While Delta is by many metrics considered the most premium airline in the United States, one area where the airline has historically lagged the competition is when it comes to premium lounges dedicated to international passengers. American has Flagship Lounges and United has Polaris Lounges, while Delta hasn’t had dedicated international lounges… until 2024.
Fortunately the dynamics have quickly changed, with the introduction of Delta One Lounges. Delta has now opened four of these premium lounges, with several more in the pipeline (though we’ll have to be patient). In this post, I want to go over all the details of the lounge network, including the locations, access requirements, and more.
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Delta One Lounge details, hours, & locations
Delta currently has four premium lounges, in New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX), Boston (BOS), and Seattle (SEA). These are called Delta One Lounges, with Delta One being how Delta markets its premium business class product. Let’s go over the locations, as I find these to be among the best lounges in the United States.
Delta One Lounge New York (JFK)
The Delta One Lounge New York (JFK) was the first lounge to open. It’s located in Terminal 4 of New York Kennedy Airport, between Concourse A and Concourse B, right near the security checkpoint. The lounge is open daily from 4:30AM until 11PM.
This is Delta’s biggest airport lounge to date, as it’s around 40,000 square feet, with seating for 515 guests. The lounge features some pretty awesome amenities, ranging from a full-service brasserie, to a casual chef-assisted market with open kitchen, to a bar. There’s also a dedicated wellness area, as well as a year-round terrace.
See this post for more details on the Delta One Lounge JFK, and read my review of the Delta One Lounge JFK.
Delta One Lounge Los Angeles (LAX)
The Delta One Lounge Los Angeles (LAX) was the second lounge to open. It’s located in Terminal 3 of Los Angeles International Airport, immediately adjacent to the Sky Club, and is accessible directly from the Delta One check-in area. The lounge is open daily from 4:15AM until 11:00PM.
This lounge is much smaller than the JFK location, as it’s around 10,000 square feet, with seating for 191 guests. The lounge features a la carte dining throughout, a sushi counter, and signature bento boxes, rotating every two weeks, highlighting a Delta One destination from LAX. The lounge also has a dedicated wellness area with massage chairs and zero-gravity chairs, as well as a year-round terrace.
See this post for more details on the Delta One Lounge LAX, and read my review of the Delta One Lounge LAX.
Delta One Lounge Boston (BOS)
The Delta One Lounge Boston (BOS) was the third lounge to open. It’s located in Terminal E of Boston Logan Airport, by gate E13, inside the Sky Club. The lounge is open daily from 12PM until 11PM.
This is the smallest lounge in the network, as it’s around 6,700 square feet, with seating for 121 guests. The lounge is almost like a huge restaurant, as it has a heavy focus on a la carte dining, with the menu leaning heavily into seafood from New England. The lounge has dedicated restrooms, though the shower suites are shared with the Sky Club.
See this post for more details on the Delta One Lounge BOS.
Delta One Lounge Seattle (SEA)
The Delta One Lounge Seattle (SEA) was the fourth lounge to open. It’s located in Concourse A of Seattle Tacoma Airport, by gate A11, and it’s stacked on top of the Sky Club. The lounge is open daily from 8:30AM until 8PM.
This lounge is similar in size to the Los Angeles location, as it’s around 10,000 square feet, with seating for 221 guests. The lounge features a la carte dining, a huge wraparound terrace, and views of Mt. Rainier. The lounge has dedicated restrooms, though the shower suites are shared with the Sky Club.
See this post for more details on the Delta One Lounge SEA.
Future Delta One Lounge locations
While Delta did a great job opening four Delta One Lounges pretty quickly, we’re going to need some patience before the next lounges open. We know that Delta is planning more of these lounges for other hubs, but the timeline remains to be seen.
A Delta One Lounge Atlanta (ATL) is expected to open in 2028. A Delta One Lounge Salt Lake City (SLC) is also in the works, but with no timeline. We also know that Delta One Lounges are planned for Detroit (DTW) and Minneapolis (MSP), but it sounds like that’s still in the research phase, rather than in the development phase.
Delta One Lounge access policies & rules
Who can access Delta One Lounges? The access restrictions are the same across the lounge network (with one specific carve out for Boston), and there are generally three pathways to accessing these lounges. Note that they don’t follow standard SkyTeam lounge access rules. Let’s break it down by entry method.
Delta One passengers get access
As you’d guess based on the name, the primary people who have access to the Delta One Lounge are Delta One passengers. This is the name of Delta’s premium business class experience. So if you have a same day Delta One ticket (whether arriving or departing), you get access to the Delta One Lounge.
It doesn’t matter if you paid cash for your ticket, redeemed miles, or upgraded, as access rules are the same regardless. Note that no guests are allowed to be brought in.
I should mention that you need to physically have access to the sterile area of the terminal in order to access a Delta One Lounge. In other words, if you’re just arriving internationally without a connection, you wouldn’t be able to use the lounge if you couldn’t get past security after clearing immigration and customs (which requires an outbound boarding pass).
Select partner airline premium passengers get access
It’s not just business class passengers on Delta who get access to the Delta One Lounge. First and business class passengers departing or connecting on Air France, LATAM, KLM, Korean Air, and Virgin Atlantic, also get access to Delta One Lounge.
Keep in mind that in some cases it might not be practical to use a Delta One Lounge when flying these airlines, due to terminal setups. However, access is allowed. Note that no guests are allowed to be brought in.
There is one exception to this rule — Air France and KLM business class passengers can’t use the Delta One Lounge Boston due to capacity constraints.
Delta 360 passengers in first class get access
Delta 360 is Delta’s invitation-only elite status. These passengers can use the Delta One Lounge whenever traveling same day on a first class ticket. Delta 360 passengers are the only ones who can pay to bring guests into the lounge.
Delta 360 members eligible for access may bring their immediate family (spouse or domestic partner and children under the age of 21), or up to two companions, for an entry fee of $100 or 10,000 Delta SkyMiles per person.
Bottom line
Delta now has four of its Delta One Lounges, located in New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX), Boston (BOS), and Seattle (SEA). The lounge network is expected to expand to other hubs in the coming years, though it sounds like it’ll be at least a few years before the next lounge opens.
These lounges are open to Delta One passengers, select SkyTeam business class passengers, and Delta 360 members traveling in first class.
I have to say, Delta has done an absolutely stellar job with these lounges, and I’ve very much enjoyed my visits to these facilities. They have great food, super friendly service, and nice decor and amenities.
What do you make of the Delta One Lounge network?
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Deltta one and delta first next year.
Can i join Delta one lounge?
I still have a Lifetime Membership Card for Delta Lounges issued in late 70ties or early 80ties.
Is that card still valid?
Thanks for the help.
Ulli
Good question? There still a few lifetimers around and still flying. Hope Delta grandfathers into this addition of services by Delta. Hope a Delta representative can resolve the ?
I am a tad perplexed that it does not have one of those lounges in its Atlanta hub.
I applaud its no guest stipulations.
as Ben has previously noted, DL has revealed plans for a D1 club in ATL a couple years down the road with the holdup being finding real estate
They will have them in all 4 of their interior US hubs - ATL, DTW, MSP and SLC - but weren't about to open them in other interior hubs until they at least announce them for ATL.
@Ben Does the three hour before flight requirement apply? I have heard conflicting information? Thanks!
@ NomadDC -- Nope, it doesn't for Delta One Lounges!
Delta One Lounges are phenomenal. What Delta offers in the sky in Delta One is a mixed bag of very dated seats (A330-300s, A330-200s, B767-300s), uncomfortably narrow ones (B767-300/400), and mediocre food. The Premium Select product is pretty good for what it is, and the best of the US3's Premium Economy, but Delta compensates on the ground for what it can't and doesn't offer in the sky. The A330 refurbs will take a very long time, as they do across most airlines.
and Delta is retiring its 767-300 fleet and has put a "use by" date on its 767-400 fleet. you can do that when you are receiving more new widebodies than any other US airline for at least 2 years in a row.
A DL exec just said that the entire A350-900 fleet will be retrofitted to the 40 seat business class configuration and the A330CEO fleet will get Delta One Suites, meaning that DL's...
and Delta is retiring its 767-300 fleet and has put a "use by" date on its 767-400 fleet. you can do that when you are receiving more new widebodies than any other US airline for at least 2 years in a row.
A DL exec just said that the entire A350-900 fleet will be retrofitted to the 40 seat business class configuration and the A330CEO fleet will get Delta One Suites, meaning that DL's Delta One Suite fleet will be at more than 80 aircraft by the end if this year as the ex-Latam conversions are completed and easily pass 100 aircraft by 2028.
AA and UA are taking delivery of their first aircraft with Suite products this year while AA will reconfigure its 777W fleet within the next 2 years and UA has no announced plans to put a suite product on any of its existing planes although they likely will.
Delta is not retiring the 767-300 at speed. It is gradually replacing them on many routes with A330-900s which feature the newer products but plenty of 763s and 21 764s are staying in the fleet for at least another 5-10 years and receiving more new wide bodies than any US airline is really not a bragging right. It will take Delta, just like the rest of its peers, years to overhaul what is to be...
Delta is not retiring the 767-300 at speed. It is gradually replacing them on many routes with A330-900s which feature the newer products but plenty of 763s and 21 764s are staying in the fleet for at least another 5-10 years and receiving more new wide bodies than any US airline is really not a bragging right. It will take Delta, just like the rest of its peers, years to overhaul what is to be overhauled. That's the nature of the beast.
As to United, they will likely put the Polaris plus ups on the 77Ws, many existing 789s and 10s, but definitely not the 772s and 767s, which will be replaced by 787s at a rate far faster than DL's earth shattering new wide body deliveries.
It will take AA at least 24 months to get 20 77Ws overhauled. The 77Es are an open question. My guess is they will be replaced and not extended. The 787-8s and 9s will not be overhauled for a while yet.
Delta will likely have its 763s off of the Atlantic not much after UA pulls its 757s.
UA's 757s have no direct aisle access; DL's 763 fleet does.
UA will likely do a lot of things but they haven't announced a plan to retrofit their existing fleet wiht their FIRST generation suite product. AA IS in the process - no planes finished yet - of retrofitting its 777Ws.
UA will lag AA w/...
Delta will likely have its 763s off of the Atlantic not much after UA pulls its 757s.
UA's 757s have no direct aisle access; DL's 763 fleet does.
UA will likely do a lot of things but they haven't announced a plan to retrofit their existing fleet wiht their FIRST generation suite product. AA IS in the process - no planes finished yet - of retrofitting its 777Ws.
UA will lag AA w/ the number of aircraft with suite products for years and DL may have a larger fleet and percentage of suite equipped widebodies well into the 2030s.
UA's 767 fleet will not get a suite product and likely neither will their 777-200 fleet - similar to the approach AA is likely to take.
It's from the most actively evil single airline in the world, so it's Masque of the Red Death. And if you're fanboying this flaming bag of garbage of an airline, you should be put out of your misery by any means necessary.
“It's from the most actively evil single airline in the world, so it's Masque of the Red Death.”
Why do you say that?
The FAs come across like prison guards, I've never had a good flight on them, and the agents take joy in being actively hostile toward me instead of assisting during things like irrops.
It's interesting that UA is the holdout now on access for T-con intineraries.
I've only been to JFK Delta One lounge and was quite impressed. To me, it's the best lounge at JFK overall. What also impressed me is its security area. JFK Terminal 4 security can get quite crowded given it serves Delta and a wide range of foreign airlines. With the new security area after Delta One Check-in area, it was a breeze!
This is what I was saying on the other thread.
The Delta One check-in experience just feels much more civilized and proper at JFK/LAX, check-in into private security lane into direct lounge access, very well thought out.