Delta Lounge Access at LAX

[Homer]

Late next month, Marge the kids and I will be arriving at LAX on VA1 and then switching to a DL flight to SEA in F about 3.5 hours later. We'd like to access the DL lounge to have a shower, etc. I read somewhere that DL doesn't provide lounge access to F pax but VA's site seems to suggest that we should be able to access the lounge.

Has anybody experienced any difficulties accessing the DA lounge using VA status for a DL ticketed domestic flight?

 

[Foreigner]

I'll be on VA1 in early June.

I'll transfer to SAN on DL and will use Amex platinum card for access to lounge. Aren't you a centurion cardholder? That should give you access.

 

[serfty]

Personally never had an issue as either a VA SG or VA WP at LAX.

The family bit may alter things.

 

[Homer]

I'll be on VA1 in early June.

I'll transfer to SAN on DL and will use Amex platinum card for access to lounge. Aren't you a centurion cardholder? That should give you access.

Yep, I've got a Centurion card. I've never been in a DL lounge so I'm just being overly cautious/scared of US lounge dragons.

 

[Foreigner]

Info in the link should comfort you:

http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/support/faqs/during-your-trip/delta-sky-club-faqs.html

I've got Alitalia card as a backup.

Eligibility for access and review of lounge here:

http://www.ausbt.com.au/delta-air-lines-los-angeles-lax-sky-club-lounge-terminal-5-review

Looks pretty okay.

 

[Homer]

Thank you. I had read the Australian Business Traveller article - it came up in a search - but as it specifically referred to a trans-con trip several times I wondered whether this was somehow being treated differently for lounge access. I feel (mostly) reassured.

 

[newmarket]

Just 1 guest per gold or platinum.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Late next month, Marge the kids and I will be arriving at LAX on VA1 and then switching to a DL flight to SEA in F about 3.5 hours later. We'd like to access the DL lounge to have a shower, etc. I read somewhere that DL doesn't provide lounge access to F pax but VA's site seems to suggest that we should be able to access the lounge.

Has anybody experienced any difficulties accessing the DA lounge using VA status for a DL ticketed domestic flight?

The guest policy is one guest only. We had quite a bit of trouble accessing the DL lounge in PHX with 4 kids in tow. Shrek and I are both VA WP. Were told its one guest only. After a bit of gentle persuasion they let us in but advised if the lounge became busy we would need to leave.

 

[Homer]

The guest policy is one guest only. We had quite a bit of trouble accessing the DL lounge in PHX with 4 kids in tow. Shrek and I are both VA WP. Were told its one guest only. After a bit of gentle persuasion they let us in but advised if the lounge became busy we would need to leave.

Ah, that's what I was afraid of. Given Foreigner's tip about Centurion card access, I wonder if I could guest in one child and then Marge could use her card to access the lounge with Maggie?

 

[Princess Fiona]

Ah, that's what I was afraid of. Given Foreigner's tip about Centurion card access, I wonder if I could guest in one child and then Marge could use her card to access the lounge with Maggie?

I'm not sure about Amex guesting in DL lounges. I know that Centurion and Plat Charge get a guest in Amex operated lounges in the US but that's definitely worth a shot.

 

[Homer]

I'm not sure about Amex guesting in DL lounges. I know that Centurion and Plat Charge get a guest in Amex operated lounges in the US but that's definitely worth a shot.

According to the Centurion site we get access to the DL lounge in terminal 5 but guests are $29 per person. I'm hoping that Maggie, at age 4, is just waived through on Marge's card. I should be able to guest Lisa on my VA Gold membership. I think.... (fingers crossed)

 

[Princess Fiona]

According to the Centurion site we get access to the DL lounge in terminal 5 but guests are $29 per person. I'm hoping that Maggie, at age 4, is just waived through on Marge's card. I should be able to guest Lisa on my VA Gold membership. I think.... (fingers crossed)

I'm pretty confident that you will be ok without paying in that case.

 

[Quickstatus]

My 18 year old daughter who carries the VA WP card net of Pooling SC has never been able to access the DL L @LAX due to age<21. However she has a 100% access rate at DL L @SLC. DL L @LGA 25%

 

[Homer]

My 18 year old daughter who carries the VA WP card net of Pooling SC has never been able to access the DL L @LAX due to age<21. However she has a 100% access rate at DL L @SLC. DL L @LGA 25%

Would that be due to the legal drinking age in California being 21? I read somewhere that DL applies this age rule in lounges that have a bar.

 

[Quickstatus]

Would that be due to the legal drinking age in California being 21? I read somewhere that DL applies this age rule in lounges that have a bar.

That is my assumption and that all DL Lounges have pubs. The success variability has been therefore assumed to due to lounge dragon variances.