Medallion Program: Get an upgrade
How to Upgrade to Business Class or First Class on Delta Airlines? This guide will help you upgrade your Delta Airlines flight to a higher class.
The first thing you’ll want to do is navigate to the airline’s home page. Then go to the ticket booking page. Once you are ready to pay for your purchase, you will have the option to upgrade your flight with Skymiles reward miles or cash.
If you already have a reservation with the US carrier, you will want to log into your Delta Airlines account and go to the “My Reservations” area. After getting to this section, you’ll want to carefully review all of your reservations for the one you want to upgrade. Click on the confirmation number of the reservation you wish to upgrade. After choosing the reservation you want to upgrade, locate the “Upgrade this reservation” button. Click this button and you will be able to choose which class you can switch to.
Here is a selection of products that can be upgraded for free, based on the products that can be purchased when booking a flight. When you search for flights on the Fly Delta app or delta.com, you can see the products offered on the flight results screen. If you would like to recheck an already booked flight, you can visit “My Trip” (also on the Fly Delta app or delta.com), find your reservation and open the seat map to see what products are available for that flight.
| Product | Eligible for complementary Upgrades |
| Delta Comfort+ | Yes |
| First Class | Yes |
| Delta Premium Select | |
| Delta One – within the US 50 | Yes |
| Delta One – outside of the US 50 |
Determines the order of upgrade requests as follows:
| Priority | Complimentary Upgrade Hierarchy for Medallion Members |
| 1 | Medallion Status |
| 2 | Fare Class Groupings: Higher-priced fares and ranked above-lower prices fares |
| 3 | Delta SkyMiles Reserve American Express Card Members |
| 4 | Delta Corporate Travelers |
| 5 | Card Members who earned the Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQD) |
| 6 | Date and time of upgrade request |
Upgrade certificate
To request an upgrade certificate for flights booked with the DeltaVacations package, you must call 1-800-800-1504
Here is where to use the eligibility certificates
| Cabin | Regional Upgrades | Global Upgrade |
| Delta One | Yes | Yes |
| Delta Premium Select | Yes | Yes |
| First Class | Yes | Yes |
| Delta Comfort | Yes | Yes |
Another table that shows the eligible regions
| Region | Regional Upgrades | Global Upgrades |
| U.S 50 | Yes | Yes |
| Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Bermuda | Yes | Yes |
| Central America | Yes | Yes |
| Northern South America | Yes (Excludes Delta One) | Yes |
| Southern South America | Yes | |
| Transatlantic | Yes | |
| Transpacific | Yes | |
| Intra Asia Oceania | Yes |
What you need to know on the waiting list
When booking an upgrade, is there no room in your preferred cabin? If there are seats available, please enter the waiting list to ensure you can upgrade to a superior cabin.
Waitlist options
| Situation | Upgrade Certificate | At least to upgrade certificates |
| No current Upgrade availability in Delta One/First Class but there are seats available in Delta Premium Select/Delta Comfort + | You can choose on of these two options:
1- Upgrade to Delta Premium Select / Delta Comfort + immediately 2- Get put on the waitlist for Delta One/First Class |
You can choose on of these three options: 1- Upgrade to Delta Premium Select / Delta Comfort + immediately 2- Get put on the waitlist for DeltaOne/First Class 3- Use 1 certificate to clear into Delta Premium Select/Delta Comfort + immediately and use a second certificate to waitlist for Delta One/First Class |
| No current upgrade availability in Delta One/First Class or Delta Premium Select / Delta Comfort + |
You can choose one of these three options: 1- Get put on the waitlist for Delta One/First Class 2- Get put on the waitlist for Delta Premium Select/Delta Comfort + only 3- Use your one certificate to get on the waitlist for Both Delta One/First Class and Delta Premium Select/Delta Comfort+ to increase your chances of receiving an upgrade – if one of the cabins clears, regardless of which one, your certificate is considered used. |
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4- Use two certificate, one to waitlist for Delta One/First Class and another to waitlist for Delta Premium Select/Delta Comfort + |
Delta cares for its VIP customers
The American company is launching an upgrade to a private jet to satisfy its most loyal customers.
Members with Medallion status within the Delta loyalty program will soon have the pleasant surprise of being offered an upgrade to a private jet! The American company has its own business aviation subsidiary, Delta Private Jets, which enables it to offer this innovative service to its best customers. Carefully selected, these lucky travelers will be contacted by email and will be able to swap their reserved seat on a regular flight for a place on a jet making the same route. This upgrade is not completely free. The passenger will have to pay a supplement including transfer and catering on board.