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Priority Pass and denied entry at the Alaska Lounge b/c of space - 2018 and Earlier

Old Feb 18, 2017, 12:46 am
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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)
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Priority Pass and denied entry at the Alaska Lounge b/c of space - 2018 and Earlier

Old Feb 16, 2017, 3:39 pm
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Originally Posted by smilee
Hmmm. Makes me think I should choose Delta over Alaska when purchasing my next F fare. I have never been denied access to the Delta lounge in Seattle with a F Delta boarding pass.
From the Priority Pass site: "Access may be restricted due to space constraints"

So clearly they will prioritize AL members and I assume AL issued passes and F fares.

Has anyone ever been denied with an F fare for an AL?
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Old Feb 16, 2017, 3:47 pm
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Originally Posted by lg20
From the Priority Pass site: "Access may be restricted due to space constraints"

So clearly they will prioritize AL members and I assume AL issued passes and F fares.

Has anyone ever been denied with an F fare for an AL?
Nope, I've never been denied access to the Bored Room™ or Alaska Lounge™ with an F BP.
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Old Feb 16, 2017, 5:44 pm
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Originally Posted by smilee
Hmmm. Makes me think I should choose Delta over Alaska when purchasing my next F fare. I have never been denied access to the Delta lounge in Seattle with a F Delta boarding pass.
Well now that DL has a MegaLounge in SEA...

However, I didn't think a standard F ticket granted access to DL lounges. Select varieties domestically and international (Biz) do grant lounge access.
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Old Feb 16, 2017, 6:29 pm
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Originally Posted by beckoa
Well now that DL has a MegaLounge in SEA...

However, I didn't think a standard F ticket granted access to DL lounges. Select varieties domestically and international (Biz) do grant lounge access.
DL F tickets to Canada (where poster is based) get access to Sky Club's.
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Old Feb 16, 2017, 6:31 pm
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Originally Posted by LBJ
DL F tickets to Canada (where poster is based) get access to Sky Club's.
Ahh... I forget about our neighbor to the East
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Old Feb 16, 2017, 10:18 pm
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I had thought intra-North America is only "international lite"?
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Old Feb 17, 2017, 9:43 am
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Originally Posted by LBJ
DL F tickets to Canada (where poster is based) get access to Sky Club's.
Access to the Seattle Delta Sky Club can be gained by non-SC members who are holding a first class SEA-YVR ticket on Delta? Is someone able to confirm this from personal experience?

If this information is accurate, then I have an idea for my next long layover at Sea-Tac ...
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Old Feb 17, 2017, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by smilee
Hmmm. Makes me think I should choose Delta over Alaska when purchasing my next F fare. I have never been denied access to the Delta lounge in Seattle with a F Delta boarding pass.
HUH? Flying DL in domestic FC doesn't entitle you to lounge access. Are you talking about transborder flights?
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Old Feb 17, 2017, 10:51 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
HUH? Flying DL in domestic FC doesn't entitle you to lounge access. Are you talking about transborder flights?
From the DL site:
Delta One or SkyTeam Premium Cabin Passenger
Customers traveling in Delta One on an international Delta flight or a domestic Delta flight connecting to/from a same-day international Delta flight* in Delta One or travel in international First/Business Class on a SkyTeam-operated flight. (In order to qualify for Club access, the customer must be confirmed in the premium (first or business class) cabin for the international segment of their itinerary.)

or

Transcontinental Delta One
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Old Feb 17, 2017, 11:20 am
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You forgot to include the asterisked definition of "international" flights on DL which includes neighbors Canada and Mexico, but not the Caribbean, Guam, and Saipan.

"*International Travel includes: Customers traveling to/from Europe, Asia, South America, Central America, Africa, Canada and Mexico (excludes travel to/from the Caribbean, Guam and Saipan)."
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Old Feb 17, 2017, 1:06 pm
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Originally Posted by lg20
From the DL site:
Delta One or SkyTeam Premium Cabin Passenger
Customers traveling in Delta One on an international Delta flight or a domestic Delta flight connecting to/from a same-day international Delta flight* in Delta One or travel in international First/Business Class on a SkyTeam-operated flight. (In order to qualify for Club access, the customer must be confirmed in the premium (first or business class) cabin for the international segment of their itinerary.)

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Transcontinental Delta One
Customers traveling on a nonstop Delta One ticket between New York-JFK and Los Angeles or San Francisco.
D1 is business class, not FC. The OP specifically talked about a FC ticket.

I don't think DL serves Mexico, Central America, or northern South America from SEA, so that leaves the transborder Canadian flights as eligible for SC use with a FC ticket.
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Old Feb 17, 2017, 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
D1 is business class, not FC. The OP specifically talked about a FC ticket.

I don't think DL serves Mexico, Central America, or northern South America from SEA, so that leaves the transborder Canadian flights as eligible for SC use with a FC ticket.
I don't think they make and listing of First Class anywhere. So international First Class may not count.

http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...of-terms.html#
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Old Feb 17, 2017, 2:31 pm
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Originally Posted by LBJ
You forgot to include the asterisked definition of "international" flights on DL which includes neighbors Canada and Mexico, but not the Caribbean, Guam, and Saipan.

"*International Travel includes: Customers traveling to/from Europe, Asia, South America, Central America, Africa, Canada and Mexico (excludes travel to/from the Caribbean, Guam and Saipan)."

Yeah, best to take AS to the Caribbean, Guam or Saipan.
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Old Feb 17, 2017, 5:07 pm
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Originally Posted by channa
Yeah, best to take AS to the Caribbean, Guam or Saipan.
Well... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...slands_by_area



But I get the point.

I think down the road AS could make a run at GUM too
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Old Feb 17, 2017, 10:24 pm
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SEA N lounge was closed to PP members tonight. When I offered to use a 75K pass instead she asked how long I would be staying before my flight. Since I only had 20 minutes to use the lounge, the attendant let both me and a guest in on my PP.
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