Originally Posted by
SPN Lifer
It would be nice if (lifetime) Admirals Club cards were available on the AA app the same way (lifetime) United Club cards are available on the UA app. Some day? I still carry both plastic Club cards in my leather ticket wallet.
DL does this for Lifetime members by putting the expiry as year 2079. For Club members it makes sense to have no cards issued. AA and DL only allow access to their own lounges (AA gets you into AS and QF) when traveling within their respective alliance so it is very likely that the FF number is in the booking anyway. Physical card was useful to present along with paper bp back when any airline was allowed. For UA, it would make sense for LH to start accepting the digital one. I find that club cards are different from Elite cards given that they must be rarely shown.