Arrival access to SkyClubs restored!
May 25, 2022, 3:06 pm
#91
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: DL, UA, AA
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They tried.
But it turns out people don't want to give up anything.
May 25, 2022, 6:20 pm
#92
Join Date: May 2011
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May 26, 2022, 4:58 am
#95
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
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Posts: 6,712
May 26, 2022, 9:07 am
#96
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
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Otherwise, going to the SC isn't mandatory -- if you are generously willing to forego your own SC access to make it usable for other people, you could simply stop going
Everything old on FT is new again: (2016) DL Hikes SkyClub Membership Fee
I don't think an extra $50/year will discourage most people who were already willing to shell out $450 or $695. I suspect credit card entries are as much a cause of the overcrowding as the "Diamond giveaway", though at peak times it's the J and STE+ crowd. So by FT standards presumably whichever crowd you're not in is the one that should lose access.
the club will be less crowded by one person and you won't be bothered by it 
May 26, 2022, 2:54 pm
#97
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
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Terminal D Club at LGA the busiest I have ever seen it. I have had some good days/nights here over the years, including some fun times at the bar, but haven't seen it like this. Basically every seat taken (we eventually found a seat). They had the "at capacity" sign up but were letting people in when we got here.
In addition to new clubs opening here and elsewhere, something else will need to change in terms of access.
In addition to new clubs opening here and elsewhere, something else will need to change in terms of access.
May 26, 2022, 4:02 pm
#98
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
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I'm guessing what you really mean is "I'd happily give up my AMEX Plat access to Sky Clubs since I have an alternate means of access"?
Otherwise, going to the SC isn't mandatory -- if you are generously willing to forego your own SC access to make it usable for other people, you could simply stop going
Everything old on FT is new again: (2016) DL Hikes SkyClub Membership Fee
Otherwise, going to the SC isn't mandatory -- if you are generously willing to forego your own SC access to make it usable for other people, you could simply stop going
Everything old on FT is new again: (2016) DL Hikes SkyClub Membership Fee
May 26, 2022, 4:06 pm
#100
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
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May 26, 2022, 4:12 pm
#101
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
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From a business perspective Delta would be foolish to anger Amex by dropping Platinum access, but from purely a "fix overcrowding" perspective, it would address the problem.
May 26, 2022, 4:13 pm
#102
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
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No, it's an observation that SkyClub traffic skyrocketed after the Amex Platinum become so much more widely held in the last year, itself a side affect of Amex essentially handing the card out to anyone with a pulse. Amex and Delta oversold lounge access, and now we're seeing the results. The Centurion lounges have the exact same problem.
From a business perspective Delta would be foolish to anger Amex by dropping Platinum access, but from purely a "fix overcrowding" perspective, it would address the problem.
From a business perspective Delta would be foolish to anger Amex by dropping Platinum access, but from purely a "fix overcrowding" perspective, it would address the problem.
May 26, 2022, 7:44 pm
#103
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No, it's an observation that SkyClub traffic skyrocketed after the Amex Platinum become so much more widely held in the last year, itself a side affect of Amex essentially handing the card out to anyone with a pulse. Amex and Delta oversold lounge access, and now we're seeing the results. The Centurion lounges have the exact same problem.
... ok, point taken.
May 26, 2022, 9:00 pm
#104
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 406
No, it's an observation that SkyClub traffic skyrocketed after the Amex Platinum become so much more widely held in the last year, itself a side affect of Amex essentially handing the card out to anyone with a pulse. Amex and Delta oversold lounge access, and now we're seeing the results. The Centurion lounges have the exact same problem.
From a business perspective Delta would be foolish to anger Amex by dropping Platinum access, but from purely a "fix overcrowding" perspective, it would address the problem.
From a business perspective Delta would be foolish to anger Amex by dropping Platinum access, but from purely a "fix overcrowding" perspective, it would address the problem.
May 26, 2022, 11:19 pm
#105
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Location: NYC
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No, it's an observation that SkyClub traffic skyrocketed after the Amex Platinum become so much more widely held in the last year, itself a side affect of Amex essentially handing the card out to anyone with a pulse. Amex and Delta oversold lounge access, and now we're seeing the results. The Centurion lounges have the exact same problem.