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Delta SkyMiles Gold vs. Delta SkyMiles Platinum

Both cards share the same 2x rate on dining and groceries — the $200 gap between Gold ($150) and Platinum ($350) mostly buys a 3x direct-hotel rate and a companion certificate after renewal, not a bigger everyday multiplier. Every credit on both cards (hotel bookings, a spend-threshold flight credit, rideshare) is modeled as hard to use, so the decision comes down to hotel spend and how much a companion certificate is worth to you.