Has anyone been turned away from the Delta lounge for arriving too early?
Jun 6, 22, 5:10 am
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Has anyone been turned away from the Delta lounge for arriving too early?
Any experiences? I am curious how stringently Delta is enforcing the new June 1 three-hour Sky Club access rule.
Delta Reserve and PM flying ATL-MSP-YYC on June 19, and we have a separate JAX-ATL positioning flight that morning. Will get to the lounge 4 hours before the second flight. I know I cannot combine the PNRs. but if I show we are technically connecting to an international flight, do you think we would get access? EDIT: I do know Delta allows lounge access after arrival, but only one of us qualifies, and would hate to burn a pass for this if I can avoid it.
Delta Reserve and PM flying ATL-MSP-YYC on June 19, and we have a separate JAX-ATL positioning flight that morning. Will get to the lounge 4 hours before the second flight. I know I cannot combine the PNRs. but if I show we are technically connecting to an international flight, do you think we would get access? EDIT: I do know Delta allows lounge access after arrival, but only one of us qualifies, and would hate to burn a pass for this if I can avoid it.
Last edited by pfreet; Jun 6, 22 at 5:25 am Reason: clarification
Jun 6, 22, 5:31 am
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Go eat some real food at One Flew South after you arrive from Jax and you won't have to worry about it. Then you won't have to put up with the garbage the ATL Skyclubs serve.
Jun 6, 22, 5:33 am
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I was in two smaller clubs with somewhat loud agents at the desk at the end of last week. I heard two people trying to get in early one in each club in both cases they were told the policy but then told an exception would be made since the policy just changed. The wording was close to the same from both agents so I wonder if there is a bit of a grace period or maybe delta gave some authority to the agents to make a judgment call in the early days. In both cases it was a single somewhat elderly traveler trying to get in a fairly uncrowned club.
Jun 6, 22, 7:30 am
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Originally Posted by estedman
Go eat some real food at One Flew South after you arrive from Jax and you won't have to worry about it. Then you won't have to put up with the garbage the ATL Skyclubs serve.
Jun 6, 22, 3:20 pm
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Originally Posted by pfreet
Any experiences? I am curious how stringently Delta is enforcing the new June 1 three-hour Sky Club access rule.
Delta Reserve and PM flying ATL-MSP-YYC on June 19, and we have a separate JAX-ATL positioning flight that morning. Will get to the lounge 4 hours before the second flight. I know I cannot combine the PNRs. but if I show we are technically connecting to an international flight, do you think we would get access? EDIT: I do know Delta allows lounge access after arrival, but only one of us qualifies, and would hate to burn a pass for this if I can avoid it.
Delta Reserve and PM flying ATL-MSP-YYC on June 19, and we have a separate JAX-ATL positioning flight that morning. Will get to the lounge 4 hours before the second flight. I know I cannot combine the PNRs. but if I show we are technically connecting to an international flight, do you think we would get access? EDIT: I do know Delta allows lounge access after arrival, but only one of us qualifies, and would hate to burn a pass for this if I can avoid it.
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Jun 6, 22, 3:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Occupationalhazard
You are connecting, so you're good: "Guests will be able to access Clubs anytime within three hours of their scheduled departure time (and connecting customers can continue to access Clubs at any time prior to departure)."
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Jun 6, 22, 4:36 pm
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Originally Posted by bubbashow
You are allowed access on arrival. Just show them that boarding pass. You are covered. Done.
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As for entry restrictions, I overheard a couple who was 15 minutes early to DEN lounge but was allowed entry as occupancy wasn't a problem. The agent clearly indicated, "You are 15 minutes early, but we will gladly welcome you in now".
Jun 6, 22, 5:19 pm
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Originally Posted by CPMaverick
But they are on separate tickets, so technically not a connection. I would expect most agents to see it as a connection, but the kiosks, probably not.
I recently had a "connection" (actually, the connection was in another city and my destination per the ticket was the location I was trying to enter the SC at, although my time at my actual intended destination was close to 6 hours, but my time at the "destination" city based on the ticket purchased was about 2 hours). Anyway, when I entered and showed my boarding pass for the flight I came in on, since I was having problems getting the next bp, the agent didn't see my next flight in the system and they asked me if I was just arriving.
Jun 6, 22, 6:11 pm
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Originally Posted by bubbashow
You are allowed access on arrival. Just show them that boarding pass. You are covered. Done.
BTW, it's nice to "see" you here--it's been a while.
Jun 6, 22, 7:18 pm
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I'm not sure if connecting on separate tickets where the incoming carrier is not DL or a partner has been answered.
Pre-policy I flew LGW-JFK on JetBlue and had a five hour layover before a Delta JFK-DEN flight. I went to the Centurion Lounge, which has a similar policy, and they took my inbound JetBlue boarding pass no problem, but they are airline-agnostic.
Pre-policy I flew LGW-JFK on JetBlue and had a five hour layover before a Delta JFK-DEN flight. I went to the Centurion Lounge, which has a similar policy, and they took my inbound JetBlue boarding pass no problem, but they are airline-agnostic.
