Originally Posted by
davetravels
Welcome to FlyerTalk to the OP!!
Here's a quote from Delta.com:
"Enjoy BusinessElite benefits on almost all intercontinental flights and on all transcontinental flights between New York's JFK and Los Angeles or San Francisco."
SkyClub access is considered a BusinessElite benefit, and any flight out of Newark wouldn't be designated as "BusinessElite"
Originally Posted by
AAce24
Not even a paid Business class fare would get her into the Sky Club.
And certainly not an upgraded one, it is certainly not absurd that DL is following it's written rules.
OP - Sounds like one of the flights could be one that shows "business" because it's the same flight # as an international flight, which then causes confusion when it turns out to be standard domestic first. Doesn't make sense, but that's just the way they code it in those situations. To add to the confusion, not every international flight that shows a "business" cabin has a BusinessElite cabin & thus might not allow for club access. I'm not 100% sure on that latter point, but the "almost all intercontinental flights" wording indicates it may be the case.