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Oct 7, 2018, 11:25 am

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soxfanndc

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slightly off topic but someone mentioned a new Priority Pass lounge in concourse C. Is this new, like within the past month or so??? i know there USED to be a lounge there next to the Dunkin' Donuts small walk-up thing but they closed that maybe a year ago (the name escapes me). It wasn't "grand" but sure beat not having any lounge at all. Can anyone chime in if there is a new lounge there? thanks for any info and to the OP, I very much agree - I'm 1MM on DL and STILL find this MQM, MQD, MQS stuff way confusing!!!!!!!

Oct 7, 2018, 12:00 pm

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xliioper

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BWI now has a The Club there which takes PP. It's in concourse D.

Oct 7, 2018, 12:22 pm

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TheHorta

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist

Elite phone lines, better IROPs handling, protection against IDBs (which are extremely rare anyway), etc. Elites in FC can be treated better than nonelites in FC.

That's an interesting thought... do you think it has to do with JWDs, or because Elites have higher expectations, etc?

I find it interesting because I've had a couple of FAs tell me that DMs seem much more easy-going and they enjoy conversing with them.

Oct 7, 2018, 12:43 pm

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Explorer789

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist

Putting $100,000 spend on a DL Reserve card and a DL Plat AmEx credit card will also get you 100,000 DL redeemable miles for the spend plus 100,000 bonus redeemable miles when the MQMs are earned. In addition, you get 2 extra miles per dollar spent on DL tickets, in addition to about 8 (estimated as it depends on your status at the time of travel) per dollar spent on DL fares, so this is just about enough for an annual D1 RT ticket if you're very flexible about dates and routes.

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Originally Posted by ATLMike1234

Agreed - if your $100k is mostly travel, that's 300k points on the CSR, with much better redemption options than DL's inflated SkyMiles redemption levels.

Yeah, I would only recommend putting 100k spend on the DL Amx cards if you are really determined to get DM status, otherwise one needs to weigh opportunity cost of not using the CSR 3x or Amx Plat 5x on flights when DL cards only give 2x and non-transferable.

On a route like BWI-DTW, I'm not convinced that you really need DM to get upgrades. Even Gold or PM should give you pretty good upgrade frequency.

Oct 7, 2018, 3:53 pm

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Zorak

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Originally Posted by soxfanndc

slightly off topic but someone mentioned a new Priority Pass lounge in concourse C D. Is this new, like within the past month or so???

It reopened as "The Club" as part of PP last May.

Long running FT thread in the Mid-Atlantic forum (scroll to later pages for recent info): Former Baltimore Airspace Lounge reopened as The Club BWI May 2017

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