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Originally Posted by FlytheTail
(Post 11528027)
On a positive note, I was told by a lounge rep that the T-Mobile card system in SLC will terminate in a few weeks and everyone in the club will be able to access the internet. ^
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Originally Posted by SkyTeam777
(Post 11529437)
This is awesome news! Is this legal in any of the hubs? Does anyone know what airports would allow this? Obviously all former WC locations that had self-serve! But, for some reason, the IAD club switched to bartenders months ago??!
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One note on the self-serve bars... you only have to be 18 for a CRC membership, but have to be 21 for a WC membership, and I'm pretty sure the self-serve alcohol is the difference.
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Originally Posted by socrates
(Post 11530203)
I was just told that by the rep at the ATL A-CRC...2 thumbs up for this ^^
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The title of the thread goes a bit too far. The Delta and NW clubs were already the most similar in terms of how they were run; we are dancing on the head of a pin here. In their new construction, both airlines are going for a sleek, modern style--Delta a bit warmer, NW a bit cooler with colors.
I think NW has a quality edge partly because they got their two main hubs completely redone prior to going bankrupt. The clubs at Delta's main hubs had been thoroughly lived in when they went Chapter 11. In Atlanta, if you go to the new Crown Room on Concourse C (T-Gates are also nicer), you can get a better apples-to-apples picture with the very nice NW clubs in Detroit. Or check out Boston. The two club rooms side-by-side in Newark are a good standard for comparison. They are very close in comfort and quality; NW's is less crowded. |
Originally Posted by Justin026
(Post 11531198)
The title of the thread goes a bit too far. The Delta and NW clubs were already the most similar in terms of how they were run; we are dancing on the head of a pin here. In their new construction, both airlines are going for a sleek, modern style--Delta a bit warmer, NW a bit cooler with colors.
I think NW has a quality edge partly because they got their two main hubs completely redone prior to going bankrupt. The clubs at Delta's main hubs had been thoroughly lived in when they went Chapter 11. In Atlanta, if you go to the new Crown Room on Concourse C (T-Gates are also nicer), you can get a better apples-to-apples picture with the very nice NW clubs in Detroit. Or check out Boston. The two club rooms side-by-side in Newark are a good standard for comparison. They are very close in comfort and quality; NW's is less crowded. |
Regardless of how "old" or "modern" any individual airline club is, WC beats CRC hands-down on system-wide policy.
WC's serve wider food selections than CRCs do, and WCs serve those selections ALL DAY, while CRCs only serve food above and beyond pretzels and biscoff at certain hours. WC's have self-service beverages where legal. WC's have open WiFi. WC's had lower membership pricing. CRC's do not offer anything that WC's do not offer. There is no place for the WC's to go but down. |
Originally Posted by raehl311
(Post 11538461)
Regardless of how "old" or "modern" any individual airline club is, WC beats CRC hands-down on system-wide policy.
WC's serve wider food selections than CRCs do, and WCs serve those selections ALL DAY, while CRCs only serve food above and beyond pretzels and biscoff at certain hours. WC's have self-service beverages where legal. WC's have open WiFi. WC's had lower membership pricing. CRC's do not offer anything that WC's do not offer. There is no place for the WC's to go but down. |
Originally Posted by GUWonder
(Post 11531542)
The NW club at EWR is usually more crowded than the DL club when I am there.
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Originally Posted by Justin026
(Post 11531198)
I think NW has a quality edge partly because they got their two main hubs completely redone prior to going bankrupt. The clubs at Delta's main hubs had been thoroughly lived in when they went Chapter 11. In Atlanta, if you go to the new Crown Room on Concourse C (T-Gates are also nicer), you can get a better apples-to-apples picture with the very nice NW clubs in Detroit. Or check out Boston.
. That point aside though I think that NW has a generally better club situation. DL may be about to remove the T-mobile shackles but that's the most obvious thorn out of the gate. After that the primary differentiators I see are: 1. DL clubs tend to be a LOT more crowded - I've never been in NW club where you couldn't find a seat, its happened at least four times I can think of in both ATL and SAN in the last year to me. From what I gather the CRC got out of control when they gave it away to Plats and they've never quite re-balanced. 2. DL's snack selection - typically pretzels and those odd sugar bombs - just doesn't measure up to the typical NW spread of cookies, pretzels, carrots, etc. You can make a quick meal with some actual protein at a NW club - not happening at DL CRC. |
Originally Posted by fti
(Post 11538650)
Why do so many of you go to both lounges when in EWR? I am curious. Wouldn't be worth my time to bounce between them. I guess if you get to the airport really early with lots of time to spare...
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Originally Posted by fti
(Post 11538650)
Why do so many of you go to both lounges when in EWR? I am curious. Wouldn't be worth my time to bounce between them. I guess if you get to the airport really early with lots of time to spare...
Really enjoyed HNL once upon a time when there were three clubs to hop to in a small area. Hoping DL will revitalize the WC or better yet move to the old CRC digs off the courtyard area. ^ |
The DL Crown Room didn't give me a hassle with an NW boarding pass + AMEX Platinum just now.
Nice showers, decent self-serve booze (Remy Martin and so on), decent continental breakfast, pretty good lounge. WiFi is pay, though (TMobile). Hopefully they will fix that. |
Originally Posted by eponymous_coward
(Post 11558055)
The DL Crown Room didn't give me a hassle with an NW boarding pass + AMEX Platinum just now.
Nice showers, decent self-serve booze (Remy Martin and so on), decent continental breakfast, pretty good lounge. WiFi is pay, though (TMobile). Hopefully they will fix that. |
Originally Posted by GUWonder
(Post 11539505)
The lounges are across each other at EWR and the WC has free internet while the CRC doesn't. But for my DL ticketing needs and a somewhat quieter place to get things done, the CRC got used on the same trips too.
As as part of this transition into "SkyClubs", hopefully this will be standard across all (or at least most all) of the CRCs. |
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