Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card
A $650-annual-fee miles card from American Express National Bank, with airport lounge access and a $1,000 signup bonus.
American Express National Bank · AMEX
- Annual fee
- $650
- Purchase APR
- 19.49–28.49%variable
- Signup bonus
- $1,000
- Foreign transaction
- None
Earn Rules
| All Other | 100.00% |
Rates with strings attached
These apply only at a specific brand, or need something beyond how you spend, like a balance held with the issuer or a status tier. They are real, but we do not count them in the value above, which uses the rates any cardholder earns on ordinary spending.
| Made directly with Delta | 300.00% |
Statement Credits
Each credit shown at full face value. The NAV math counts the total. What you actually use is your call.
| Companion Certificate on a Delta First, Delta Comfort, or Delta Main round-trip flight within the U.S. and to Mexico, the Caribbean, or Central America each year after renewal of your Card.yearSource ↗ | $400/yr |
| up to $20 per month in statement credits on eligible purchases at over 10,000 qualifying U.S. Resy restaurantsmonthlySource ↗ | $240/yr |
| annual statement credit of up to $200 after using your Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card to book prepaid hotels or vacation rentals through Delta Stays on delta.com.yearSource ↗ | $200/yr |
| up to $10 in statement credits each month after using your Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card on U.S. rideshare purchases with select providersmonthlySource ↗ | $120/yr |
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| $120 statement credit for a Global Entry application fee or a statement credit up to $85 for a TSA PreCheck® application fee every 4 yearsevery 4 years (amortized)Source ↗ | $25/yr |
| Total credits / year we count | $985 |
Why this differs from the issuer's headline number. Card marketing sums every credit at full value and assumes you use all of them. We count each credit at face value too, but only the ones shown above. A credit you won't use is worth $0 to you, so the honest number for most people is lower than the brochure. Decide which ones fit your life; the calculator counts what you tell it to.
Signup Bonus
AS HIGH AS 100,000 Bonus Miles after you spend $5,000 in purchases on your new Card within the first 6 months of Card Membership.
Value: $1,000 · Spend $5,000 in 6 months
This bonus is counted in full in the card's Year 1 value, and only when your spend meets the requirement. It's excluded from the ongoing value.
Who This Card Makes Sense For
- People who reliably pay their balance in full each month. The 28.49% APR would wipe out the card's other benefits within a single billing cycle of revolving.
- People who will spend $833 a month for the next 6 months anyway — that clears the $5,000 required for the $1,000 bonus, which covers the $650 fee and then some in year one.
- Travelers who will actually use the lounge access. Set what a visit is worth to you in the calculator above — it is counted as $0 until you do, so the $650 fee currently has to be covered by everything else.
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