Passenger shocked by ‘super tacky’ move by staff at elite airline lounge, sparks debate

They reached their tipping point.

A recent flyer was appalled when they were asked to tip at the exclusive Delta One Lounge at the LAX airport — which has caused quite a discussion on Reddit.

In the r/delta subreddit, a traveler shared their experience asking other Delta Club elitists if what they encountered was normal or not.

“Just left Delta One lounge at LAX. We have been to the Delta One Lounge a few times in NYC, but this was the first time at LAX,” they wrote.

“Unlike NYC lounge, everything in LAX club is ordered from a small menu and brought by staff. Before we left, the server gave us a laminated card with his personal Venmo Account so we could give him a tip. It had the Delta One logo on the bottom,” the passenger explained.

This question caused a stir in the comment section of the thread. And maybe rightfully so, considering the Delta Sky Club in airports across the country is treated like the Soho House of the air.

The Post reached out to Delta for comment.

Some people thought nothing of tipping the lounge employees.

“I’ve seen a couple of bartenders at Skyclubs that had a card with their Venmo/cash app for tipping. I always tip the sky club bartenders at baseline, so I never thought much about it,” read one response.

“I think this is fine. Not really different from the envelope in hotel rooms,” wrote another person.

However, those on the other side of this conversation agreed that this was a tacky move made by the server.

“No. Just no. I would honestly report it. You can submit a comment/complaint, and it will get sent to the LAX leadership to handle,” read a comment.

“As soon as he threw the Delta logo on there, he went from slightly tacky to downright termination-worthy,” someone argued.

This isn’t the first time a Delta lounge goer was faced with the moral decision of whether to tip or not — as another Reddit user posted a photo of a tip jar in the lounge showers in the same subreddit.

The commenters on that thread were just as opinionated:

“I find this trashy as f*** for delta. You pay a fortune for tickets, and delta makes billions in profits and still asks customers to subsidize their labor costs,” quipped one person.

“US tipping culture is nuts and the people who fully buy into it are even worse,” read another comment.

Yet, some people — once again — didn’t think anything was wrong with handing over some cash to the workers.

“I always tip for showers,” one person declared.

“You do know that the bathroom attendants are contracted out. It’s not gonna hurt leaving a few dollars behind,” said someone else.

Last year, New York’s JFK airport poured a ton of money into the airline’s luxury lounge.

The NYC location is the largest of its “Sky Club” offerings — with amenities such as fine dining, laundry service, spas, and more — it’s way more exclusive than the others.

To access this elite lounge — members must be a part of the invite-only “360” club or they can buy tickets that can go as high as $10,000.