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Old Jul 3, 2023 | 4:49 pm
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PLeblond
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Originally Posted by canadiancow
I don't know how many times this needs to be repeated, but 90+% of lounge entries are based on cabin or status. CC's/passes/memberships are not causing the issues.

Also, premium credit cards have replaced this membership. You can still buy access, it's just called something different.
Curious as to what the issue is.

I'm not sure if we are back to 2019 passenger traffic at the moment, but regardless, from what I see, (and as fares seem to corroborate):
- Increased tourist travel (Y fares higher than 2019)
- decreased business travel (Lots of deals on J destinations like I haven't seen in a while)

Should lounge lounge access be mostly Cabin and status; and J and business travel appears to be down..what is the root cause of congestion?

Perhaps rampant flight delays are causing the congestion?

Follow up. Found some data from here: https://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/en/scr...passenger-data

Headers are: Daily traffic at 8 largest Canadian Airports 2023 -2022-2021-2020-2019.

Looks like we are close to 2019 traffic levels. What explains the congestion? I'm still suspecting delays & cancellations.


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