To kick off my review trip I flew Delta first class from Miami to New York. Fun fact, which just occurred to me — I believe this was my first time in over a year flying an airline other than American out of Miami.
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Why do airlines/hotels offer so MANY crappy lounges for their American customers? It's not like they lack funds or are from a poor country. Why don't they learn from Asian counterparts
Imagine spending $200 to drink a bottle of Dom Perignon in the Delta SkyClub Miami. What an unbelievably bleak scene that would be.
Well this is probably going to be the lounge for LATAM soon so it needs expansion.
If you care about premium cocktails/wine/beer - the Delta skyclub is the best use of miles I can think of.
I have more miles than I can use and love spending them on solid drinks. You can even tip with miles.
This lounge is a total cluster on Sunday nights in the winter. There are several flights to NYC in the early evening. Never been to a lounge where the cheese was served on a cart by an attendant because there were so many people they could not keep the cheese tray at the food station stocked.
It is a very basic - but sufficient - lounge. There are no tarmac views from the high-top seats at the window. You get a fantastic view of a roof. With DL's expansion at MIA, I hope that will kick out UA from using some of the H gates (UA also uses G gates). UA should be sent back to the G gates as the G gates are a much better fit for UA.
While it is funny to point out the champagne redemption prices, the best use of SkyMiles recently has been the various Delta One sales, the like recent sale to Europe (49,000 one way to Europe) and prior sales to Asia. Delta Vacations at 2 cents per mile were also good. I'd rather save SkyMiles for these redemptions versus buying four or five bottles of Dom in the SkyClub
@Laurel. LATAM has their own lounge in MIA's Concourse J. But of course, LATAM customers connecting with Delta will use this lounge.
I was in this lounge about a year ago. Standard domestic airport lounge.
I did use the shower, which I found to be nice: very spacious, red and white tiles, clean and well stocked with Malin+Goetz amenities.
@Laurel: There already is a much larger, spacious and renovated Latam lounge in Terminal J.
The “small seating area at the end of the lounge” On the right, off the elevator is roped off later on in the day, and is used exclusively for Air France La Premiere passengers. I happen to be flying out and saw this a few weeks ago. They had some wine and fine cheeses and grapes. Not much else.
Wow that Delta Skylounge looks so much better that the AAdmirals in Miami which is their hub lounge! Look at the breakfast options! At the admirals you only get cheese cubes and a free bud light!
LATAM's lounge in concourse J is already connected airside with H and was just re-done in the last couple of months, so no real need to expand the Delta lounge for that. I really like the common area/food court in between H and J also, since it has huge windows, and is rarely very busy, especially compared to anywhere in the American side of the terminal.
With the detoriating QR lounges in Doha (no hot breakfast anymore, really guys?!), it's amazing to see how far Delta has come and how this small lounge is better than the often praised QR lounges.
The food here is much better than Minneapolis and Detroit. I think the catering company that services the lounge is the same as Boston, Washington–DCA, and the New York airports because it's the same type of food and selection.
However, my complaint is the yogurt sitting out without refrigeration is a huge health code violation. I wish Delta would bring back individual, sealed containers of yogurt. The cross-contamination on these things, as well as the salad bar, is always an issue. I'm always disgusted by the behavior of some guests. The issue generally isn't the staff but guests. People using their fingers. People taking spoons from one food item and using it for something else. Like the cottage cheese spoon in the jam/fruit preserves.
Lounge is also used by Air France and KLM who schedule flights at similar times and the former using an A380. AF also has a Guadeloupe departure as well just before the European flights and it gets quite busy
I think the renovations will be based on the recently updated JFK T4 SkyClub. I think that would be the the new theme moving forward for all club renovations having the bar (and out goes the red and blue theme)
Any chance we could get a review of the MIA-NYC flight? Always interested to see how F stacks up, particularly on catering, from non-hubs on Delta.
This lounge is fine for most of the day but becomes a war zone in the afternoon/evening when there are partner flights departing to EZE, CDG and AMS all leaving around the same time. They really need to expand it already, never mind when LATAM comes in. (I assume AR will continue to use it even once LATAM starts to use it, since it will still be a SkyTeam lounge and AR will still be a SkyTeam member.)
I never use MIA when traveling on a domestic flight. First, the MIA airport is a zoo and you feel like your a sardine trying to get out of a bad can. Its like the world is walking all over the airport. The Crown room is ok but nothing to write home about. Many times during the day the Crown Room makes you feel like your in Times Square on New Years Eve. Unfortunately the Delta terminal in FLL (25 miles north of MIA) is being refurbished but when its finished FLL will be the choice of many for Domestic flights. All FLL needs is more non-stop flights to compete with United, America, Jet Blue, Southwest and whoever. Hopefully the new FLL Crown room will be a showcase to attract new customers.
I flew Emirates, British and Air Canada (same terminal as Delta) non-stop from FLL several times and there is no comparison to the ease and congestion of the FLL airport in both directions. PS. I don't work for the FLL airport. lol
Non-hub or not, the breakfast offering--while not overly fancy--is far better than the free food available at breakfast in an Admirals Club, including one at a hub. And the presentation is far superior.
Delta is expanding and adding Sky Clubs at a very fast pace including in non-hub cities like Austin and Nashville which might end up with one of the largest Sky Clubs outside of a hub.
The only real question is how large the renovated MIA club will be and how many flights Delta will have there.
Surely to decide on the value proposition on the premium drinks you have to look at what you can have for free. Is Johnny Walker black label worth $11 more than famous grouse if you just want a blended scotch?
@Kevin Carey I prefer flying from FLL as well, but the lack of lounges besides the Sky Club and lack of mass transit option kills it for me 9 times out of 10.
If VirginTrains/Brightline can add a station in front of the airport, it would be a game changer. I live in Brickell and 25 mins to FLL on a luxury train sure beats a 90 min drive during rush hour (heck, it beats a 30 min drive to MIA during the same time frame)
Pretty fun read and funny comments.
That lounge seating looks awful.
I am top status on American, so only have one experience in a Delta lounge @Seattle. The staff were truly extraordinary. I only paid to enter to print a document, but didn’t actually spend time there as I had colleagues waiting at the gate for our delayed flight. Awhile after I left the lounge a staff person somehow found me (she just walked right up to me) in the terminal by my gate to advise me that they had rebooked me/us on a better flight....I’m just a John Doe to DL...geez, I was SO impressed.
@Lumma: right? That's the beauty of it. You can have really decent complementary offerings like Famous Grouse, Old Forester, or the monthly signature complimentary cocktail, or for pretty cheap money you can go premium or ultra premium. I paid $11 in an Atlanta airport hotel for an import beer. I'd gladly pay that for Johnnie Walker Black in Sky Club any day. Seems like the more of an upgrade you get at the bar, the better the deal too. Miles all the way though.
Haha wow, in june last year that sign was there too and still its not revamped? It really needs an update. When this lounge is crowded then it really is an awfull lounge.