Originally Posted by
Beckles
Good information in this thread, but just to summarize since it is a bit spread out, if you have a Reserve Card, there are two options for secondary cards:
1. You can add a Platinum Delta SkyMiles card for no cost, it looks like
this. This card does not provide any benefits to the person named on the card, I find it useful for my wife so that her spend counts towards my total spend to earn bonus MQM.
2. You can add a Delta SkyMiles Reserve card for $170, it looks like
this. The person named on this card does have access to the SkyClub.
However, the holder of a second Reserve card does not have that linked to their SkyMiles account, so what this means is that while someone who is the primary Reserve card member only needs to give the SkyClub their boarding pass, someone with a secondary card will need to give them their boarding pass and the credit card, much like someone using the American Express Platinum card would.
They were incorrect, I think the best solution if you couldn't or didn't want to push it at the time is to charge your entry to that same card then take it up with American Express and/or Delta after the fact. However, I think the simple solution would be to ask them to refer to their chart of cards that provides access, which should clearly show the card you are holding.
Edited to add: Does anyone have a picture/scan of the card that they have at lounge entrances showing the different AMEX cards and which ones provide access and which ones don't? I couldn't find it using Google ...
All of the above is correct, in my experience.
I used to use an unbranded Amex Plat Charge Card to access the lounges (looks like
this).
They swiped it every time because it was not attached to my Delta SM profile, so they need to make sure it's still a valid card. I now have a DL Reserve card, and no swipe is necessary because I assume Amex informs DL about cobranded cards held by SkyMiles members.
Originally Posted by
mspreh
That is not true. The platinum card looks like a "Delta Amex Plat Card", not a "Amex Platinum Card". The Delta Amex Plat Card does not get you access, nor is it anywhere near the same card as the regular Amex Plat Card.
appleguru was responding to MSP, who was asking if the DL Plat Amex issued as a secondary card on a DL Reserve Amex account looked like the standalone DL Plat Amex that carries a $195 AF for the primary cardholder.
They do look exactly the same - like
this. So much, in fact, that when I upgraded my DL Plat Amex to a DL Reserve Amex, they didn't even send Mrs. Lee a new secondary DL Plat Amex card. She's still using her old one.