Clubhouse access on DL?

If I travel in Y on DL as a VS AU, am I allowed CH access?

I find the rules of the DL joint venture a bit baffling. ?|

[Nottingham Nick]

Benefits with Dleta are explained on the VS website here -
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/gb/en/fl ... unges.html

Entry to Delta Skyclubs as a VS gold when flying Y (must have a transatlantic sector to/from the UK on the same day within the itinerary, when travelling in Economy Class) but not the Clubhouses.


Nick

Thanks Nick.

That's how I read it too, but it doesn't seem logical to me. If I have DL status and I take that flight in Y, I get CH access. If I have VS status, I don't. So much for reciprocal benefits.

The more I think about this, the more I think it is strange. The situation for someone in Y is as follows:

fly VS with VS status - CH access
fly VS with DL status - CH access
fly DL with DL status - CH access

But

Fly DL with VS status - No CH access

It seems unfair!

The more I think about this, the more I think it is strange. The situation for someone in Y is as follows:

fly VS with VS status - CH access
fly VS with DL status - CH access
fly DL with DL status - CH access

But

Fly DL with VS status - No CH access

It seems unfair!

Somebody has to be made to use the the Delta Lounges.

I know you're joking but that's exactly the point - there is no DL SkyClub in T3 (or at LHR -- T4 is a SkyTeam lounge). So you get nothing. As I said, so much for 'reciprocal'.

I know you're joking but that's exactly the point - there is no DL SkyClub in T3 (or at LHR -- T4 is a SkyTeam lounge). So you get nothing. As I said, so much for 'reciprocal'.

oops. Hadn't picked up on that. Still smarting from the reciprocity of the EK /QF lounges at Heathrow, but at these there is a Galleries in T3.

fly DL with DL status - CH access

This is the most astonishing one to me. You don't need to be flying on VS metal, or have a UK routing, but get VS CH access as a DL elite? Or do you at least need a UK routing?

Even so, that VS holders don't get to use their own CH, but DL fliers can use either is a bit odd.

You don't need to be flying on VS metal, or have a UK routing, but get VS CH access as a DL elite? Or do you at least need a UK routing?

You need to be flying TATL on VS or DL to or from the UK.

Even so, that VS holders don't get to use their own CH, but DL fliers can use either is a bit odd.

Just to reiterate, there isn't a DL lounge as such in T3, unless I am going crazy. SkyTeam have an arrangement with the No. 1 lounge, I think. But VS doesn't.

It doesn't seem like a balanced arrangement.