Programs: SkyMiles PM; United PP; Hilton DM; SPG Platinum
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Platinum Medallion (PM) Lounge Access
I checked the benefits and it seems PM SkyMiles members don't have complimentary Sky Club access but have complimentary Skyteam Lounge Access (on intl. flights)? Aren't Sky Clubs part of Skyteam Lounges?
I checked the benefits and it seems PM SkyMiles members don't have complimentary Sky Club access but have complimentary Skyteam Lounge Access (on intl. flights)? Aren't Sky Clubs part of Skyteam Lounges?
Yes, you may access Sky Clubs when you have a same-day international Skyteam flight (excluding Caribbean flights).
I checked the benefits and it seems PM SkyMiles members don't have complimentary Sky Club access but have complimentary Skyteam Lounge Access (on intl. flights)? Aren't Sky Clubs part of Skyteam Lounges?
Complimentary US SkyClub access was removed as a Plat benefit when they introduced Diamonds. As other have stated, if you have a same-day international ticket you can still get into the US SkyClubs. Also, if you have a Amex Plat card (not Delta Plat) you get free SkyClub access plus a host of other benefits like $200 airline credit, which helps take the sting out of the yearly cost.
If I am PM but am on a domestic DL flight, how firm is Delta towards granting access to Sky Clubs?
The rules are quite clear, they won't let you in unless you have a membership, buy a day pass, or have a real Plat AMEX (NOT the Delta branded Plat Amex). The agents have seen it all in terms of people trying to weasel their way in. Dropping your Plat Medallion card on them is not going to impress them in the slightest.
Or if you're on a domestic itinerary, you could buy a refundable int'l ticket and then immediately cancel it once you enter the SkyClub.
That is very tricky with an international ticket, checking in, obtaining a boarding pass, then "immediately cancel it once you enter the SkyClub"? So you ask the agents in the Club to refund it? What is your reason? "Now that I had a drink in the overcrowded SkyClub, I no longer want to fly."? Sounds very strange to me.
If the SC is as bad as many people say it is, why would you even want to enter it?
Programs: Delta Gold Medallion, American AAdvantage, Southwest Rapid Rewards
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Originally Posted by fti
That is very tricky with an international ticket, checking in, obtaining a boarding pass, then "immediately cancel it once you enter the SkyClub"? So you ask the agents in the Club to refund it? What is your reason? "Now that I had a drink in the overcrowded SkyClub, I no longer want to fly."? Sounds very strange to me.
If the SC is as bad as many people say it is, why would you even want to enter it?
Oh I wouldn't do it. I have Sky Club access anyway, so it's a non-issue for me. I was just reading on another forum here where people admit to buying refundable tickets, check-in and clear security, then go to the airline's lounge while waiting on family or friends (or even just to go to the airport), and then refund the ticket after accessing the lounge. And in typical FT fashion, it started a huge debate over whether that was right or not because of adding to the overcrowding in the lounge and adding to the length of the security line and whether that was right to do to the airline, etc. etc.
Programs: DL Platinum (1/5 MM), Starwood Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hertz Five Star
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Been there done that. I thought it was cool at first, but then I quickly realized that bottom-shelf liquor isn't worth putting a $1500 credit hold on my card
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