Updated 2 years ago

Delta cracks down on lounge lizards

By Theunis Bates, Editor at LinkedIn News

Updated 2 years ago

Delta designed its airport lounges to be places fliers want to linger. There’s fast WiFi, free food and drink and sometimes even showers. But the airline has grown fed up with passengers camping out and crowding its Sky Clubs, bashing away at their laptops for hours and chugging endless lattes. So this week Delta became the first major U.S. carrier to impose a time limit on its lounges — eligible passengers now get Sky Club access only three hours before departure. Get there even two minutes early, and you’ll be turned away.

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