newsmanhoss

I actually used a printout of the 30 day pass at the CDG AF lounge with no problems.

ashill

I was worried about it, but had no trouble using the paper printout in two DJ (Virgin Australia domestic) lounges. Different airline, of course.

tkey75

Used a paper one in CDG, AMS and YUL with no issues whatsoever.

rsoxtim

Good to know, thanks!

hoyateach

I'm flying to NRT via ATL with my wife and young child in June and planning to get a 30-day pass shortly before we leave. I'll post the details here (and am posting now to remind myself to do so when the time comes).

I'm glad to find this thread.^

yarrowfell

Flying from Australia to the US (with a stopover in Fiji) in October and was looking at the Delta Sky Club pass to enable lounge access in US. Done some googling but have a few questions.

Our plans so far:

Syd-Nadi-LAX - Booked on Air Pacific
LAX to Atlanta
Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale - Booked on AirTran
Miami (or Fort Lauderdale) to Orlando
Orlando to Tampa
Tampa to Vegas
Vegas to LAX - Booked on Southwest
LAX-Nadi-Syd - Booked on Air Pacific

(none of the other flights booked yet)

We would be looking at domestic lounges at Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa and Vegas. International lounge at LAX and Nadi.

I found the Delta site with lounges listed but no idea if they are domestic and/or international?

There are 3 of us travelling (not related). Are we better with 1 pass (apparently you can guest 2 people in?) or each buying a pass?

Can we use the lounge if we fly with another airline?

Looks like they have an agreement with KLM and Air France? Can we use their international lounges in LAX?

I believe the pass if valid for 30 days from purchase so I assume we buy it (them) just before we leave. Can we collect the temporary card (I think you need this for partner lounges) at LAX?

Is there a better pass we should look at?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

mendel k

Cant answer all the questions, just buy 1 pass and guest the other 2 in, and buy the card right before you leave, but make sure you get the temporary card from a sky club (any will do) so you can use the international lounges. I don't know if you can use the international lounge in lax, though. Also, no, if your flying air tran, you can't use the delta lounge.

yarrowfell

Why not? From http://www.delta.com/traveling_check...ions/index.jsp

Members can only use the Club in conjunction with same-day ticketed air travel but such travel may be on any airline.

newsmanhoss

The rule you cite is for full-year memberships. Use of the 30-day pass requires travel on DL or a partner airline.

cmn.jcs

First, make sure you distinguish "pass" from "30-day membership." Generally, the term "pass" is used to refer to one-day visit or one-time visit passes, which is not what you're looking for.

Next, yes, you are better with one membership, assuming the three of you are always travelling together. If one of you gets separated and you only have one membership, that person is out of luck.

Yes, you may use the lounge regardless of the carrier you're traveling on. I have used DL lounges multiple times while traveling on other carriers.

A point to clarify: what do you mean when you say "domestic and/or international?"

Regarding the partner lounges, yes, a 30-day membership gets you into all the lounges listed on this site (but make sure you have the right membership option selected in the dropdown box!).

However, one big thing to note at LAX is that most of DL's partner lounges are in terminals that DL does not operate from. I'm guessing that Air Pacific operates out of the Tom Brady International Terminal, which has no DL operations or partner lounges. Just be aware of that. I don't think that will be an issue at any of the other airports you're transiting.

Safe travels!

cmn.jcs

Where do you see that rule? From the website:

yarrowfell

Correct - I was talking about the 30 day membership.

That's not a big issue - we will be together (or close) at all time while in the US.

Excellent - thanks.

In Australia we have domestic terminals (for local travel within Australia) and international terminals (for going overseas, need a passport etc..). If you are travelling domestically you cannot access the lounges in the international terminal as they are after customs / passport control etc..

I think all the places we are going are domestic and international airports so I wasn't sure we could access the lounges in only flying domestically within the US from that airport.

Thanks.

Can you transit between terminals at LAX easily? We fly into LAX (from Vegas) at 1.30pm and fly out to Nadi on Air Pacific at 11.30pm so have plenty of time. Would love to visit the Air France lounge.

Thanks!!

cmn.jcs

Ah, now I understand your question about international versus domestic. The way airports operate in the US is a given airline's operations are usually concentrated in the same terminal or same couple terminals, regardless of international or domestic destinations. At LAX, DL arrives and departs from T5 and T6. The only exception to this case is when international arrivals go to one terminal, and then the aircraft is towed to a gate in the airline's terminal(s) to load for departure. I think LAX might be a case of this, but I'm not entirely sure. I know this is the situation in ORD, where all international arrivals go to T5 and unload, and then go to their respective airlines' terminals to depart. I believe this is usually due to customs and immigration facilities not being available in all terminals.

Anyway, to get back to your question, you should just review the location of the clubs at the airports you'll be transiting. At LAX, you'll only have access to the DL lounge, and that's only when you're in the T5/T6 complex. Unfortunately, LAX is not well set up for airside terminal changes, so you won't be able to access the DL lounge on departure. I suggest looking over terminal maps, and if you have any more questions, I'm happy to explain as best I can.

ashill

I did a 30 day pass for a trip from Australia to the US a few months ago and was happy with it; even better deal for three travelers!

I tried to collect the temporary card at an LGA lounge, but the lounge agent didn't know what I was talking about; she didn't seem very familiar with 30 day memberships. However, the printed temporary card was sufficient to access the Virgin Australia (DJ) domestic lounges, despite the wording on the printout that said otherwise. (If you haven't noted this already, the 30 day Delta membership is valid in DJ lounges in conjunction with a DJ flight, which is a nice side benefit if you have any domestic trips in the 30 day period.) You may only get one guest in DJ lounges; not sure about that.

I would be sure to save the temporary card as a PDF when you purchase the card, as you won't have another (easy) opportunity to do so.

As others have said, there's no exit customs in the US, so domestic and international departures are all mixed in the same terminals. LAX is unusual in that it does have a terminal (TBIT) which is mostly (entirely?) used for international flights. However, some international flights depart out of other terminals at LAX and there's nothing different procedure-wise about security or anything else at TBIT than any other LAX terminal. TBIT is something of a zoo, and the behind-security amenities are nearly non-existant.

Not only can you not transit between terminals at LAX easily, you can't enter a terminal at all if you don't have a boarding pass for that terminal. So, given that you're arriving on Southwest, you won't be able to easily access either the Delta lounge (T5) or the Air France terminal (T2), as you don't have a flight out of T2 or T5. A Sky Club membership doesn't get you into any TBIT (the terminal Air Pacific flies out of) lounges.

ashill

LAX has customs facilities at several, but not all, terminals. However, not all customs facilities are open for all arriving flights, so some arriving international flights do arrive at TBIT and the plane gets towed to another terminal for departure. For example, Virgin Australia flights arrive at T5 and clear customs there (convenient for connections to Delta) but then get towed to T3 for departure.