The smartest way to buy Delta gift cards right now is to run them through Newegg with Chase Paze, which stacks two earning layers to 11x points per dollar on flights you were going to pay for anyway. The trick is buying Delta eGift cards through Newegg, checking out with Paze on an eligible Chase card, and letting both layers pile onto the same dollar before you ever book a seat.
Let me walk you through the exact steps.
Which Chase Cards Work
Five Chase personal cards currently carry the Paze offer, and any of them earns you 11x on Delta gift cards. The eligible lineup is the Chase Sapphire Reserve®, Chase Sapphire Preferred®, Chase Freedom Flex℠, Chase Freedom Unlimited®, and the older Chase Freedom® that is now closed to new applicants.
Business cards do not qualify, which rules out the Sapphire Reserve for Business and the entire Ink family. Authorized users and cardholders under 18 are excluded too.
To set up Paze, follow the instructions below.
If you do not hold one of these yet, the timing matters. The Chase Sapphire Reserve® 150K welcome offer is ending soon, so if you were going to open one anyway, doing it before the offer drops gets you both the signup bonus and a full run at the Paze stack through year-end, which could get you a minimum of 255k points by December.
How the 11x Delta Stack Works
Delta gift cards are not a bonus category on any of these cards, so a gift card purchase earns the standard 1x base rate (unless you have a Chase Freedom Unlimited which earns 1.5x on every purchase). The magic is the Paze bonus layered on top. From now through December 31, 2026, eligible cards earn an extra 10 points per dollar at participating merchants, and Newegg is one of them. One plus ten is eleven, flat, no matter which eligible card you use.
Newegg sells Delta Air Lines eGift cards by email, and the balance redeems toward airfare on delta.com, at the airport, by phone, and on Delta Vacations packages that include a Delta flight. Here is the part that makes Delta different from a theme park card. When you pay for a cash ticket with a Delta gift card, that ticket still earns your redeemable SkyMiles and still counts toward Medallion status, because the gift card is just a form of payment. You are prepaying flights you were going to buy anyway, at 11x, without giving up a single mile or qualification dollar.
What You Need Before You Buy Delta Gift Cards
You need an eligible Chase card with the Paze offer showing on your account, Paze set up with that card as your payment method, and a Newegg checkout completed through Paze.
The Math on a Real Delta Trip
The Paze bonus caps at $1,500 in combined Paze purchases per month per card, so the real framing is up to $1,500 in Delta gift cards each month through year-end. Run a full $1,500 month and the stack looks like this:
The 11x Stack on One Month’s Cap
| Earning Layer | Points on $1,500 |
|---|---|
| Card base earn (1x) | 1,500 |
| Chase Paze bonus (10x) | 15,000 |
| Total (11x) | 16,500 |
| At roughly 2 cents per point, that is about $330 in value on $1,500 of Delta airfare you were going to buy anyway. | |
Max the cap every month from now through December 31 and you are looking at up to 105,000 bonus points per eligible Chase card on Delta airfare you were already going to buy, enough to cover a future business class trip on points if you transfer to the right partner instead.
It’s worth noting there are many other ways to get the 11x as well, if you’re not going to spend it all on Delta. Read this guide for more info on that.
Who Should Skip This
Skip this if you do not actually fly Delta or pay cash for Delta fares, because locking money into one airline you will not use is not a win. Skip it if you cannot front the cash to buy gift cards before you travel, since Delta gift cards are not refundable for cash. Skip it if you do not hold an eligible card and have no interest in opening one, because the offer does not work without one.
Bottom Line
Eleven points per dollar when you buy Delta gift cards for airfare you would purchase anyway, through December 31, capped at $1,500 a month per card, and your tickets still earn miles and MQDs on top. Confirm the offer is showing on your card, set up Paze, and buy your Delta gift cards through Newegg. If you do not have an eligible card yet, the Chase Sapphire Reserve® 150K offer is ending soon, so move before it does.
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