Guest restrictions at AMS lounge
Jun 3, 2017, 3:19 am
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Guest restrictions at AMS lounge
From the 13th of June, Skyteam Elite Plus members cannot take a guest into the intercontinental KLM Crown Lounge, daily between 7.30 and 11 am, due to capacity restrictions.
Jun 3, 2017, 4:22 am
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If true, the reason is simple. Overcrowding. A bunch of US flights leave at that time. Add in Priority Pass, Skyclub membership holders, and STE+ and it gets crowded. No place to sit crowded. AMS has long needed an extra lounge on the international side. They should have kept the old lounge open as a second.
Jun 3, 2017, 4:42 am
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If true, the reason is simple. Overcrowding. A bunch of US flights leave at that time. Add in Priority Pass, Skyclub membership holders, and STE+ and it gets crowded. No place to sit crowded. AMS has long needed an extra lounge on the international side. They should have kept the old lounge open as a second.
Jun 3, 2017, 4:47 am
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Jun 3, 2017, 5:08 am
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As for overcrowding. The lounge has been overcrowded during the reduced winter schedule. Additional summer flights will only make it worse.
Jun 3, 2017, 7:48 am
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Mistake on PP. Fly out of IAH a lot and have employees use their PP to access the KLM lounge there. For some reason thought all KLM lounges took it.
As for overcrowding. The lounge has been overcrowded during the reduced winter schedule. Additional summer flights will only make it worse.
As for overcrowding. The lounge has been overcrowded during the reduced winter schedule. Additional summer flights will only make it worse.
Jun 3, 2017, 9:04 am
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As a percentage, sure, but in raw numbers are there fewer elites flying? Surely some of those leisure travelers are elites burning down miles, and I don't know of any significant dip in business travel in general during the summer (clearly some particular industries are slower in summer but others are busier in summer).
Jun 3, 2017, 10:55 am
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Jun 3, 2017, 3:42 pm
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Delta desperately needs its own lounge, if only for business-class passengers.
Jun 3, 2017, 5:04 pm
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Agreed. If there were any international airport that DL should have a Sky Club, it would be AMS (and CDG). Air France/KLM have several lounges in the United States, including at airports with Sky Clubs.
Jun 3, 2017, 5:08 pm
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Moreover, KLM's lounges aren't even that nice, comparatively speaking. Sometimes you can't even get an agent to make a last-minute change or address an issue because the line of other passengers waiting for the service desk is too long. It's a complete mess.
The only good thing is that KLM is empowered to sell upgrades on Delta flights, which means sometimes you can score a business-class seat for a decent price an hour or two before departure.