Originally Posted by raehl311

DL has effectively cancelled all multi-year and lifetime Worldclub memberships, as they have ended that lounge program and replaced it with one you can now get for free if you have a Reserve card or are DM. So if you are one of those two things, and have a lifetime (or multi-year) membership, it's like DL is stealing $350 from you every year.

If you don't, with the reductions in service DL is implementing in the SkyClub program to align it with something they hand out for free, it's like DL is stealing $200 from you every year.

A month or two ago, I was considering picking up a DL Reserve Amex, but since I had just bought a 3-year SkyClub membership that DL absolutely REFUSES to issue pro-rated refunds on, there was no value in it. Now I realize that DL just plain does not believe they should deliver any value for the long-term memberships we purchased.


I do appreciate the rollover miles though - looks like I won't make Diamond but will be around 100k MQM this year, so I should have a much easier time staying gold/plat next year while just buying the cheapest tickets I can. With my Flexperks points!