Those with the Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card and the Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card will no longer enjoy any access to the Sky Club. 1, 2024, this perk will be cut completely. Card Members will continue to have unlimited access to Delta Sky Club lounges through January 31, 2025." Goodbye to Delta's Platinum cardmembersĭelta's midtier cobranded Platinum cards have historically offered the ability to pay for Sky Club access at a per-visit rate of $50 per person (recently increased from $39) for you and up to two travel companions.Įven though $50 a visit might seem steep, there are definitely some use cases, such as during a connection on a long-haul trip, that could warrant paying that much money to use the lounge.īut if this option is something you value, I've got another round of bad news for you: Beginning on Jan. In a statement, American Express shared that "Based on Card Member data, this number of visits will accommodate the vast majority of Platinum, Business Platinum and Delta SkyMiles Reserve Card Members. Also, authorized Amex Platinum card users will receive their own batch of six annual visit allotments before hitting the $75,000 spend threshold. You can only use a visit for yourself, not for any other guests. Note that if you have multiple versions of the same credit card, visit allotments are additive. "For us, this was something that we were looking at ensuring that if the premium experience has to be preserved, what are things we can do for our most premium customers that we have," said Dwight James, Delta's senior vice president of customer engagement and loyalty, in an interview with TPG. 1, 2024, in advance of the new rules taking effect on Feb. 31 of the following year.ĭelta and American Express will start tracking your spending on Jan.
31) on one of the eligible credit cards, you'll enjoy unlimited Sky Club access for both the remainder of the year in which you spent the $75,000 and through Jan.
Specifically, if you spend $75,000 or more during a calendar year (from Jan. There is one way to avoid these caps other than simply buying a Sky Club membership or exclusively flying on Delta One business-class fares, and that's by spending money - lots of it - on your credit card account. As such, I'll now need to prioritize my Sky Club visits into the trips that matter most - a big change from how things have worked in the past. I'm not a super frequent Delta flyer, but I certainly travel with the airline more than six times per year. Personally, I've long accessed the Sky Club using the Amex Platinum card. This is no doubt a major blow to the value proposition of each of these top-tier credit cards, and with annual fees that can reach nearly $700, I'd expect many disgruntled cardmembers to consider canceling their cards and perhaps seeking out alternatives. Previously, each of the aforementioned cards received unlimited access to the Sky Club when flying on a same-day ticket for a Delta-operated flight or a Delta-marketed WestJet ticket starting with a 006 ticket number. There are no changes to Sky Club access for those with the Centurion Card from American Express (the "black" card). By signing up, you will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
0 kommentar(er)
