Delta One Lounge Seattle (SEA) Opening, With Great Dining, Huge Terrace

Any idea if SAS J pax will get access? Since SEA does not have a lot of Sky Team long-haul flights (compared to LAX), I'd hope they would.

Happy to hear that business class passengers on Korean Air get access. Will check this lounge out next time I'm doing that flight to ICN.

@ LOA -- They won't, presumably because they're not part of the SkyTeam transatlantic joint venture.

Delta is doing a great job with their new D1 clubs

Watching and admiring their rivals do it for more than 10 years paid off for them.

D1 lounges and even the new Sky Club lounges (like the one in ATLTerminal D) are truly a game changer! I’m booked in D1 out of SEA and didn’t know that a D1 lounge was coming, so this is a huge bonus!
One more thing - I love the new private bathrooms that we are seeing in these lounges, especially after arriving on a long haul! Next step - add a seat-bidet, and none of the top airlines have anything on Delta (well except for using a 2nd door for boarding/unboarding which I think most foreign airlines do.

are they going to give priority to D1 lounge guests for the Skyclub showers? If I remember correctly, they do something similar at LAX, where 2 showers inside the Skyclub are reserved specifically for Delta One lounge guests

I doubt if DL admired anything that AA or UA did with lounges. If anything, it was AA and UA that watched how much better that SkyClubs were than AA and UA's standard lounges.

looks like DL has upped the ante even further.

and let's not forget that lounges are just part of the premium experience. DL is likely going to roll out their second generation Delta One Suite while AA and UA copy each other with the same seat and try to outdo each other in the first row.

I do admire your sad attempts at a comeback. It's fun to watch you flounder.

D1 clubs copied AA and UA. There was a time not long ago when you used to tell everyone DL did not need a business-only club since the Sky Clubs were so great (if you could get in). You've long since left that auto-reply in the dust since Delta proved you wrong -- they did need to copy AA and UA 😉

No, Delta didn’t copy American or united in anything. Delta added the Delta one lounges because it intends to compete in the global aviation arena. The fact that Delta gets a premium to the US international airline revenue means that it is getting a revenue premium even to united.

American gave up competing for premium revenue long time ago. I had said for years and it’s still remains true that if unit can be profitable on their international route system, Delta can be even more so.

Delta could steal candy from a baby and @Tim Dunn would find a way to throw lipstick on that pig.

Barbs aside, the lounge looks nice...though it gives the impression (based on how it's staged) that there are a lot of table and chair set ups but less space dedicated to more comfortable seating for folks not interested in a proper meal.

I'll get to check out the D1 lounge at JFK in October. Forced a routing just so I could see if it's as good as everyone claims.

the real issue is that DL is seeing enormous appeal for their D1 lounges -which you proved with your last sentence.

Delta One lounges upped the business class lounge far beyond what AA or UA did.
The only people that think that DL competes with Polaris are those that can't stomach the reality that DL just leapfrogged AA and UA

I was just at their launch event. It's truly incredible, they served caviar and dungeness crabs, which will be served as a part of the D1 lounge menu, they're working with a company called The Only Caviar on it.

The only pitfall is there aren't great apron/runway views of the planes. It's facing outwards.

You have merit, with Delta having far superior lounges in its flagship product. Care to explain your metrics on how you define D1 Lounges having leapfrogged UA's Polaris Lounges?

"in its flagship product than +(AA).

just read the reviews of multiple bloggers that have said that Delta's D1 lounges are the best in the US.

and given that DL will eventually have D1 lounges in its 4 core hubs - ATL, DTW, MSP and SLC - on top of its 4 coastal hubs, DL could well end up with more D1 lounges with more space than AA or UA.

Looks like there's at least view of the metro connection though. I'll never turn down trainspotting over a beer.

It’s an epic design flaw not to have showers.

except there are showers for Delta One customers in the adjacent SkyClub.

It isn't the first lounge operated by an airline that has partially shared facilities.

It makes far more sense for D1 customers to have priority access to a few showers in the Sky Club than the other way around. And a larger number of total showers increases the likelihood of everyone that wants a shower to get one when they want one.

Please do try and think about the pros and cons before you write.

I have read the reviews. I was asking your metrics of evaluation. It seems you want to dodge the question though. Content creators have opinions and may review products, sometimes its just to generate public interest and to have consumer engagement, sometimes a paid sponsorship, or sometimes just their own personal preference. Just because a content creator alleges a statement, doesn't make it definitive and absolute. There was a time when AA Flagship was a game change, there was a time when Polaris was the industry leader, so on and so fourth.

And UA already has its flagship lounges in all but one hub.

There is merit when people argue that Delta lost its first moved advantage rolling out its flagship lounges. With AA management in crisis mode, UA and DL can and will strive to make there products better and more competitive.
Quality of lounges, is generally subjective to qualitative characteristics and not easily quantifiable. Example being, if im spending 10k+ on a premium cabin and then when I visit a D1 lounge they want to charge extra for Taiitinger, or Don Julio I think thats straight out disrespectful and cheap. Whilst at Polaris lounges, its all inclusive (with their last offering being Lanson Black Label on my last visit)