Oct 18, 2023, 2:25 pm
Last edit by: audidudi
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
Sep 13, 2023, 7:52 pm
#61
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Programs: Delta DM, United Silver, Marriott LT Platinum, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 854
Your profile says you are PM, so you can very easily purchase a SkyClub membership.
Sep 13, 2023, 8:08 pm
#64
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Alpharetta, GA, USA
Posts: 948
Surprised they aren't limiting membership visits to the centurion lounge with the reserve card. Watch for long lines when the new CL club opens at Atlanta.
Its asinine that a reserve delta card holder can have unlimited access to the centurion lounge but only 10 visits a year to the skyclub.
If I find out I won't need the reserve for the MQD's I'll just cancel the reserve and use the $200 airline credit on the platinum and the $250 airlien credit on my Hilton card towards a skyclub memberhsip It'll be cheaper than paying fpr the reserve annual fee.
Its asinine that a reserve delta card holder can have unlimited access to the centurion lounge but only 10 visits a year to the skyclub.
If I find out I won't need the reserve for the MQD's I'll just cancel the reserve and use the $200 airline credit on the platinum and the $250 airlien credit on my Hilton card towards a skyclub memberhsip It'll be cheaper than paying fpr the reserve annual fee.
Sep 13, 2023, 8:11 pm
#65
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: SJC
Programs: DL PM MM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 3,276
I've been PM for years, but I don't fly like I used to. It's typically a couple trips a year up to Seattle, a few trips to the east coast (PWM and BDL), and a few trips to somewhere in the inter-mountain west via SLC, and some international destination in W/J. Under this new scheme, I'd have to really try to get to GM by spending on the Reserve Card and plane tickets.
Sep 13, 2023, 8:18 pm
#67
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: New York City
Programs: DL DM & 2MM; Marriott Titanium
Posts: 664
What I don't get is why they didn't base the visits on your status? This is absurd that a diamond that is going to spend $35K a year and probably flying weekly only gets the same number of visits someone that is probably buying a cheap fare months out that flies a couple times a year gets
Sep 13, 2023, 8:20 pm
#68
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Programs: Delta DM, United Silver, Marriott LT Platinum, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 854
Sep 13, 2023, 8:37 pm
#69
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: SEA
Programs: DL Gold Medallion, Avis President's Club
Posts: 192
So now that credit card access is limited, can Delta's own Elite+ members come back in on international itineraries? (Oh wait, I've got from easily reaching Gold Medallion to questioning if I have a reasonable path to Silver now).
Sep 13, 2023, 8:44 pm
#70
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: STL
Programs: DL DM; HH gold
Posts: 554
Someone said it upthread, but it is really quite shocking how uncompetitive DLs credit card offerings now are vs UA and AA, especially considering how tight they are with AMEX. The existence of the vanilla Amex platinum probably has something to do with it.
Sep 13, 2023, 8:58 pm
#71
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL PM, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 8,414
I suspect that more people typically spend $75k a year on the Amex platinum than many in this thread think. TPG reports that this will qualify for unlimited access. If this is true, I really think many of us will be fine. I certainly spend that much per year. What I would like to know is if that spend also makes the AU’s unlimited.
Sep 13, 2023, 9:07 pm
#73
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: Marriott, IHG, Delta, United
Posts: 575
I suspect that more people typically spend $75k a year on the Amex platinum than many in this thread think. TPG reports that this will qualify for unlimited access. If this is true, I really think many of us will be fine. I certainly spend that much per year. What I would like to know is if that spend also makes the AU’s unlimited.
Sep 13, 2023, 9:21 pm
#74
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: TUL
Programs: Delta, Marriott, IHG Platinum
Posts: 231
Sep 13, 2023, 9:23 pm
#75
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Kanasas City
Programs: DL DM, 2 MM; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 358
I have my wife as an authorized user (AU) on my Delta AMEX RSRV card, so she has access to Skyclub (as of now.). Has anyone seen any information on how AUs will be treated in the new model? Assuming that we continue to spend more than 75K per year on AMEX RSRV. [though at this point, there is no reason to keep the RSRV card. I feel like its better to just get regular AMEX Plat; unless of course they also come out with some insane changes this week!!]