Feb 18, 2017, 12:46 am
Last edit by: tattikat2
Date, Location, Day of week, Time of Day and method of access for denial.
Please include if you are actually flying Alaska that day, or some other airline, so we can see if the BR is giving preference to AS flyers
3/10/17 SEA D AL 4pm Friday - sign out (was flying Alaska)
3/12/17 SEA N & A AL 6pm Sunday PP denied
2/18/17 PDX AL 6:00am Saturday (flying AS) - PP denied (sign out)
3/21/17 SEA D AL 9am Tuesday - sign out
3/21/17 SEA N AL 9:45am Tuesday - sign out
3/24/17 SEA D AL 1:15pm Friday - sign out (was flying Alaska)
3/25/17 SEA D AL 1:15pm Saturday - sign out
3/25/17 SEA D AL 9:00pm Saturday - sign out
3/26/17 PDX C AL 9:15pm Sunday - Sign out (Was flying AS)
4/2/17 SEA D AL 4:00pm Monday - sign out
4/3/17 SEA D AL 10:30a Monday - sign out - PP requested-denied - was allowed with AL lounge pass - 90% occupied
4/10/17 SEA D 6:45 AM - sign out
4/12/17 SEA D 8:20 PM - sign out
4/14/17 SEA D 10:00 AM - sign out
4/16/17 SEA N 11:00am - sign out, was even upgraded to F on AS and MVP75K, no dice. It was a busy Easter Sunday
4/17/17 PDX 5:35am - no sign, admitted with a smile
4/22/17 PDX 6:35am - no sign, admitted
4/22/17 SEA D 8:15am - no sign, went to Centurion Lounge instead
4/23/17 SEA D and N 4:30pm - sign out. N lounge half empty.
4/26/17 LAX 11:30am - no sign
4/26/17 SEA D no sign, went to The Club
4/27/17 SEA D 10:40 AM - sign out
4/27/17 SEA N 10:50 AM - sign put out just as I entered, admitted with PP as the "last one"
4/27/17 SEA N 4pm - no sign, admitted with PP and a Delta bp
4/30/17 SEA D no sign, admitted
5/1/17 PDX 6:30 am - no sign, admitted, maybe 50% full
5/8/17 SEA D 11:00 am - new sign saying no PP guests, admitted as a PP cardholder.
5/15/17 SEA D 12:30pm sign out no PP
5/18/17 SEA N 7pm Thursday - no sign, admitted (PP, flying AS)
5/18/17 ANC 11:30pm Thursday - no sign, denied, but admitted 45 minutes later (PP, flying AS)
5/19/17 ANC 3pm Friday - no sign, admitted (PP, flying AS)
5/23/17 PDX C 4pm Tue - admitted (PP, flying WN).
5/27/17 PDX 7:50am no sign
6/28/17 LAX 12:30pm/3:30pm- no sign, admitted
9/25/17 PDX 2:00 - sign out, admitted without comment (PP, flying AA)
11/8/17 SEA C 09:00 AM - admitted (PP, flying AS). Only a few seats available, but at least a few seats remained available the whole time I was there
11/16/17 LAX 09:00 AM- sign out, no PP
02/0319 LAX 5pm Sunday-sign out no PP (flying AS)
Please include if you are actually flying Alaska that day, or some other airline, so we can see if the BR is giving preference to AS flyers
3/10/17 SEA D AL 4pm Friday - sign out (was flying Alaska)
3/12/17 SEA N & A AL 6pm Sunday PP denied
2/18/17 PDX AL 6:00am Saturday (flying AS) - PP denied (sign out)
3/21/17 SEA D AL 9am Tuesday - sign out
3/21/17 SEA N AL 9:45am Tuesday - sign out
3/24/17 SEA D AL 1:15pm Friday - sign out (was flying Alaska)
3/25/17 SEA D AL 1:15pm Saturday - sign out
3/25/17 SEA D AL 9:00pm Saturday - sign out
3/26/17 PDX C AL 9:15pm Sunday - Sign out (Was flying AS)
4/2/17 SEA D AL 4:00pm Monday - sign out
4/3/17 SEA D AL 10:30a Monday - sign out - PP requested-denied - was allowed with AL lounge pass - 90% occupied
4/10/17 SEA D 6:45 AM - sign out
4/12/17 SEA D 8:20 PM - sign out
4/14/17 SEA D 10:00 AM - sign out
4/16/17 SEA N 11:00am - sign out, was even upgraded to F on AS and MVP75K, no dice. It was a busy Easter Sunday
4/17/17 PDX 5:35am - no sign, admitted with a smile
4/22/17 PDX 6:35am - no sign, admitted
4/22/17 SEA D 8:15am - no sign, went to Centurion Lounge instead
4/23/17 SEA D and N 4:30pm - sign out. N lounge half empty.
4/26/17 LAX 11:30am - no sign
4/26/17 SEA D no sign, went to The Club
4/27/17 SEA D 10:40 AM - sign out
4/27/17 SEA N 10:50 AM - sign put out just as I entered, admitted with PP as the "last one"
4/27/17 SEA N 4pm - no sign, admitted with PP and a Delta bp
4/30/17 SEA D no sign, admitted
5/1/17 PDX 6:30 am - no sign, admitted, maybe 50% full
5/8/17 SEA D 11:00 am - new sign saying no PP guests, admitted as a PP cardholder.
5/15/17 SEA D 12:30pm sign out no PP
5/18/17 SEA N 7pm Thursday - no sign, admitted (PP, flying AS)
5/18/17 ANC 11:30pm Thursday - no sign, denied, but admitted 45 minutes later (PP, flying AS)
5/19/17 ANC 3pm Friday - no sign, admitted (PP, flying AS)
5/23/17 PDX C 4pm Tue - admitted (PP, flying WN).
5/27/17 PDX 7:50am no sign
6/28/17 LAX 12:30pm/3:30pm- no sign, admitted
9/25/17 PDX 2:00 - sign out, admitted without comment (PP, flying AA)
11/8/17 SEA C 09:00 AM - admitted (PP, flying AS). Only a few seats available, but at least a few seats remained available the whole time I was there
11/16/17 LAX 09:00 AM- sign out, no PP
02/0319 LAX 5pm Sunday-sign out no PP (flying AS)
Priority Pass and denied entry at the Alaska Lounge b/c of space - 2018 and Earlier
Apr 14, 2017, 11:03 pm
#617
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What makes you think Amex card holders are any different kinds of people than CSR people? Because you haven't sen one brag about it on the internet? Not a very scientific study. I know lots of people who have the Amex card and they are no different than any of the people I know who have the CSR. And I just applied for the CSR so I take offense that you feel we are somehow less scrupulous people than people who have the Amex card.
By default, since AMEX Plat card before the new benefit change, is one card per person for lounge access. How can the AMEX Plat cardholder bring in ANY guest if he is the only one allowed to enter?
Even with the new benefit, it is cardmember + 2 guests, versus unlimited.
The domestic lounges simply are not prepared for the onslaught of the massive CSR PPS members eager to take advantage of this benefit, not to mention the gallon bag style behavior.
Apr 15, 2017, 9:25 am
#618
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4/15 (Saturday) 8:30am. Sign was out. Lounge was very full.
Apr 15, 2017, 9:26 am
#619
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Apr 15, 2017, 10:04 am
#620
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Got into the LAX lounge at around 8:45 AM this (Saturday) morning. The lounge is much fuller than when I got denied the last couple times. Seems really random.
Apr 15, 2017, 10:36 am
#621
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I hold CSR card since the inception. Does it make you feel better?
By default, since AMEX Plat card before the new benefit change, is one card per person for lounge access. How can the AMEX Plat cardholder bring in ANY guest if he is the only one allowed to enter?
Even with the new benefit, it is cardmember + 2 guests, versus unlimited.
The domestic lounges simply are not prepared for the onslaught of the massive CSR PPS members eager to take advantage of this benefit, not to mention the gallon bag style behavior.
By default, since AMEX Plat card before the new benefit change, is one card per person for lounge access. How can the AMEX Plat cardholder bring in ANY guest if he is the only one allowed to enter?
Even with the new benefit, it is cardmember + 2 guests, versus unlimited.
The domestic lounges simply are not prepared for the onslaught of the massive CSR PPS members eager to take advantage of this benefit, not to mention the gallon bag style behavior.
Edit to add, I re-read that thread about the person with the gallon bag, there is nothing in that thread that I could see that says they were a CSR PPS person.
Last edited by Baze; Apr 15, 2017 at 1:30 pm
Apr 16, 2017, 11:10 pm
#622
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4/16/17, 10:08p - N lounge open to PP, which one would hope/presume it would be this time of day
Apr 16, 2017, 11:21 pm
#623
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SEA town
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At LAX, 9:20PM no sign out. Lounge is about 50% full
Apr 17, 2017, 6:50 am
#624
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At PDX, 5:35am. No sign, welcomed with a smile. Lounge less than 50% full.
Apr 17, 2017, 9:02 am
#625
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I got an email from Priority Pass this morning and they said that the issue with the PDX lounge not accepting Priority Pass "Select" beginning May 1st has been turned over to their Lounge Management Department for investigation. That department will then report to their official contact at the Alaska Lounge for "escalation purposes". One way or another, it sounds like the issue will be resolved soon (thankfully).
Apr 17, 2017, 9:08 am
#626
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Apr 17, 2017, 10:17 am
#627
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I have a flight coming up this weekend, hoping the sign won't be out so I can visit one last time with PP before the May 1st deadline....maybe we need to have an official get-together for Priority Pass FTers at the PDX Alaska Lounge before May 1st....everyone could take turns saying their favorite memory from the PDX Lounge and we could have t-shirts made that say "One Last Pancake at PDX"
Apr 17, 2017, 12:36 pm
#628
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No PP SEA D1
11:00 on Monday April 17. Luckily I had access through AS first class award. Not busy inside👎
Apr 17, 2017, 1:18 pm
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4/17 11:30 am. D location. Sign out
4/17 11:40 am. N location Sign out. Went in and asked nicely if Mrs cblaisd and I could come in since we were flying in upgraded F and I am lowly MVP. Agent first said no, then immediately said wait a moment. She went and looked in the lounge , came back, asked her two colleagues if ok to take sign down since a bunch of folks just left. They agreed. Lounge probably 15-20% full
4/17 11:40 am. N location Sign out. Went in and asked nicely if Mrs cblaisd and I could come in since we were flying in upgraded F and I am lowly MVP. Agent first said no, then immediately said wait a moment. She went and looked in the lounge , came back, asked her two colleagues if ok to take sign down since a bunch of folks just left. They agreed. Lounge probably 15-20% full
Apr 17, 2017, 1:32 pm
#630
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4/17 11:30 am. D location. Sign out
4/17 11:40 am. N location Sign out. Went in and asked nicely if Mrs cblaisd and I could come in since we were flying in upgraded F and I am lowly MVP. Agent first said no, then immediately said wait a moment. She went and looked in the lounge , came back, asked her two colleagues if ok to take sign down since a bunch of folks just left. They agreed. Lounge probably 15-20% full
4/17 11:40 am. N location Sign out. Went in and asked nicely if Mrs cblaisd and I could come in since we were flying in upgraded F and I am lowly MVP. Agent first said no, then immediately said wait a moment. She went and looked in the lounge , came back, asked her two colleagues if ok to take sign down since a bunch of folks just left. They agreed. Lounge probably 15-20% full