Your ticket to the Delta Sky Club | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep290 | 1-17-25 | Podcast

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In this episode, Greg and Nick will look at 4 ways to access Delta Sky Clubs, they’ll reveal a hot reader tip for a free stay in Atlantis in the Bahamas, and they’ll discuss the Air France / KLM Flying Blue devaluation. Check out the full episode below.

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Main Event: Your ticket to the Delta Sky Club
(alt title: 4 ways into Delta Sky clubs, How to get into Delta Sky Clubs)

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Giant Mailbag

(01:28) – It seems like a lot of people are running into issues lately with using the $200 platinum credit for Fine Hotels and Resorts.

Crazy Thing: United

(07:03) – United TravelBank glitch (now resolved) [Reported on Reddit]

Bonvoyed

(09:50) – Air France KLM Flying Blue award prices increase by 15-25% to/from Europe

Read more about this price change here.

Awards, Points & More

(18:02) – It’s not too late to book Atlantis even if your Caesars Diamond status is about to go away.

Main Event: Your ticket to the Delta Sky Club

(20:28) – Sky Clubs vs other airport clubs

Read more about how to get into Delta Sky Club Lounges here.

(23:01) – Overall Requirements

(24:12) – #1 Premium Credit Cards

(24:27) – Amex Platinum (not to be confused with Amex Delta SkyMiles Platinum)

Learn more about the Amex Platinum card here.

(31:31) – Delta Reserve consumer or business

Learn more about the Delta Reserve card here.

See: How to get Delta Sky Club access for you and your family here.

(39:58) – #2 Fly Delta One; or any Sky Team airline in business or first class

(42:56) – #3 Elite Status

Check out our blog post: Shortcuts to Delta elite status here: https://frequentmiler.com/delta-elite-shortcuts/

Or check out our episode “Easy path to Delta Elite status in 2024 Ep281” here: https://frequentmiler.com/easy-path-to-delta-elite-status-in-2024-frequent-miler-on-the-air-ep281-11-15-24/

(45:51) – #4 Sky Club Membership

Learn more about Delta Choice Benefits here: https://frequentmiler.com/delta-choice-benefits/

Question of the Week

(55:16) – Many times when I’m booking stays, there’s only availability for standard rooms. How do approach getting an upgrade if there’s no availability?

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder

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Jack

In the same way that airlines are offering inexpensive cash upgrades to domestic first class to avoid tier status-based complimentary upgrades, I can imagine that hotels will use award inventory controls to do the same with suite upgrades. VFTW had an article illustrating what some properties do to convert suite upgrades to purely paid. Another strike against the value of tier status.

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