Delta SkyClub Access Changes starting Jan 1, 2019
Sep 16, 2018, 11:29 am
#226
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You may be thinking Amex Delta Platinum. The Amex Platinum Charge Card is now a better deal than club membership or the reserve card. You get into most clubs with it, $200 airline credit and 5X membership points when using the airline portal.
Sep 16, 2018, 12:42 pm
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Adding here since this is the more recent Sky Club posting. Am flying JFK-SEA today. From what I can tell, it appears that there is only one flight (the 7am-ish) sold as D1 and the rest sold as F flights. Even though the D1 page on delta.com says that JFK-SEA is a long haul transcon (Delta One and see the first blue link (Long Haul Domestic)) , I will not have access at JFK to the SkyClub - or do they still allow since its part of that link? Thanks.
Sep 17, 2018, 11:51 am
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Not true till Jan 1. Although they may be doing to alleviate crowding.
Sep 17, 2018, 12:58 pm
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Incorrect. The requirement for flying Delta or partners when purchasing a Single Visit Pass is already in place.
https://www.delta.com/us/en/delta-sky-club/house-rules
https://web.archive.org/web/20151213...use-rules.html
https://www.delta.com/us/en/delta-sky-club/house-rules
- A Single Visit Pass must be used in conjunction with same-day ticketed air travel on Delta Air Lines or its partner airlines.
https://web.archive.org/web/20151213...use-rules.html
Last edited by xliioper; Sep 17, 2018 at 1:09 pm
Sep 17, 2018, 1:49 pm
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For me the reserve card is a better deal than the Am Ex Platinum charge. But I use the MQM's and the companion first class certificate.
Sep 17, 2018, 2:36 pm
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So...I bought my lifetime WorldClubs membership in 2008 after Northwest emerged from bankruptcy, but before the Delta acquisition. At the time the terms and conditions did not say much about whether access could be restricted, aside from that I had to legally be able to access the club. (And I have proof of this.)
Wonder whether Delta will treat customers who bought lifetime memberships post-NWA bankruptcy differently than before. What about Western Airlines or Pan Am customers bought by pre-Ch11 Delta?
I'm not the litigious type, but this seems like it is a case of a company that experienced bankruptcy trying to avoid liabilities acquired post-bankruptcy.
Wonder whether Delta will treat customers who bought lifetime memberships post-NWA bankruptcy differently than before. What about Western Airlines or Pan Am customers bought by pre-Ch11 Delta?
I'm not the litigious type, but this seems like it is a case of a company that experienced bankruptcy trying to avoid liabilities acquired post-bankruptcy.
Sep 17, 2018, 3:01 pm
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Incorrect. The requirement for flying Delta or partners when purchasing a Single Visit Pass is already in place.
https://www.delta.com/us/en/delta-sky-club/house-rules
https://web.archive.org/web/20151213...use-rules.html
https://www.delta.com/us/en/delta-sky-club/house-rules
- A Single Visit Pass must be used in conjunction with same-day ticketed air travel on Delta Air Lines or its partner airlines.
https://web.archive.org/web/20151213...use-rules.html
Sep 17, 2018, 3:11 pm
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You get 5X Membership Rewards points even when buying direct from the airline; you don't have to use the Amex Travel portal.
Sep 26, 2018, 1:56 pm
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Sep 26, 2018, 2:35 pm
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I'm trying to remember, but isn't this change more of a return to the way things used to be? I thought way back sometime in the Crown Room Club days you had to be flying Delta to be admitted......
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Sep 26, 2018, 2:52 pm
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https://web.archive.org/web/20040619...ules/index.jsp
- Crown Room facilities may be used only in conjunction with same-day ticketed air travel on Delta, Delta Connection® carriers, or Song™.
Sep 26, 2018, 10:41 pm
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Correct.
https://web.archive.org/web/20040619...ules/index.jsp
https://web.archive.org/web/20040619...ules/index.jsp
- Crown Room facilities may be used only in conjunction with same-day ticketed air travel on Delta, Delta Connection® carriers, or Song™.
Sep 26, 2018, 10:44 pm
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