Over the previous yr or so, we’ve seen the opening of 4 Delta One Lounges, that are distinctive, among the many greatest lounges you’ll discover in the US. Whereas these lounges are superb when it comes to design, meals, drinks, and repair, sadly crowding continues to be a significant problem, as flagged by JonNYC.
Delta One Lounge JFK severe crowding issues
The Delta One Lounge JFK is the most important lounge within the Delta One Lounge community, at almost 40,000 sq. ft, with a capability for over 500 visitors. It’s one of many greatest lounges operated by a US airline, however regardless of that, there nonetheless doesn’t appear to be sufficient area throughout some peak intervals.
FlyerTalk member Cypriote tried to go to the lounge over the weekend, solely to seek out fairly a considerable line to get in. Even when one does get in, it’s not exhausting to think about how uncomfortably crowded the lounge could be at capability. I’m unsure that’s a lounge I’d need to spend a lot time in…
Admittedly this go to gave the impression to be on a Saturday afternoon in summer time, which is simply concerning the busiest potential time at this lounge. Evidently the lounge will get most crowded within the afternoons and early evenings, round 4-6PM, after which crowding isn’t as a lot of a difficulty later within the night. In the meantime within the mornings, this lounge is an oasis of calm.
With Delta’s new and improved lounge setup at JFK, the airline had touted how there could be no extra strains to get into lounges, however clearly that’s not fully true.
On this case, I don’t actually blame Delta for crowding
In Delta’s protection, I don’t suppose the airline is doing something fallacious right here, or that this may very well be dealt with in a materially totally different method. It is a massive facility, and finally Delta has drastically expanded its lounge capability on the airport. Moreover, most airways have banked hubs, so it’s regular for lounges to get particularly crowded over sure hours of the day.
Delta in all probability couldn’t get its arms on extra lounge area, and Delta isn’t going to transform its schedule simply to make the lounge expertise higher for passengers. So whereas that is disagreeable, I additionally suppose that in some methods, Delta One Lounges are a sufferer of their very own success. Folks actually love these lounges — for good cause — and I do know many individuals arrive early to get pleasure from these lounges.
That creates a cycle of unpleasantness — individuals get excited concerning the lounge, that pleasure causes them to spend extra time within the lounge, and that causes the lounge to not be as nice.
Delta One Lounges have strict entry necessities, so I don’t suppose most of us are calling for entry necessities to be made extra stringent. Heck, maybe a change that may assist with crowding is Delta’s eventual introduction of “primary” enterprise class. Nevertheless, I don’t suppose most of us are enthusiastic about that, and let’s not give them any concepts of “enhancements” that may be blamed on buyer suggestions.
So anyway, I believe that is only a actuality that visitors must cope with over sure peak intervals. For those who’re visiting on a peak day within the late afternoon, count on you’ll have a really totally different Delta One Lounge JFK expertise than in the event you had been to go to within the morning.
After I was youthful, I at all times keep in mind my mother and father telling me how far they’d must stroll to high school, and so on., and that may blow my thoughts. When my children develop up, I’ll inform them that again once I was youthful, there have been no strains to get into any airport lounges. Possibly that’ll blow their thoughts too.
Backside line
The Delta One Lounge JFK is an attractive facility. It’s big, at almost 40,000 sq. ft, and might accommodate over 500 individuals. Nevertheless, even that isn’t sufficiently big, and through some intervals, there’s a line out the door.
Whereas we frequently see strains out the door for Precedence Go and bank card lounges, it’s a lot much less widespread for lounges focused at worldwide premium cabin flyers. This clearly simply displays the dimensions of Delta’s JFK community throughout peak hours. That is the Delta One Lounge that the majority continuously has crowding points, regardless of being round 4 occasions the dimensions of the following greatest Delta One Lounge location.
What do you make of those Delta One Lounge JFK crowding points?
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