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Old 01-12-2024, 05:36 PM
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Asked in the hangar forum but not so much traffic over there. Anyone using the Platinum card and non revving tried to get access to lounges with that boarding pass?
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Asked in the hangar forum but not so much traffic over there. Anyone using the Platinum card and non revving tried to get access to lounges with that boarding pass?
Used to be allowed, but has been "embargoed" for the last year at Delta, no nonrevers allowed in the Skyclub at this time.
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Asked in the hangar forum but not so much traffic over there. Anyone using the Platinum card and non revving tried to get access to lounges with that boarding pass?
You typically have to jump thorugh so many hoops and bend the rules so much that you may get in trouble for them that its not even worth it anymore.
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Asked in the hangar forum but not so much traffic over there. Anyone using the Platinum card and non revving tried to get access to lounges with that boarding pass?
I can’t speak for a “platinum” lounge

but as a Jumpseater, I have never had a problem, putting a sweater or jacket over my work uniform, and showing up with a standby pass at a centurion lounge, or any of the other general credit card lounges with my AMEX.
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Anyone with a platinum card in particlar car to comment. Do you find it worth its hefty $695 annual fee with the perks you get as a pilot? I do buy tickets a couple of times per year and I get positive space a ton so that might make it worth some added value. Plus the Centurion and other lounges I suppose. Just thinking about upgrading my old Amex to the Platinum and wondering if its worth it.
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Amex centurion will not allow you in on a stand by ticket sadly. Ask how I know. Best bet is to grab a js and have a confirmed seat up front and then go into lounge.
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Amex centurion will not allow you in on a stand by ticket sadly. Ask how I know. Best bet is to grab a js and have a confirmed seat up front and then go into lounge.
about month ago I got into a Miami Centurion lounge on my standby Spirit boarding pass…

idk maybe I slipped through the cracks
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Anyone with a platinum card in particlar car to comment. Do you find it worth its hefty $695 annual fee with the perks you get as a pilot? I do buy tickets a couple of times per year and I get positive space a ton so that might make it worth some added value. Plus the Centurion and other lounges I suppose. Just thinking about upgrading my old Amex to the Platinum and wondering if its worth it.
I think it’s worth it. You get

Walmart+ (girlfriend loves it)

$15 Uber every month.

$200 airline credit

airline lounge of course

i’m Getting a $500 gift card (not sure how I got so many points, guess I spent a lot of money)

automatic Hilton Gold

some other stuff.
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So this is the move. Just buy a fully refundable ticket from SWA or someone else. Check in for flight, go to amex club, pound free drinks, cancel flight while sitting at bar and eating kinda sh1tty food. next question?
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