American Express
On $1,000 a month of spending, split evenly across restaurants, travel, groceries and everything else: yes.
18,000 points a year at 1.37¢ = $247, minus the $150 annual fee = $97 a year.
That is a worked example, not a figure about you — we have no idea what you spend. Put your own numbers in and the same arithmetic runs on those.
| On | Rate | Cap |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and takeaway | 2× Delta SkyMiles | none |
| Flights, hotels and transport | 1× Delta SkyMiles | none |
| Groceries | 2× Delta SkyMiles | none |
| Everything else | 1× Delta SkyMiles | none |
2x on Delta, at US restaurants and US supermarkets, 1x elsewhere.
Delta SkyMiles points are worth about 1.37 cents each on our published table, our own. What Delta SkyMiles points are worth →
Credits count for $0 in the sum above — what a typical holder actually redeems, not the sticker value of every credit on the page. Welcome offer and credits not yet read from the issuer's page, so none are counted; added 2026-09-17 for its earn rates only, from the issuer's product page. Travel is priced at the card's general travel rate, not its own-brand rate.
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