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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)

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

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Apr 29, 2018, 7:43 am

#1516

symbols

Join Date: Jul 2012

Programs: Dust...

Posts: 79

PDX April 29 6:30am. No sign. Admitted. Around 10 people inside. Pancake machine out of order.

Apr 29, 2018, 8:07 am

#1517

Bustedmagnet

Join Date: Apr 2018

Posts: 1

SEA - April 29 7am, sign out at the N Gate. They said to try again at 7:30am.

Apr 29, 2018, 3:52 pm

#1518

MAH4546

Join Date: Sep 2001

Location: los angeles, calif.

Programs: Alaska Airlines Gold MVP

Posts: 7,170

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmygottfredson

Ding Ding Ding Ding

This is exactly what I do, especially since you have SFO T2, which is a real decent lounge for a domestic and the ticket for SFO AS flights. The Citi AA Advantage with up to 10 authorized users (no AS Lounge for authorized users) is a great deal.

This is also what I do and I’ve added eight authorized users - parents, brother, etc. I don’t ask them to split the annual fee, but it makes the $450 I pay well worth it since between all of us it gets such an insane amount of use. As a side note, authorized users do get AL access as of early 2018. But no guests.

Apr 29, 2018, 4:26 pm

#1519

alphaeagle

Join Date: Jun 2005

Programs: AS MVPG

Posts: 2,206

Quote:

Originally Posted by MAH4546

As a side note, authorized users do get AL access as of early 2018. But no guests.

This would be good news to me (and meant I burned a lounge day pass needlessly when they were closed to PP). Where did you see/hear this? I couldn't find anything that indicated this changed.

Apr 29, 2018, 8:59 pm

#1520

Flying for Fun

Join Date: Mar 2017

Location: British Columbia

Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold

Posts: 7,263

Quote:

Originally Posted by MAH4546

As a side note, authorized users do get AL access as of early 2018. But no guests.

That I didn't know! Thanks for the info. Last year I reached Gold in April and used it a lot for AL access but this year I am not quite 1/2 way to MVP having spent all of January & February flying around the world in Business and First on awards. I do have my eye on a few excellent PE fares, LHR to West Coast in BA F and an around the world mileage run. Shouldn't be hard to reach MVPG75K again this year when you are Flying For Fun. 😁😉

Appreciate the update.

James

Apr 29, 2018, 9:46 pm

#1521

NWplatinum

Join Date: Oct 2003

Location: Seattle

Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold

Posts: 3,215

Was at the lounge at 8:35pm on Sunday 4/29 in the north satellite. Club is completely empty and sign is out. The agent is also actively turning people away who are asking to enter the PP. I used my 75k pass to enter and there is really nobody in here. It’s ridiculous.

Apr 30, 2018, 5:45 pm

#1522

Eujeanie

Join Date: May 2009

Location: EUG

Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold

Posts: 8,218

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...cid=spartandhp

Apr 30, 2018, 8:03 pm

#1523

PDXPremier

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Jun 2007

Location: PDX

Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold

Posts: 10,723

Quote:

Originally Posted by NWplatinum

Yep, that sounds about right....if you write in about to Alaska Listens, they'll probably respond with the excuse that they are saving space for an "anticipated" increase in travelers.....yeah, right....as we all know by now after seeing half-empty (or less) lounges, capacity issues cannot be the only reason the "Full House" sign is out.

Apr 30, 2018, 10:03 pm

#1524

CDKing

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: BOS/ORH

Programs: AS 75K

Posts: 18,323

Quite a few empty seats here in the LAX lounge. PP sign was out when i came in. I wasn't going to burn a PP visit anyways (10 visits with Hilton AMEX) since i have 75K lounge passes and I'm rarely at an AS lounge location.

UAPremierExec likes this.

May 1, 2018, 6:06 am

#1525

BarryL

Join Date: Jul 2004

Location: SEA town

Programs: Alaska LTG, HHonors-Gld, IHG-Dia, LT MR Ti

Posts: 627

Quote:

Originally Posted by MAH4546

As a side note, authorized users do get AL access as of early 2018. But no guests.

Quote:

Originally Posted by alphaeagle

This would be good news to me (and meant I burned a lounge day pass needlessly when they were closed to PP). Where did you see/hear this? I couldn't find anything that indicated this changed.

My understanding is authorized users never had access to AL with Citi card. Only the primary card holder has a full blown Admirals Club membership.

It’s discussed here, see post #135

Guide to Alaska Lounge Access for Admirals Club Members

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDiver

Ah. Only primary cardholders are Club members. Authorized users are granted access to Admirals Clubs, not affiliated / reciprocity lounges.

May 1, 2018, 7:02 am

#1526

CDKing

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: BOS/ORH

Programs: AS 75K

Posts: 18,323

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDKing

About 40 min after arriving someone who came in after me last night was talking about how he got in w/ priority pass so they must have taken the sign down.

May 1, 2018, 8:35 am

#1527

UAPremierExec

Join Date: Sep 2001

Programs: Alaska Tanzanite 100K

Posts: 3,858

Sign was out at LAX as I left at 630AM to head over to the Star Alliance Lounge in T6. And the club was fairly busy starting at 5am, was a bit surprised.