Has anyone been turned away from the Delta lounge for arriving too early?
Jun 6, 2022, 8:04 pm
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Jun 6, 2022, 8:45 pm
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Jun 7, 2022, 5:57 am
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I had to book seperate tickets Bos-Sfo on Delta and Sfo-Sgn Vietnam airlines. It took them awhile to understand but they allowed skyclub at Sfo. Somehow Vietnam airlines flights cant get connected to Delta flights yet despite both being on skyteam
Jun 7, 2022, 11:00 am
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In practice, DL could do something (not sure what, perhaps charge the guest lounge fee?) if you make a pattern of using a lounge early based on a SDS request and then failing to take a SDS seat that's offered to you. In the extreme, they could ban you from participating in the DL FF program or from ever entering a DL lounge.
When folks have made a pattern of skipping final legs (which made their tickets much cheaper), IIRC DL (although I might be thinking of another airline) has billed them for the fare difference, giving them the choice ton pay or be banned from the FF program.
When folks have made a pattern of skipping final legs (which made their tickets much cheaper), IIRC DL (although I might be thinking of another airline) has billed them for the fare difference, giving them the choice ton pay or be banned from the FF program.
Jun 7, 2022, 12:03 pm
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I would hope that this would be standard policy . . . if the lounge is not busy (let's define that as "less than 50% of seating capacity"), and not reasonably expected to become busy in the near future, access should be granted prior to the 3-hour window.
Jun 7, 2022, 3:23 pm
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I had no problem with the RDU lounge a week ago - about 30 minutes before the 3 hour time frame.
Will be curious at the end of the trip when I'm returning on the DEN-DTW red eye that departs DEN at 1255 am.
I'm swapping the car back to the folks I'm pet sitting for about 6 pm. Figured I'd use my DL reserve in the Centurion lounge first (it closes at 9 pm) and then the SkyClub (which doesn't close until 1 am. Is that the latest in the whole system?)
Will be curious at the end of the trip when I'm returning on the DEN-DTW red eye that departs DEN at 1255 am.
I'm swapping the car back to the folks I'm pet sitting for about 6 pm. Figured I'd use my DL reserve in the Centurion lounge first (it closes at 9 pm) and then the SkyClub (which doesn't close until 1 am. Is that the latest in the whole system?)
Jun 7, 2022, 3:52 pm
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IIRC Centurion lounges don't permit entry more than three hours before departure (this does not apply to connections) except for Centurion card members. I'm not aware of any exception when the Centurion lounge closes well before the flight's scheduled departure.
Jun 7, 2022, 6:16 pm
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That probably is the unwritten policy: by making the entitlement only 3 hours, that eliminates grounds to complain about being denied entry before one's window opens. Publishing something like "you can come in before if the club isn't crowded" is a recipe for "you can't be serious, this club isn't crowded!"
Jun 8, 2022, 4:29 am
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Even KLM has this issue. When AUS/AMS flights started, DL SC @ AUS wasn't setup to read KLM BP.
Jun 8, 2022, 6:43 am
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