CRC Access to select KL, AF, AS, and AM Lounges
Feb 8, 2006, 1:35 pm
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CRC Access to select KL, AF, AS, and AM Lounges
Originally Posted by Press Release
ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Delta Air Lines' Crown Room Club(r) members may now visit select AeroMexico, Air France, Alaska Airlines and KLM lounges -- including those in Amsterdam; Mexico City; Portland, Ore.; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Rome; Seattle and Zurich, Switzerland -- when flying Delta or any other SkyTeam(r) airline. With this new benefit, Crown Room Club members may now visit more than 100 lounges in airports around the world.
Feb 8, 2006, 1:45 pm
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For CRC members who are not PM, this is quite an improvement. ^^
However, since most of the listed airlines are already members of SkyTeam and relates mostly to SkyTeam airlines' operated lounges "when flying Delta or any other SkyTeam® airline", this press release seems like a lot of fluff with more "fool's gold" than real gold for PMs or other holders of SkyTeam Elite Plus status.
What's new here besides access to Alaska lounges when flying Delta or a SkyTeam airline for PMs?
However, since most of the listed airlines are already members of SkyTeam and relates mostly to SkyTeam airlines' operated lounges "when flying Delta or any other SkyTeam® airline", this press release seems like a lot of fluff with more "fool's gold" than real gold for PMs or other holders of SkyTeam Elite Plus status.
What's new here besides access to Alaska lounges when flying Delta or a SkyTeam airline for PMs?
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Feb 8, 2006, 2:43 pm
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This is great news for CRC members who aren't PMs.
Now, where the heck is the SkyTeam asian partner (KE) in that mix??? Lounge access in ICN would be a true boon for Delta CRC members!
Now, where the heck is the SkyTeam asian partner (KE) in that mix??? Lounge access in ICN would be a true boon for Delta CRC members!
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
What's new here besides access to Alaska lounges when flying Delta or a SkyTeam airline for PMs?
Since I've already been through SEA and PDX multiple times this year, this would have been better if it was announced on 1/08/06.
Oh well....better late than never.
One thing......since AS isn't currently a member of SkyTeam........it's interesting that the PR doesn't mention anything about CRC members having access to Alaska BRs when actually flying on AS coded flights.
Anyway......next month, I'm booked on a DL coded/AS operated SEA-IAD redeye.
If that means that I will have access to the AS BR......so much the better.
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Given DL-coded and NW-coded flights operated by Alaska and given CRC membership being good for access to Alaska lounges when flying DL-coded and NW-coded Alaska flights, this is an improvement.
That said -- and although I can appreciate what DL is doing for CRC members -- I just wish DL was doing a bit more for PMs than it is. In some regards it seems to me that DL knows that PMs probably extract plenty -- in DL's eyes, "extracting too much" perhaps??? -- from the "free" CRC membership and that is why DL is literally raising the cost for PMs to have CRC membership (effective next year).
CRC membership has become significantly more valuable for the coach-cabin flyers and for some others. However, for most PMs this seems to be nothing significant ... unless Alaska lounges are here to save someone's day.
DL needs to give more benefits to PMs .... and get some of us our luggage.
That said -- and although I can appreciate what DL is doing for CRC members -- I just wish DL was doing a bit more for PMs than it is. In some regards it seems to me that DL knows that PMs probably extract plenty -- in DL's eyes, "extracting too much" perhaps??? -- from the "free" CRC membership and that is why DL is literally raising the cost for PMs to have CRC membership (effective next year).
CRC membership has become significantly more valuable for the coach-cabin flyers and for some others. However, for most PMs this seems to be nothing significant ... unless Alaska lounges are here to save someone's day.
DL needs to give more benefits to PMs .... and get some of us our luggage.