Originally Posted by
technole
In this day and age, the plastic card is becoming more worthless when you can simply add it to your passbook on the iPhone from the Delta app.
Not always, especially at some of the smaller lounges in Europe. There's also always the possibility of a phone dying (I've had several friends have this happen when in transit on long trips).
Plastic might seem old school and un-necessary...until an agent abroad bars access without seeing the card.