Displeasing Lounge Access Rule (JFK-CUN in F)
Oct 29, 2019, 5:45 pm
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So sounds like UA is the only carrier that allows pax traveling in the forward cabin without status to Canada and Mexico.
AA excludes all of North America except Mexico City.
If a DL Gold or other STE+ flies JFK-CUN regardless of cabin, would they be entitled access?
AA excludes all of North America except Mexico City.
If a DL Gold or other STE+ flies JFK-CUN regardless of cabin, would they be entitled access?
Oct 29, 2019, 7:22 pm
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The AM flights from CUN-MEX leave from a different terminal than the other AM domestic flights. The terminal I was in for my CUN-MEX flight did have a lounge but not an AM lounge and no access was allowed.
Oct 29, 2019, 7:26 pm
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Actually, AS allows lounge access on both paid and award F tickets (this includes discount First award tickets in their 'D' class also). They just don't allow access on upgraded revenue tickets, which would be 'U' class (into which all coach tickets are upgraded).
Oct 29, 2019, 7:27 pm
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Correct. This is how I understood it before it changed sometime this year.
Oct 29, 2019, 7:29 pm
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Oct 29, 2019, 7:29 pm
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Oct 29, 2019, 7:32 pm
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Oct 29, 2019, 7:39 pm
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Oct 29, 2019, 9:46 pm
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Oct 30, 2019, 11:33 pm
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Oct 30, 2019, 11:35 pm
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Oct 31, 2019, 8:59 am
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Yes, it does.
As covered several times above, DL does not determine SC access based on destination, but on class of service. D1 gets access. There is no D1 service to Canada, so there is no SC access to Canada.
Of all of the carriers, this is the easiest bright line. Terms such as "international" are confusing when they do not include places outside the US and they also then require the carrier to include back in premium domestic routes. For DL, JFK-LAX gets SC access because it is D1, rather than F.
As covered several times above, DL does not determine SC access based on destination, but on class of service. D1 gets access. There is no D1 service to Canada, so there is no SC access to Canada.
Of all of the carriers, this is the easiest bright line. Terms such as "international" are confusing when they do not include places outside the US and they also then require the carrier to include back in premium domestic routes. For DL, JFK-LAX gets SC access because it is D1, rather than F.