Originally Posted by
hockeystl
Given that DL has offered dispensations for Lifetimes on all the access rule changes this past few years including having to fly DL and waiting until 3 hours prior to departure.
This is a misunderstanding of what has been done for lifetime members. What has happened is that the rules have remained the same for them - the same as they were when they stopped selling lifetime memberships. Whereas other access methods are all time limited, you're essentially agreeing to a new "contract" of access each year when you buy a membership, renew your Amex, or a one-time "contract" when you buy a D1 ticket. The fact that the rules were X last year is irrelevant when you're buying access now.
That's not the case for lifetime members, they've already bought the thing. Immediate access regardless of current occupancy or even access ahead of other members was
not part of what they bought.
Additionally, there's no incentive for DL to give them anything they didn't actually pay for. They're by definition not going to write a check for future access.