"New" MSP SkyClub
Sep 25, 2017, 4:33 pm
#61
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: SJC
Programs: DL PM MM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 3,276
Honestly, DL needs a new club in MSP. The F/G lounge has no view and feels like large room with nothing breaking it up. Plus, the bathroom are nasty. The C lounge is still much nicer, but needs new bathrooms.
Aug 8, 2018, 1:37 pm
#63
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta PM, 1MM
Posts: 3,784
There’s some renovation of the food area underway at MSP. The previous (last week) food area beyond the bar is now behind walls and a temporary food service area has been set up down by the old exit to G.
Aug 8, 2018, 2:26 pm
#64
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: PDX
Programs: DL DM, AS MVP 100K, Amtrak peon, Colbert Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 4,534
Aug 8, 2018, 3:08 pm
#65
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Diamond, AAdvantage EXP, Hyatt Explorist, HHonors Diamond, Avis First
Posts: 7,344
Was at MSP-F/G today and shocked to see the new food area walled off.....what the heck happened?!
this club was just “redone”
i saw saw the make shift area and it was boiling hot
this club was just “redone”
i saw saw the make shift area and it was boiling hot
Last edited by AANYC1981; Aug 8, 2018 at 4:59 pm
Aug 8, 2018, 5:30 pm
#66
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Diamond, AAdvantage EXP, Hyatt Explorist, HHonors Diamond, Avis First
Posts: 7,344
i noticed this too when the non-clear liquid came out.....literally had to pause and figure out which pump I had pressed. Not a big deal but this just continues the theme of Delta Marketing touting all these investments only not able to deliver or keep up with their supply chain: S&P shakers, silver napkin roll ups, no more PJs to Asia......the losses continues to go on to cut costs.
Sep 20, 2019, 6:15 pm
#68
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Salt Lake City
Programs: DL PLAT and 2MM;AA EXP;MR GOLD;PC Gold
Posts: 543
Still bad after all these years
So here I am now after googling 'skyclub msp sucks.' It has been shocking me for years that this club can take items that are standard across all clubs, e.g. the soups, and make them taste terrible. Give them creative leeway to actually cook something like tonight's chicken fajitas and it is disastrous. Even if the chicke had been tasty only tortillas were supplied. Where were rice and beans to make a decent chicken fajita taco. This location just needs to give up on hot foods. I concur with all of the other negative comments. The only positive comment I have is it is better than being out in the gate area.
Sep 20, 2019, 8:03 pm
#69
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2004
Location: formerly Gold now Diamond, formerly MSY, now LAX, formerly NW, now DL
Programs: Hyatt Plat, Hilton Gold, SPG Gold, Delta Diamond/1MM
Posts: 4,635
If only they did local foods like wild rice soup (they have in the past), walleye fish, fried cheese curds, some hot dish of some sort, and Miss Richfield 1981's Lime Green Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise!!
Sep 21, 2019, 4:03 pm
#71
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: MSP
Programs: DL MM (thanks PMNW!), DL PM, UA PLT, just about every darn hotel program-generally GOLD type level
Posts: 783
As MSPeconomist suggests start at Escape (their bulgogi isn’t too bad at night) then go to SC closest to your gate.
Sep 21, 2019, 8:10 pm
#72
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: USA
Programs: AA2, DL2, Amtrak2, US2, SPG1, MAR2
Posts: 2,550
Unless you want to use the $15 credit they give you to golf skip the PGA Lounge. Lots of construction, little value in food or drink. Non-Alcoholic drinks and basic bagged munchies free. All else costs $. The restaurants under the club are being rebranded and rebuilt so nowhere good to apply the $15 credit.
As MSPeconomist suggests start at Escape (their bulgogi isn’t too bad at night) then go to SC closest to your gate.
As MSPeconomist suggests start at Escape (their bulgogi isn’t too bad at night) then go to SC closest to your gate.
Most of the food is still good and it is still usually not too crowded, so it still beats the SC, but it has taken a step back lately.
Sep 21, 2019, 8:51 pm
#73
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Diamond 1.7MM, Starlux Insighter, Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Gold, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,949
So here I am now after googling 'skyclub msp sucks.' It has been shocking me for years that this club can take items that are standard across all clubs, e.g. the soups, and make them taste terrible. Give them creative leeway to actually cook something like tonight's chicken fajitas and it is disastrous. Even if the chicke had been tasty only tortillas were supplied. Where were rice and beans to make a decent chicken fajita taco. This location just needs to give up on hot foods. I concur with all of the other negative comments. The only positive comment I have is it is better than being out in the gate area.
Combine with bad concessions choices and a positively crazy terminal layout designed by a madman - and the 12:40 AM redeye from Seattle with only three hours to sleep that should be illegal under the Geneva convention - and I avoid MSP these days unless there are positively no other options left :/
If you do end up there, I concur with others that the Escape Lounge is your best bet. Just keep in mind the bathrooms are ancient, poorly maintained, and hidden in a hallway outside the lounge - so you may want to go in the terminal before visiting the lounge.
Sep 22, 2019, 1:37 am
#74
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 207
IMO, the argument has little virtue. DL doesn't have all that much pricing power in its hubs. MSP has between 40 and 45% connecting pax, ATL has around 65% connecting pax. These people might very well connect elsewhere. Say, CLT, MIA or NYC in the case of ATL; or CHI in case of MSP (obv depending on where they originate and end, these are just examples).
I don't think a reasonable picture of competitiveness will emerge from looking at market shares at hub airports.
Oct 1, 2019, 4:22 pm
#75
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: ANC
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 1,859
I will have a whopping 8 hours to kill in a few weeks in MSP. Arriving early around 6 AM from ANC, not departing until around 2 PM to ICN. Which of the clubs, F/G or C would everyone recommend for a long stay? Never visited any of the Clubs in MSP. Surprising as I have connected there tons, but never this long of a wait. And I used to enjoy the great drinks at Ike's but with them closed I need to find another way to pass the time.