What Delta SkyMiles Platinum Business Amex unlocks

If you already hold the Delta SkyMiles Platinum Business Amex, you're already one step from two results, both scoped to the US: enrolling turns the card into Hertz Five Star status outright, and the card's MQD Headstart puts you partway toward Delta SkyMiles Silver Medallion. Silver runs entirely on MQDs, no flying required — the Headstart credits 2,500 of the 5,000 MQDs needed each year, and the rest comes from card spend at $1 MQD per $20 charged, so $50,000 in annual purchases on the card closes the gap.

From that Hertz Five Star base, the paths fork. One branch matches into Sixt Platinum and then again into Avis President's Club, the top tier of Avis's own ladder — neither step in that chain asks for rental volume, and the exact terms for each hop are mapped below. The other branch runs through Avis Preferred Plus and then Hertz President's Circle on its way to Enterprise Plus Platinum, crossing back and forth between rival rental brands (each one matches the others' elite tiers), with every hop's requirements spelled out in the reference below.

That second branch is the one with real strings attached: qualifying for Hertz President's Circle through the Avis match takes 25 or more rentals in a year, and holding onto Enterprise Plus Platinum afterward means renewing with 24 rentals or 85 rental days annually. Unless you're already renting cars at that pace, the Avis President's Club route is the simpler prize to chase.