"New" MSP SkyClub
#46
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: PDX
Programs: DL DM, AS MVP 100K, Amtrak peon, Colbert Lifetime Platinum
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#47
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta PM, 1MM
Posts: 3,784
2 kinds of soup with condiments to add
Assorted raw vegetables and greens
At least two kinds of salad (chicken, tuna, pasta or other grain, etc.)
Hot chicken or meatballs
Hot pasta
Two types of cheese in cubes
Crackers of some sort
Cookies, usually two kinds
A couple of snack mixtures
Popcorn
Fruit
Occasionally there is some sort of novelty food, such as ice cream with chocolate and caramel sauce, special sweets, or lemonade.
This is what I've seen in the F/G club. I haven't been to the C club recently.
#48
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
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The old DL lounge could not be older than the PMNW lounge in the international terminal.
Even if DL still flew SFO-NRT, that flight would have been out of Boarding Area A in the International Terminal and not Boarding Area C of the South Terminal, which is where DL's gates and SkyClub are located.
Even if DL still flew SFO-NRT, that flight would have been out of Boarding Area A in the International Terminal and not Boarding Area C of the South Terminal, which is where DL's gates and SkyClub are located.
#49
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: formerly Gold now Diamond, formerly MSY, now LAX, formerly NW, now DL
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Food selection is better now. The attitude is certain not customer nor Minnesota-nice: Had a delayed flight recently and was yelled across the room that "you've got 3 minutes left before we close!"
#50
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: San Antonio
Programs: DL DM, Former AA EXP now AY Plat, AC 75K, NW Plat, Former CO Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium
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Also wish they'd bring back the backdoor enterance/exit. One enterance to that place just isn't enough.
#51
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
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I wish they would bring back the small quiet zone near what once was the back door.
Also, the buffet location and layout doesn't seem to be well designed in that access to food and utensils always seems to be blocked, although sometimes the problem is someone standing in the pathway talking on a cell phone rather than moving.
Also, the buffet location and layout doesn't seem to be well designed in that access to food and utensils always seems to be blocked, although sometimes the problem is someone standing in the pathway talking on a cell phone rather than moving.
#52
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL PM, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 8,414
I don't think you can even say that the club was upgraded. The food service area was remodeled. The rest of the club, including the over crowded and messy looking seating area and the severely outdated restrooms are untouched. I feel like I'm walking through a furniture clearance store in there. They need to somehow double the size and create some open spaces so it does not feel so crowded.
#53
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: PHX, SEA
Programs: Avis President's Club, Global Entry, Hilton/Marriott Gold. No more DL/AA status.
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For those who have access to MSP Skyclub (DeltaOne), Escape Lounge (Amex), and PGA Club (PP), which is recommended for a 3 hour layover over lunch?
#54
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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I've never been to the PGA lounge, but my plan would be to start in Escape and then move to the F/G SC nearer departure time for the announcements and proximity to the gates used for international flights.
#55
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: MSP
Programs: DL Platinum, Marriott Life Plat, HHonors DM
Posts: 116
I don't think you can even say that the club was upgraded. The food service area was remodeled. The rest of the club, including the over crowded and messy looking seating area and the severely outdated restrooms are untouched. I feel like I'm walking through a furniture clearance store in there. They need to somehow double the size and create some open spaces so it does not feel so crowded.
#56
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Despite the remodel, I find the food service areas in the MSP F/G SC to be very badly designed and frustrating. For example, it's much harder to get water now that it's in the corner than when it was on the end of the bar. Usually one person blocks access to most of the L-shaped nonadult beverage area. On the food side, it's a similar problem with everyone needing to get plates, food, and utensils from the same limited amount of counter space with one sided access. In fact, most of them time some idiot is standing there yelling into a cell phone and neither paying attention to the food nor moving out of the way.
The furniture looked messy, worn, and stained a month after it was delivered. The fabrics and other materials that were selected are simply not suitable for high use areas.
The furniture looked messy, worn, and stained a month after it was delivered. The fabrics and other materials that were selected are simply not suitable for high use areas.
#57
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: CHI/MSP
Programs: Delta Platinum, United Prem Exec
Posts: 1,334
Delta has been doing as little as possible to maintain the MSP hub -- the Sky Clubs are a great example of this.
Contrast that with what they've been doing in other hubs and you can see that MSP is purely in "maintenance mode". From a pure dollars and cents standpoint, I guess it makes sense: squeeze as much from a hub captive audience as possible while spending as little as necessary to keep the operation moving.
Most of the improvements to MSP are (and have been) coming from the airport commission itself.
If you want change, you'll either need to write in to Delta or vote with your dollars. Or both.
Contrast that with what they've been doing in other hubs and you can see that MSP is purely in "maintenance mode". From a pure dollars and cents standpoint, I guess it makes sense: squeeze as much from a hub captive audience as possible while spending as little as necessary to keep the operation moving.
Most of the improvements to MSP are (and have been) coming from the airport commission itself.
If you want change, you'll either need to write in to Delta or vote with your dollars. Or both.
#58
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Yet it's always been said that the MSP hub is extremely profitable.
#59
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: Delta
Posts: 50
MN Nice would be if that person said cheerfully "Hi, please be aware that we're closing soon." and then said to a co-worker that you are the worst and shouldn't come in to the club so late.
#60
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Northern Minnesota, US
Programs: DL Diamond, SPG/MR Plat, Kimpton IC, IHG Spire Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 659
I heard from a MSP Airports Commission planning guy that the next big project at MSP is to extend the G concourse, build an International Terminal at the far end, renovate the G concourse, add a train type people mover above the entire concourse, AND add a new, larger SC with deck as a part of that project. Apparently this will be built where the new connection between the C concourse and the new hotel will meet the International Terminal when built and extended.