Oct 18, 2023, 2:25 pm
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Thread Wiki created based on 18 October 2023 Program and SkyClub access updates
Greater Flexibility for Delta Sky Club Access
Select Card Members will benefit from increased access to Clubs during their travel days as well as the option to purchase Club access after exhausting their allotted Club entries. Starting Feb 1 2025 (except where noted eg Jan 1 2024)…updates include:- Redefining Club visits: A Delta Sky Club visit now includes all entries within a 24-hour period after first Club entry, including your departure city, connecting airports and arrival at your destination. If you are traveling on a same-day roundtrip and use the Club on your outbound and return flight, both would be included within the same visit.
- Adding Club visits: Delta SkyMiles Reserve and Reserve Business Card Members will now receive 15 visits per year (up from 10). Card Members with the Platinum Card® and the Business Platinum Card® from American Express will receive 10 visits (up from 6).
- As previously announced, Members can unlock unlimited Club access after spending $75,000 on their eligible Card in a calendar year and will have unlimited club access for both the remainder of the current program year and the following program year.
- Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, Delta SkyMiles Platinum and Platinum Business American Express Card Members and those customers traveling in Basic Economy, regardless of card type, will no longer be eligible for Club access.
- Additional flexibility to purchase Club access: Delta will also introduce the ability for Delta SkyMiles Reserve and Reserve Business Card Members, as well as Card Members with the Platinum Card® from American Express, to purchase Club access at a per-visit rate of $50 per person after exhausting their allotted Club visits. Medallions will also have the option of purchasing an annual individual Delta Sky Club membership for $695.
SkyClub Access Changes in 2024
Mar 24, 2024, 9:31 am
#631
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Again, many carriers have branded names for their cabins, but that doesn't affect the generic term for the class of service. By the same token, only one of the US majors calls the lower class of service by a brand name including the word "Economy", even though it is the universally recognized term for that class.
Mar 24, 2024, 9:47 am
#632
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Google Flights, Expedia, Orbitz, and basically any other TA you care to name uses "Premium Economy" to denote the class of service. It's what it is called. Premium Select is Delta's brand name for its Premium Economy cabin.
Again, many carriers have branded names for their cabins, but that doesn't affect the generic term for the class of service. By the same token, only one of the US majors calls the lower class of service by a brand name including the word "Economy", even though it is the universally recognized term for that class.
Again, many carriers have branded names for their cabins, but that doesn't affect the generic term for the class of service. By the same token, only one of the US majors calls the lower class of service by a brand name including the word "Economy", even though it is the universally recognized term for that class.
Mar 25, 2024, 12:33 am
#633
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My wife, Mrs. ND76, is a PM and 1 MMer with an AMEX Reserve card. She was flying home from MIA on Sunday afternoon 3/24. Her flight was delayed.for over one hour. Here was the line at the MIA SkyClub
She reported that it took her 20 minutes to be admitted to the club after joining the line.
She reported that it took her 20 minutes to be admitted to the club after joining the line.
Mar 25, 2024, 8:57 am
#634
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Are SCs still doing the skip the line special lines for 360/DM and D1?
Mar 25, 2024, 4:51 pm
#635
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That said, it seems that when clubs outside of ATL and NYC get full, the staff tend not to have heard of the priority line and it's first come, first served.
Mar 25, 2024, 6:39 pm
#636
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MIA (and others I have seen) indeed have a priority lane for Diamond (and 360), Delta One, and First. At least at MIA when I was last there, the guy guarding the door was vigilant to the point of calling up to bounce a lady who slipped past him.
Apr 2, 2024, 3:14 pm
#637
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Confirmed on a trip this weekend that despite the different language on the website for Gold + First to Canada and Gold + PS or greater to "international" destinations, you do still get SC access before a domestic flight connecting to a qualifying Canada flight.
Apr 12, 2024, 1:35 pm
#638
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I've been out of the game for a LONG time - no status but need info. I'm flying international Delta One next month, MSP-AMS, then main cabin to EDI. Will I have access to the KLM Crown lounge during my 4-hour layover at Schiphol? Thanks everyone.
Apr 17, 2024, 8:02 am
#639
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Apr 17, 2024, 9:50 pm
#640
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Delta Amex Reserve Club Access Question
Hi. Two questions:
Hi. I access the club via DL Amex Reserve.
I am considering getting Mrs K7 the additional card member ($175) card. In addition to getting independent club access, would she also get four guest passes?
Any other way of accumulating guest access other than $50/person entry fee?
We are a family of four (2 adults and two tweens) and I am trying to figure out how to get the family in to the club a couple times per year while we are on vacation and I am just making sure I have not missed anything.
thank you!
Hi. I access the club via DL Amex Reserve.
I am considering getting Mrs K7 the additional card member ($175) card. In addition to getting independent club access, would she also get four guest passes?
Any other way of accumulating guest access other than $50/person entry fee?
We are a family of four (2 adults and two tweens) and I am trying to figure out how to get the family in to the club a couple times per year while we are on vacation and I am just making sure I have not missed anything.
thank you!
Apr 18, 2024, 4:21 am
#641
Join Date: Jul 2019
Programs: Delta PM, Marriott Titanium
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Hi. Two questions:
Hi. I access the club via DL Amex Reserve.
I am considering getting Mrs K7 the additional card member ($175) card. In addition to getting independent club access, would she also get four guest passes?
Any other way of accumulating guest access other than $50/person entry fee?
We are a family of four (2 adults and two tweens) and I am trying to figure out how to get the family in to the club a couple times per year while we are on vacation and I am just making sure I have not missed anything.
thank you!
Hi. I access the club via DL Amex Reserve.
I am considering getting Mrs K7 the additional card member ($175) card. In addition to getting independent club access, would she also get four guest passes?
Any other way of accumulating guest access other than $50/person entry fee?
We are a family of four (2 adults and two tweens) and I am trying to figure out how to get the family in to the club a couple times per year while we are on vacation and I am just making sure I have not missed anything.
thank you!
Apr 18, 2024, 7:33 am
#642
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THe additional cardmember will NOT get guest passes for themselves. I ended up getting additional cards for my 13+ kids too, not cheap but cheaper than $50 each as we take 3-4 trips per year. THe bright side is a visit is now defined as a 24 hour pass, rather than a single entry, so that will help keep your costs down.
Apr 18, 2024, 7:46 am
#643
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I guess what I’m looking at is that I currently have two guest passes in my account, but I’ve never used one… Are the four guest passes new to this year? Was it only two before?
Apr 18, 2024, 7:47 am
#644
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Apr 18, 2024, 8:24 am
#645
Join Date: Jan 2003
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THe additional cardmember will NOT get guest passes for themselves. I ended up getting additional cards for my 13+ kids too, not cheap but cheaper than $50 each as we take 3-4 trips per year. THe bright side is a visit is now defined as a 24 hour pass, rather than a single entry, so that will help keep your costs down.
Re:24 hour pass- Do you mean for the scenario where we are in multiple airports within a 24 hour period and being able to count as one visit? And from my clarification are you referring to the guest pass or the pay upon entry pass at 50 each?