ethics,” he said.

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Sigma receptor agonists provide neuroprotection in vitro by preserving bcl-2

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BACKGROUND: Sigma (σ)-receptor agonists attenuate brain injury after experimental focal cerebral ischemia in several species. We tested the hypothesis that the potent, prototypical σ1-receptor agonist, 4-phenyl-1-(4-phenylbutyl) piperidine (PPBP), protects neurons by a mechanism involving the antiapoptotic protein bcl-2. METHODS: Primary cortical neuronal cultures were exposed to either 2 h of oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) or glutamate (100 μM). PPBP treatment was initiated either 15 min prior to the insult or at 15 min postinsult then continued for 24 h. In another set of experiments, cultured neurons were preincubated for 2 h prior to PPBP treatment with σ1-receptor antagonist, rimcazole, in a dose-dependent manner. Alive and dead cells were detected with calcein-AM and propidium iodide respectively. Bcl-2 and bax expression were determined by quantitative real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and western blotting, and DNA damage was detected by TUNEL staining. RESULTS: PPBP pretreatment attenuated neuronal injury induced by OGD or glutamate (50 or 100 μM). This protection was reversed with rimcazole (cell death: OGD 48 ± 2%, OGD plus PPBP 31 ± 3%, OGD plus PPBP with rimcazole 46 ± 2%). PPBP treatment increased bcl-2 but not bax mRNA levels. PPBP's ability to preserve bcl-2 protein after OGD by PPBP was fully abolished by rimcazole. Lastly, PPBP reduced the number of TUNEL-positive cells after OGD, suggesting fewer cells with overt DNA damage. CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate that PPBP reduces cell death in vitro by a mechanism involving receptor-dependent preservation of protective genes such as bcl-2

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JournalAnesthesia and analgesia
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Italy’s Eni on 8 February announced a new discovery in its NFW Rosa North 1X well in the Meleiha Concession in Egypt’s Western Desert. The well encountered a total oil pay of around 80 meters in multiple good-quality sandstones of the Bahariya, Alam El Bueib, Khatatba (Upper & Lower Safa Members) and Ras Qattara reservoirs. Reservoir flow has been successfully tested. This is Eni’s attempt to seek deeper oil sources in Egypt’s Western Desert, and the recent discovery will lead to the drilling of two additional wells this year.

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The new oil field has an estimated capacity of 8,200 b/d, while the gas deposit is about 1.7 million cubic meters per day.

As foreign oil and gas companies rethink their presence in Libya amid an intensifying security crisis, the Libyan government is keen to promote its future oil and gas potential. At stake is Libya’s standing as the second largest exporter of oil in Africa (behind Nigeria). Libya has the largest reserves on the continent.

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Kenya: Moving Slowly Toward Commercial Viability

This year is crucial for Kenya, riding high on major discoveries by Tullow Oil (UK) last year. Now it’s all about proving commercial viability. The second week in February, Tullow announced its first commercial flow rate, saying that 2,351 barrels of oil per day will flow from its northern Kenyan well (Twiga-South-1).

Tullow has completed four flow tests on its Twiga South-1 well and a fifth test is currently in process. “These tests provide the first potentially commercial flow rates achieved in Kenya and provide real encouragement for the Ngamia test,” Tullow said in a statement.

This is a good sign for Kenya, but there’s still some way to go. The country will need at least 85 wells like its first massive Turkana find in order to compete with neighboring Uganda (1,300 similar wells to compete with Nigeria). Tullow Oil and partners plan to begin production by 2015.

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Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) and partner Fairfield Energy on 17 February announced a new discovery in the northern North Sea, where drilling began in November at the Darwin field. The discovery of two columns of oil goes some way to demonstrate the North Sea potential.

TAQA is riding high on the North Sea right now and has agreed to acquire some of BP Plc’s assets in the area for $1.06 billion.

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Brazil: Australian Junior Hits Unexpected Discovery

Karoon Gas Australia Ltd in late January discovered light oil at the Eocene level in its Kargaroo-1 exploratory well in the Santos basin offshore Brazil. The well is located on the S-M-1101 and S-M-1165 blocks just west of other deepwater presalt discoveries in the same basin. The well has been drilled to a depth of 3,049 meters.

This is a propitious discovery for Karoon (and 35% interest partner Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. of Toronto) because the well was not the company’s primary target. Its primary targets were the Emu-1 and Bilby-1 wells in the Santos basin in blocks S-M-1102 and S-M-1137, the company’s second and third wells to be drilled.

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The Cook Mountain Bandit-1 well is a 15,000 foot-deep Yegua Sand formation. Testing measured gas volume of over 2 million cubic feet of gas/day and nearly 300 barrels of condensate/day. In the Buda and Georgetown formations, the Gary Bryant-1H well is a 9,200 foot vertical well in which oil and gas has flowed throughout the drilling process. Pipelines are currently being built in both areas.

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This article focuses on gay refugees’ narratives of place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Through gay refugees' oral histories and participatory photography, I explore their experiences of feeling “in place” or “out of place” in the Vancouver cityscape, specifically the historic centre of Vancouver’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) community known as Davie Village. I interrogate how they navigate feeling both in and out of place simultaneously. Their narratives and photographs provide perspective on the possibilities and constraints that come from being in a particular place (Davie Village), here exemplified by Vancouver’s legacy of settler colonialism, multiculturalism, heteronormativity, and neoliberalism. This perspective facilitates critique of the political, economic, and social systems surrounding queer spaces in Vancouver and offers much-needed insight into the intersections of race and sexuality as they apply to research on place-making and belonging for LGBT refugees.

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Triple MG superstar Alhaji Tekno is back with another banger entitled “Diana”, Produced by Selebobo and Krizbeatz.

What a year Tekno is having and he’s showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. With “Pana” still burning up the airwaves. And the video getting massive Re-Play on Tv stations being the most played and got over million views in just few months of release.

Tekno announced working on his album and we all Know that, he never fails to reiterate that the album will be the best album when it is released.

Collaborative production from Diana exchanges the sounds from the two amazing producer Selebobo and Krizbeatz to put in place the final touch for the amazing sound.

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For many people, albacore tuna is the best tasting of fish, and the first of the season has arrived, fresh from its migration to our side of the Pacific, tempted by the particular temperatures of our coastal waters right now, to our good fortune.

According to Tom Worthington of Monterey Fish Market, this tuna comes from the local fishery which extends from off our shore, up into the  Oregon coast. It’s all hand line-caught — the line is let out from the back of the fishing boat, and then pulled back in with its fish by hand, without the use of a rod and reel. It’s a seemingly simple, traditional method of catching fish.

We’ll be featuring albacore tuna on our menu throughout the season, which lasts for about three months. Because this is the very beginning of the season, tuna caught at this time is typically juvenile. Ours is young and small, and because it’s young, it’s very low in mercury. Chef Jonah is very happy with it.  On our menu tonight, we are serving:

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Seun Kuti will perform at the 61st edition of the Grammys for the premiere ceremony.

Seun, son of Afrobeat legend and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was nominated in the Best World Music Album for “Black Times” category of the awards set to hold on February 10th.

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The 61st GRAMMY Awards will start off with sizzle as the lineup for the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony has been revealed, led by Mr. Boombastic himself, GRAMMY winner and current nominee Shaggy as host. The prelude to Music’s Biggest Night will also feature performances by current nominated singer/songwriter Snatam Kaur, trumpeter Craig Morrisand dance duo Sofi Tukker.

Nigerian Afrobeat artist Seun Kuti and Malian singer/songwriter Fatoumata Diawara will also perform together, and Ángela AguilarAida Cuevas and Natalia Lafourcade will unite for the first time ever to perform “La Llorona,” a Mexican folkloric classic all three artists have recorded during their career.

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The break ups has cause so much rancour between the parties involved.

Some of the people involved are now emotional wrecks and the children from these wed locks traumatised.

They will not spend your money on cat foods or go on exotic Caribbean holidays.

Also most Ghanaian guys will like to return home after long period of stay in foreign land to settle for a more dignified life back in Ghana. Where parents will not leave home when the kids are asleep and return when they have gone to bed.

Yes some lucky surfers have found angelic wives who have brought them everlasting joy.

Sometimes it’s good to meet a total stranger than to get stuck to the girl or guy next door who will always take you for a fool.

Internet dating sites and chat rooms are gaining popularity among Ghanaian eligible bachelors and sometimes the lecherous ineligible ones too in Europe and America.

Many of these husbands and wives to be find these sites as an alternative to the traditional way of finding suitors at social gatherings like funerals, festivals, church programmes etc.

Usually Ghanaian guys abroad prefer getting wives back home in Ghana to eliminate the shocks that come with crossing cultural boundaries.

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Making the most of it

My best friend believes that I'm fixating on how I'm not meeting my recovery expectations. He tells me I'd do better to think about how these are my last few, free days off for a while and I should "make the most of it."

So today I did something that felt both normal (meaning an echo of my pre-op, pre-cyst life) and celebratory. After doing some errands (I needed to buy dental floss and visit the bank) I took myself out to a late lunch/early dinner and toasted myself with a pomegranate mojito. It was about 3:30, so the restaurant was pretty empty. They were playing an eclectic mix of oldies ("It's Judy's Turn to Cry" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash") and I was really getting into my book (The Careful Use of Compliments).

At quiet times like that, I like my life. I really do.

When I dream, I dream of you

Heard this country classic today for the first time in ages, and was reminded how much I love it.

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Delta Platinum Amex Card Review (2020)

Filed Under: American Express, Delta
In the interest of full disclosure, OMAAT earns a referral bonus for anyone that’s approved through some of the below links. The information and associated card details on this page for the Delta SkyMiles Platinum American Express Card, Delta SkyMiles Platinum Business American Express Card, Delta SkyMiles Gold American Express Card, American Express Green Card, Delta SkyMiles Reserve American Express Card, and American Express Gold Card cards have been collected independently by OMAAT and has not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer. These are the best publicly available offers (terms apply) that we have found for each product or service. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, not those of the bank, credit card issuer, airline, hotel chain, or product manufacturer/service provider, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities. Please check out our advertiser policy for further details about our partners, and thanks for your support!
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American Express and Delta have had a close relationship for many years, and as part of that they issue seven co-branded Delta Amex cards, including the BlueGoldPlatinum, and Reserve cards (with the exception of the Blue product, all the others have both a personal and business version).

There’s a lot to know about these cards, especially as big changes were made to all Delta Amex cards in early 2020. As part of this, the cards are also offering limited time increased welcome bonuses, which may interest many.

Delta Platinum American Express Card Basics For August 2020

In this post I wanted to take a look at the Delta SkyMiles Platinum American Express Card. This is one of Amex’s premium co-branded Delta credit cards, which offers a lot of value for frequent Delta flyers.

Some major changes were made to this card at the beginning of 2020, so in this post I wanted to take an updated look at the benefits of the card, and also note what has changed.

Given the four personal Delta credit cards to choose from, is this the right card for you?

Delta Platinum Amex 40K Miles Welcome Bonus

The Platinum Delta SkyMiles card is offering a welcome bonus of 40,000 SkyMiles after you spend $2,000 in purchases on your card within the first three months of card membership.

Redeem your SkyMiles for Vietnam Airlines business class

Card Eligibility

The welcome bonus on the card is “once in a lifetime,” so it’s not available to you if you currently have the card, or if you’ve had the card in the past. However, note that you can get each “flavor” of the Delta Amex card, so you are eligible for this card if you’ve had the Gold or Reserve, or if you’ve had any of the business versions of the card.

You can read more about Amex’s general application restrictions here.

Delta Platinum Amex Annual Fee

The Platinum Delta Amex has a $250 annual fee.

You can add additional users to the card at no extra cost.

Earning Miles With Delta Platinum Amex Card

The Delta Platinum Amex offers the following points earning opportunities for spending:

  • 3x SkyMiles for purchases directly with Delta
  • 3x SkyMiles for purchases made directly with hotels
  • 2x SkyMiles at restaurants
  • 2x SkyMiles at U.S. supermarkets
  • 1x SkyMiles on all other purchases

You can earn bonus miles for dining and hotel purchases

The card has better bonus categories than in the past, though purely in terms of rewards for spending, I think there are still better cards out there for airfare purchases, hotel purchases, restaurant purchases, and grocery store purchases.

No Foreign Transaction Fees

If you are going to put spending on the Delta Platinum Amex, the good news is that there are no foreign transaction fees, so you can use the card abroad without potentially paying fees those high fees.

Platinum Delta Amex Card Perks & Benefits

The Platinum Delta Credit Card has an exceptional welcome bonus. In general, I’d say it could be worth putting spending on the card if you’re trying to earn Medallion elite status with Delta.

For most, the reason you’ll want to keep this card long-term is because of the perks and benefits that it offers, which for many people will more than offset the annual fee.

Annual Companion Certificate

Every year upon renewal of your card you can receive a domestic economy roundtrip companion certificate. You just have to pay the government-imposed taxes and fees for the companion. This is a great deal that can be worth significantly more than the annual fee in and of itself.

If redeeming the certificate there are some things to be aware of:

  • It’s valid for roundtrip travel within the 48 contiguous United States
  • Residents of Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or the USVI with SkyMiles accounts registered in those regions can use the certificate for travel from their home territory to the 48 contiguous United States
  • You have to pay the government taxes for the second traveler on the reservation
  • Companion certificates are only valid for travel in the L, U, T, X, and V fare classes
  • You can’t combine a companion certificate with eCoupons
  • Travel has to be completed by the expiration date of the certificate
  • You have to pay for the ticket using a Delta Amex card
  • In the event you need to change your ticket, you’ll pay a $200 per person change fee

Earn Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQMs)

Delta is one of the airlines that makes it easiest to earn status through credit card spending. With the Delta Amex Platinum Card you can be well on your way towards status with qualifying spending:

  • Earn 10,000 MQMs after spending $25,000 or more in eligible purchases in a calendar year
  • Earn an additional 10,000 MQMs after spending an additional $25,000 in eligible purchases in a calendar year

In other words, if you spend $50,000 on the card in a calendar year you’d earn 20,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles.

Delta Medallion Qualifying Dollar (MQD) Waiver

In order to earn status with Delta you need to earn a certain number of elite miles (MQMs) or elite segments (MQSs), and you also need to earn a certain number of elite qualifying dollars (MQDs).

With the Delta Platinum American Express you can receive a waiver of the MQD requirement for qualifying spending:

  • Spend $25,000 on the card within the qualification year to get an MQD waiver for Silver, Gold, or Platinum status
  • Spend $250,000 on the card within the qualification year to get an MQD waiver for Diamond status

Spending on this card can help you earn status

First Checked Bag Free

Just for having the Platinum Delta Card you get a first checked bag free, which would otherwise cost $30 one-way per person:

  • This benefit is limited to the primary cardmember and anyone traveling on the same reservation with them (up to nine people)
  • You don’t have to pay for your flight with your Delta Amex, though you do need to have your SkyMiles number in the reservation

This is a great value, given that you’ll usually pay $60 per person roundtrip for a checked bag. So if you’re traveling with someone then you’re looking at $120 roundtrip in fees.

Delta 737Save on checked bag fees with the Delta Platinum Amex

Priority Boarding

Just for having the card you receive Main Cabin 1 priority boarding. This helps maximize your odds of finding space for your carry-on and getting to your seat sooner. Just make sure the primary cardmember’s SkyMiles number is linked to the reservation.

20% Delta Inflight Savings

If you have the Platinum Delta Amex then you can save 20% in the form of a statement credit for eligible pre-purchased meals, and in-flight purchases of food, alcoholic beverages, and audio headsets, on Delta flights. Allow 8-12 weeks for the statement credit to post.

Save on inflight purchases with the card

Discounted SkyClub Access

Delta SkyClubs are among the best airline lounges in the US. If you have the Platinum Delta Amex then you can buy SkyClub access for $39 per person per visit. With a long layover that could represent a good value.

The SkyClub Seattle is one of my favorite US airline lounges

TSA Pre-Check Or Global Entry Credit

New as of 2020, the card offers a Global Entry or TSA Pre-Check credit once every four years. This can save you big time both at security and immigration, and is something I highly recommend signing up for if eligible.

Save time at immigration with Global Entry

Pay With Miles

Delta has a Pay With Miles feature, where if you have a Delta co-branded credit card you can redeem miles for one cent each towards a Delta flight purchase (in increments of 5,000 miles per $50). That’s not the best deal in the world, though this is a feature that’s exclusively available to those with an eligible card.

Some people find this to be useful since they can redeem their miles towards flights, and then they still earn elite miles for taking those flights.

For example, the welcome bonus on this card includes up to 100,000 SkyMiles, so those can potentially be redeemed for up to $1,000 towards travel on Delta.

Pay With Points is a feature that many SkyMiles members value

Trip Delay Coverage

Also new as of 2020, American Express has added travel coverage to many of their premium credit cards, including the Delta Platinum Card. Amex will offer reimbursement for trip delays.

If you’re delayed by at least 12 hours you can be reimbursed up to $300 per trip for necessary expenses, like hotels, meals, and other essentials.

You can use this benefit up to two times per 12 consecutive months, and it’s valid for roundtrip tickets paid with your card (this would include paying taxes on an award ticket with your card).

Amex Offers

One of the great features of Amex cards is access to Amex Offers, which offers savings or bonus points on purchases with all kinds of retailers. There’s huge value to be had in getting as many Amex cards as possible, so that you can get these offers on multiple cards.

Amex Offers could save you hundreds of dollars per year. You can access these offers by logging into your account and scrolling down to the bottom of your account summary page.

ShopRunner Membership

For having the Delta Platinum Amex you get a ShopRunner membership, which gets you free two day shipping on eligible items at a network of 100+ online stores. You just have to enroll in your complimentary membership and can then start taking advantage of it.

Purchase Protection & Extended Warranty

There are some other benefits to spending money on the card that are worth being familiar with. The card offers:

  • Purchase protection, so you’re covered for up to 90 days from the date of purchase when you charge your eligible purchased item to your card
  • Extended warranty, so you can get an extra year added to the original manufacturer’s warranty, on warranties of five years or less

In both cases, you’ll want to check your cardmember agreement for all of the terms.

What Changed About The Delta Platinum Amex In 2020?

As I mentioned above, some major changes were made to this card as of 2020. I reflected the changes above, though wanted to specifically note the things that were taken away or devalued compared to last year:

  • The card continues to offer 10,000 bonus MQMs when you spend $25,000 and an additional 10,000 bonus MQMs when you spend $50,000, but it no longer offers 10,000 bonus redeemable miles at each of these thresholds
  • The cost for discounted Delta SkyClub access increased from $29 to $39 per person per visit
  • The card’s annual fee increased to $250 from $195

Is The Delta Platinum Amex Worth It?

The Platinum Delta Credit Card isn’t necessarily the best card for the casual Delta flyer, and it’s also not a card I’d recommend putting much spending on, unless you value the MQMs that you can earn through spending, or unless you want to spend money on the card to get an MQD waiver.

However, this card has really strong perks, ranging from a companion certificate to a first checked bag free to priority boarding to savings on flight purchases, and more.

Bigger picture, is the card worth it, though? There are a few things to consider.

Want A Business Credit Card Instead?

If the Delta Platinum Amex sounds interesting to you but you are instead looking for a card for your small business, consider the Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card.

Most of the benefits of the card are the same. The only significant difference is that the business card earns 1.5x miles on purchases of over $5,000 (up to 50,000 bonus miles annually), while the personal card offers 2x miles at restaurants and U.S. supermarkets (both cards offer 3x miles on Delta purchases and hotel purchases).

Quick Comparison: Platinum Delta Amex Vs. Gold Delta Amex

If you’re considering the Platinum Delta SkyMiles Amex, it’s possible you may also be looking at the Delta SkyMiles® Gold American Express Card (review). Which card makes the most sense?

The way I generally view it, the Gold Card is a good option for the occasional Delta flyer looking for basic perks, while the Platinum Card is a better option for the most frequent Delta flyer.

Very roughly, I think the Gold version of the card is better for non-Medallion members, while the Platinum version of the card is better for Medallion members.

Here are some of the main differences of the Gold in comparison to the Platinum:

  • The Gold Card has a welcome bonus of up to 70,000 bonus SkyMiles — earn 60,000 bonus miles after spending $2,000 within three months, and earn an additional 10,000 bonus miles after your first anniversary of card membership
  • The Gold Card only has a $99 annual fee, and with the current offer it’s waived for the first 12 months
  • The Gold Card offers a $100 Delta flight credit after $10,000 of spending in a calendar year
  • The Gold Card offers most of the basic perks that the occasional Delta flyer may appreciate, like a first checked bag free, priority boarding, 20% savings on inflight purchases, and more
  • The Gold Card doesn’t offer the chance to earn MQMs, and doesn’t offer an MQD waiver

How Does The Delta Reserve Card Compare?

For the very frequent Delta flyer there’s the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card (review), which has a $550 annual fee. What differentiates this card?

  • The card offers Delta SkyClub and Amex Centurion Lounge access when traveling on Delta same day
  • The card offers a companion certificate that is valid for first class as well
  • The card allows you to earn up to 60,000 MQMs per year (if you spend $120,000)
  • Having the card gets you upgrade priority over those in the same elite tier and fare class who don’t have the Reserve Card

Get Centurion Lounge access with the Delta Reserve

Earn Amex Membership Rewards Points

If you are looking to earn Delta SkyMiles through credit card spending then consider using a card earning Amex Membership Rewards points. That’s because these points can be transferred to Delta SkyMiles at a 1:1 ratio, and you can in many cases earn points at a much faster rate.

For example:

Platinum Delta Amex Card Summary

At the moment the Platinum Delta Credit Card has a decent welcome bonus, as 40,000 SkyMiles can be redeemed for $400 towards travel on Delta, at a minimum.

On top of that, this is a solid card in terms of the perks for those who fly Delta frequently, especially Medallion members.

For many, the annual companion certificate will more than justify the annual fee in and of itself, without even accounting for all of the other perks.

Some will also find it worth spending money on the card, either to get an MQD waiver, or to earn MQMs for spending.

If you want to learn more about the Platinum Delta Amex Card or apply, follow this link.

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  1. I think someone will need to confirm that holding the card is sufficient for free bags. Mine was associated with my SkyMiles number but I booked with Amex Platinum and was shown $30 a bag. The link in the app showing how to get a free checked bag took me to a link that specifically said the ticket must be *booked* with the SkyMiles Platinum. I’ve since upgraded so I don’t have a screen shot of that language and haven’t had luck finding that page again.

  2. I have a Chase Sapphire Preferred currently.. But I’m in a position to be a Delta (or skyteam) exclusive flyer, which I have no problem with, as I love Delta’s product. I’m currently Platinum with them, and expect to maintain that for the next few years.. I spend everything I can on my CC, to rack those miles up, so hitting the 25k will be no problem whatsoever..

    I’m thinking I need to switch over to this card.. What do you guys think?

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“My Country Needs to Know that God is So Beautiful” – FSSP Celebrates 500 Years of Mexican Catholicism

The following is a guest post by Fr. Daniel Heenan, an American priest in the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) currently serving the faithful in Mexico.

By Fr. Daniel Heenan, FSSP

On May 3rd, 1518, the feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, a Spanish expedition sent from Cuba under the command of Juan de Grijalva landed on the coast of the island of Cozumel. Although they could not stay long on account of the hostility of the natives, Fr. Juan Díaz, a diocesan priest from Seville, was able to celebrate the first Mass in what is now the territory of Mexico.

Fr. Diaz later died a martyr at the hands of the cannibalistic natives, but not before he was able to baptize, with the help of several companions, 1,100,000 souls.[1] Nearly one year later, the famous expedition of Hernán Cortés, with about 600 Spaniards, landed on the mainland of Mexico at Veracruz, so named because the Spaniards landed on Good Friday, 1519. It would take them just over two years to topple the Aztec empire begin the remarkable history of Catholic Mexico.[2]               From May 4-6, 2018, the island of Cozumel was host to the festivities in honor of the 500th anniversary of that first Mass in Mexico. The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter had the honor of celebrating a Solemn High Mass in the parish church near the site of that first Mass in Mexico according to the same rite that Fr. Juan Díaz would have used to offer Mass there 500 years earlier. These days, Cozumel is primarily a tourist destination. And the Mass, for many who passed by, was yet another curious attraction. After the Mass, the recently ordained Fr. James Smith, FSSP gave his first priestly blessing, and a blessing was imparted with the relics of the Cristero martyrs which were brought from the FSSP apostolate in Guadalajara. A priest who happened to be in attendance who had just recently completed 50 years of priestly ordination commented that the Mass and the blessings fondly reminded him of his own first Mass half a century ago.

In places like Mexico that have such a glorious Catholic history yet at the same time, year by year, seem to be hemorrhaging members, it seems that a spark needs to be rekindled. God forbid that the heroism of men like Cortés and Fr. Juan Díaz end up being for naught. What a shame it would be if the country they helped conquer for Christ ends up becoming secularized, Protestantized, or returns to the paganism from which it was rescued.

A new evangelization is definitely needed; a new evangelization perhaps that utilizes the methods that proved so effective 500 years ago. One would be hard pressed to identify another time in Church history when there was such an impressive and complete conversion of an entire people as occurred in Mexico. And, it was less than a hundred years ago when this land was watered by blood of so many martyrs – clergy and lay people alike – who preferred to suffer the most ignominious tortures rather than have the Mass taken from them.

Today, on the other hand, various sects are growing rapidly in Mexico, ignorance of the faith prevails, and New Age practices and occultism are on the rise. On my final day in Yucatan, I celebrated Mass in a small chapel in the tourist town of Playa del Carmen. The chapel there has a clear glass window behind the altar, so as one celebrates Mass ad orientem he looks out across the ocean where the Catholic faith first arrived from the east five centuries ago. That day my recollection at Mass was disturbed by a group of people dressed as Indians putting on a performance of pagan dances for tourists. After 500 years, one can’t help but wonder if things may have come full circle. How would Cortés have responded to such a spectacle? Nevertheless, it remains evident that many Mexicans are still spiritually hungry. Catholicism laid deep roots in this culture which are difficult to extirpate completely.

After the events in Cozumel, the missionary group consisting of four priests and seven lay people made their way north and inland. With the help of Una Voce Mexico, groups of faithful in the cities of Mérida and Campeche had requested the celebration Traditional Mass, and now we had come to provide it for them. The pastor at the parish of Santa Lucia in Mérida, like so many priests in Latin America, says six or more Masses every Sunday. Hence, he was glad to have four men in cassocks arrive to help. Without hesitating he asked us if we would like to say more of the parish Masses that Sunday and help him with confessions. We gladly agreed. The small chapel was overfilled for the noon Solemn High Mass and people were standing in the doorway watching in awe.

After the Mass and the blessing with the relics of the Cristero martyrs, the faithful expressed their gratitude and begged us to return promptly to Mérida, the city that is home to the first cathedral in mainland America. That evening, part of our missionary group made its way another two hours west to the city of Campeche, where another sung Mass was offered. There, too, the people were immensely grateful and the priest who received us at his parish expressed his desire that we make regular visits.

What a blessing it was to have been able to participate in this pilgrimage for the 500th anniversary of Catholicism in Mexico! It is always striking – and it is something I have witnessed in various parts of Latin America – to see the joy of people who experience the beauty of the Church´s traditions for the first time or for the first time in a long time. It is a sign of great hope and possibility. It is evident that there is a great hunger among many people for an experience of their faith that is, at the same time more transcendent and more solid. As one man I met recently, who was born and raised in Mexico told me with tears in his eyes after a Mass I celebrated at his parish, “I always knew I was Catholic, but until I found the Traditional Mass I never realized that that my religion was beautiful, that God is beautiful and He has to be so. My country needs to know that God is so beautiful.”

In some sense, the state of spiritual hunger is very much the same now as it was 500 years ago, and it was precisely that interior yearning then, nourished by divine intervention, that allowed for such a fruitful harvest of conversion.

For those who would like to help the FSSP Missionary work in Mexico, please visit http://www.missiontradition.us/ or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/FSSPMexico/.

[1] Plaque at the site of the first Mass celebrated in Mexico, San Miguel Cozumel.

[2] Mexico, Land of Volcanoes, Kindle 28-62.

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