Delta Air Lines operates eight lounges out of its fortress hub at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. This review focuses on the Sky Club in Concourse T.
Delta Concourse T Sky Club Review – Atlanta (ATL)
Picture ATL like a series of vertical lines, almost like a bar graph, starting in Terminal T and then going A – B – C – D – E – F. Terminal T is the first concourse you come to after clearing security on the “domestic” side of the airport. It’s a massive airport and Delta offers many lounges. This one, however, was the most crowded.
Hours + Access + Location
The lounge is open daily from 4:30 am to 9:00 pm and is located in Concourse T near Gate T6. While the lounge is well marked, it is not easy to get to: take the elevator up to the lounge (you may encouter a line of poeple waiting for the elevator). I did not see any stairs.
Access is available to:
- Delta Sky Club members (along with same-day boarding pass for Delta or a partner)
- Lifetime members can access the club regardless of the airline they are traveling on
- Two guests or immediate family (including all children under age 21) are permitted for “executive” members while “individual” members must pay $50 for guests (max two).
- Delta One or SkyTeam premium cabin passengers
- Access only when traveling on a branded “Delta One’ (versus first class) domestically
- Access when connecting to/from a same-day international Delta One flight
- No guests permitted
- SkyTeam Elite Plus members traveling on an international ticket in any cabin of service
- Includes Canada, Mexico
- Excludes Caribbean, Guam, Palau, Saipan
- One guest permitted
- There is an exception for SkyTeam Elite Plus passengers via SkyMiles (no access if traveling in economy class)
- Select credit card holders
- Delta SkyMiles Reserve from American Express
- no access on basic economy fares
- limited to 15 visits per year unless $75,000 annual spending on card
- guests are $50 each
- American Express Platinum / Centurion
- no access for Platinum business cards
- limited to 10 visits per year unless $75,000 annual spending on card
- no access on basic economy fares
- Delta SkyMiles Diners Club card
- Three visits per year (guests are included in this count)
- no access on basic economy fares
- two guests permitted
- Delta SkyMiles TRUST CLUB Platinum/Gold Visa card
- Six visits per year (guests are included in this count) for Platinum, three visits for Gold card
- no access on basic economy fares
- two guests permitted
- Delta SkyMiles Reserve from American Express
- WestJet Business Class passengers
- No guests permitted
- WestJet Rewards Gold and Platinum members
- Access only when traveling on a transborder flight
- One guest permitted
Seating
At reception, you can turn right for the main seating and dining area or left for a smaller seating area. At 7:00 am, the lounge was very crowded…so crowded I only stayed for a few moments to survey how busy it was.
Some of the other artwork was interesting…
Food + Drink
In terms of a “regular” club lounge (versus a Delta One Lounge, Polaris Lounge, or Flagship Lounge), the food selection was impressive: all sorts of hot and cold breakfast treats, including egg fritata, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, sausages, grits, oatmal, fruit, bagels, croissants, pastries, and cold cereal.
Not only was the full bar open (and busy at 7 am), but there was a self-serve selection of non-alcoholic drinks including coke (I’m using the Atlanta name for fizzy beverages), juice, water, tea, and coffee.
Restrooms + Showers
This lounge does not have showers and the restroom was too crowded for me to snap a picture in.
Magazines
While the selection was probably more about paid placement than anything else, I appreciated actual physical magazines…something we don’t see much any longer.
Business Center
There are several work areas clustered around a printer (wireless printing available), a nice feature to have in a lounge (just in case…).
CONCLUSION
This is not my favorite Sky Club in ATL and being the first lounge post-security, it is prone to crowding. That said, I appreciated the selection of food available, which was enough for quite a hearty breakfast (had I been eating).
This is my least favorite Sky Club® at ATL (and perhaps all that Delta operates).
Those two little ones in D that are now closed were pretty bad too.
Pretty amazing how crappy and overcrowded Delta’s lounges are at their largest hub. Airlines like Air France, Singapore, British Airways, etc. have all invested in signature lounges at their respective hubs. Why does DL takes its best and most loyal passengers for granted?
The T lounge has the best homemade biscuits!! But for now D is doing the best with food and atmosphere and friendly staff!! I am in Atlanta usually 4 times a month and was glad to see the new D!!