Board Room question: TSA cleared guests in Delta Sky Club?
Jan 13, 2010, 1:17 pm
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Board Room question: TSA cleared guests in Delta Sky Club?
I have a layover in DTW for a few hours, and I wanted to catch up with a family member. I know that SkyClub offers BR members guest privileges for those over 21, but any idea if they can be given a pass to clear TSA as well?
Jan 13, 2010, 1:48 pm
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Not familiar with a specific procedure for that. However, if you can get them thru security some other way (sometimes just takes the right agent) then there should not be any problems. But haven't tried this with DL before...
Jan 13, 2010, 5:01 pm
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I ended up giving the board room folks a call, they are trying to arrange something with DTW, assuming if its permitted. Would be neat if it works!
Jan 13, 2010, 10:26 pm
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So, that was interesting ...
Okay, let me take a deep breath so i can say this in one sentence:
ONLY if you are flying a Delta airlines ticket, you can arrange with the Delta Sky Club as a Board Room member to authorize up to 2 guests to be given TSA hall passes without your supervision in any airport -- however, a new Delta policy created in the last month now prohibits any access to just the DTW airport, without the reservation of a conference room through regius, which is billed at $50/hr, 1-800-496-2225.
She also told me, THAT BEING SAID, she (and the skyclub agents) bet that if you showed up at a ticket counter outside security, it would be entirely likely that your guest would be given a pass or perhaps a friendly TSA agent would let it go (technically, they can).
She mentioned this brand new policy in DTW is very similar to the Board Room policy in LAX (?!!? didn't know), where they only want passengers intending to fly passed TSA and keep any extra people outside the sterile area. What good keeping an extra 2 1/2 people using an obscure benefit they are unaware of is unclear.
It took a BR agent in SEA about 4 phone calls to determine this with the head club in DTW....and YMMV
But it looks like even the most obscure guesting privileges have been inherited in the agreement.
Okay, let me take a deep breath so i can say this in one sentence:
ONLY if you are flying a Delta airlines ticket, you can arrange with the Delta Sky Club as a Board Room member to authorize up to 2 guests to be given TSA hall passes without your supervision in any airport -- however, a new Delta policy created in the last month now prohibits any access to just the DTW airport, without the reservation of a conference room through regius, which is billed at $50/hr, 1-800-496-2225.
She also told me, THAT BEING SAID, she (and the skyclub agents) bet that if you showed up at a ticket counter outside security, it would be entirely likely that your guest would be given a pass or perhaps a friendly TSA agent would let it go (technically, they can).
She mentioned this brand new policy in DTW is very similar to the Board Room policy in LAX (?!!? didn't know), where they only want passengers intending to fly passed TSA and keep any extra people outside the sterile area. What good keeping an extra 2 1/2 people using an obscure benefit they are unaware of is unclear.
It took a BR agent in SEA about 4 phone calls to determine this with the head club in DTW....and YMMV
But it looks like even the most obscure guesting privileges have been inherited in the agreement.
Jan 13, 2010, 10:45 pm
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So, that was interesting ...
Okay, let me take a deep breath so i can say this in one sentence:
ONLY if you are flying a Delta airlines ticket, you can arrange with the Delta Sky Club as a Board Room member to authorize up to 2 guests to be given TSA hall passes without your supervision in any airport -- however, a new Delta policy created in the last month now prohibits any access to just the DTW airport, without the reservation of a conference room through regius, which is billed at $50/hr, 1-800-496-2225.
She also told me, THAT BEING SAID, she (and the skyclub agents) bet that if you showed up at a ticket counter outside security, it would be entirely likely that your guest would be given a pass or perhaps a friendly TSA agent would let it go (technically, they can).
She mentioned this brand new policy in DTW is very similar to the Board Room policy in LAX (?!!? didn't know), where they only want passengers intending to fly passed TSA and keep any extra people outside the sterile area. What good keeping an extra 2 1/2 people using an obscure benefit they are unaware of is unclear.
It took a BR agent in SEA about 4 phone calls to determine this with the head club in DTW....and YMMV But it looks like even the most obscure guesting privileges have been inherited in the agreement.
Okay, let me take a deep breath so i can say this in one sentence:
ONLY if you are flying a Delta airlines ticket, you can arrange with the Delta Sky Club as a Board Room member to authorize up to 2 guests to be given TSA hall passes without your supervision in any airport -- however, a new Delta policy created in the last month now prohibits any access to just the DTW airport, without the reservation of a conference room through regius, which is billed at $50/hr, 1-800-496-2225.
She also told me, THAT BEING SAID, she (and the skyclub agents) bet that if you showed up at a ticket counter outside security, it would be entirely likely that your guest would be given a pass or perhaps a friendly TSA agent would let it go (technically, they can).
She mentioned this brand new policy in DTW is very similar to the Board Room policy in LAX (?!!? didn't know), where they only want passengers intending to fly passed TSA and keep any extra people outside the sterile area. What good keeping an extra 2 1/2 people using an obscure benefit they are unaware of is unclear.
It took a BR agent in SEA about 4 phone calls to determine this with the head club in DTW....and YMMV
But it looks like even the most obscure guesting privileges have been inherited in the agreement.
Jan 14, 2010, 12:47 am
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However, specifically not LAX. This must have just changed very recently.
I dont know who they are trying to keep out....you can buy one way tickets cheaper than a BR membership
Jan 14, 2010, 12:54 am
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Since it now requires an anal probing to get through security, I assume they would put a policy like this in place to try to eliminate as much traffic as possible.
You should make sure to write to AS, the TSA as well as the managers of the airports you frequent to let them know that this is something that's important to you.
As mentioned, you can buy a fully refundable ticket to get through security.
You should make sure to write to AS, the TSA as well as the managers of the airports you frequent to let them know that this is something that's important to you.
As mentioned, you can buy a fully refundable ticket to get through security.