New SLC airport opens September 15th, 2020
Sep 25, 2020, 8:22 pm
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I can't imagine how someone could get three large boxes through security in the first place. The whole story, with three heavy boxes and a 25 minute wait for a drink, has no credibility.
Sep 26, 2020, 12:42 pm
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I was being extremely generous in my estimation of the longest I've ever waited for a drink at SLC. Of course, if I see more than 4-5 people in the line, I'll most likely take a seat and try again a little later because it usually ebbs and flows. I can really only recall two occasions where I walked away with my drink frustrated at how long it took. Once at ATL B and once at JFK T4, both clubs with a reputation for being brutally busy in the pre-covid era. The JFK club incident was mid-summer in the evening before the TATL departure bank when the club is packed with all the D1 traffic, and even then it probably wasn't 10 minutes in line.
Sep 26, 2020, 4:21 pm
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Perhaps re:my cavalier (I) is having us all on? Was in the old club early this month and walked right up and got some white wine with no trouble. Shortish connection, too.
Sep 26, 2020, 4:22 pm
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Sep 26, 2020, 4:26 pm
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Yeah, that's what "old club" means. Servers there were complained of as well.
Last edited by LexPassenger; Sep 26, 2020 at 4:28 pm Reason: Clarification
Sep 26, 2020, 4:48 pm
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I personally don't go through SLC very often (maybe like 5 times in the last 10 years?) but I never experienced a wait that I would have considered different from any other club. With that said, I probably haven't really been there at peak times I would guess. Hopefully they get the issues in the new club sorted. It would be a shame to design such a nice space and then boggle it with poor service.
Sep 26, 2020, 7:24 pm
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Speaking of the new SLC, Does anyone know why Delta has never introduced Porsche transfer service there? As I understand it, NYC, ATL, DTW, MSP, LAX and SEA all have Porsches doing transfers. Is there not enough premium traffic at poor SLC?
Sep 26, 2020, 7:27 pm
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If I were to guess I would say premium traffic would be probably one of the biggest factors along with maybe lack of available facilities for this service and relative ease of connecting here to begin with. Perhaps that could change with the new terminal though.
Sep 30, 2020, 9:56 pm
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When I was in the new SLC club last week, when I first arrived there (around 0845) there was a line at the bar that might have required a 10 minute wait for a drink. I don't think it was any longer than that. I wandered around the club for a while, went onto the SkyDeck, and went back to the bar after maybe 30 minutes. The line was gone by then, and I got served right away.
Oct 1, 2020, 6:08 am
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I thought they had. I was flying with a 360 and I could have sworn we got a ride from the old E gates to the B gates.
Oct 1, 2020, 9:27 am
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When I was in the new SLC club last week, when I first arrived there (around 0845) there was a line at the bar that might have required a 10 minute wait for a drink. I don't think it was any longer than that. I wandered around the club for a while, went onto the SkyDeck, and went back to the bar after maybe 30 minutes. The line was gone by then, and I got served right away.
DL should also be mindful that they're not serving much on board right now either, therefore drinks on the ground will be in higher demand.
Oct 16, 2020, 8:47 pm
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I believe I read somewhere that a lot of western hubs were beefing up mountain routes for the ski season due to people wanting to get away and skiing being reasonably easy to social distance. I would assume delta would not pass up the chance to offer connecting service despite the availability of great skiing within eyesight of said magazines
Oct 16, 2020, 9:08 pm
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I believe I read somewhere that a lot of western hubs were beefing up mountain routes for the ski season due to people wanting to get away and skiing being reasonably easy to social distance. I would assume delta would not pass up the chance to offer connecting service despite the availability of great skiing within eyesight of said magazines