Delta passengers are embarking on 'Sky Club Crawls' to drink at every lounge in the airport — but the key is not getting too drunk to fly

• Some Delta passengers have created a new pastime: a "Sky Club Crawl" through the airport.
• The goal is to drink at each of Delta's lounges — without missing or getting kicked off the flight.

If SantaCon has taught us anything, it's that hard-partying individuals love a bar crawl.

Now, Redditors have invented an activity that answers the question, "What if you took one of these crawls and placed it within the confines of an airport?"

The "Sky Club Crawl," as it's known on the r/Delta subreddit, doesn't require anyone to dress up like Santa. However, it requires participants to drink at each Delta lounge at any given airport. As with most competitions, there are a few rules:

• Drink one beer, wine, or shot at each Sky Club
• Don't use the plane train
• Don't cut people in line
• Do it all in a single day
• Tip your bartender

And perhaps the most important of all: Don't miss your connection. Some airports make that harder than others — the Atlanta airport has nine Sky Clubs, meaning crawlers must down nine drinks before their flight. And because airlines can bar you from boarding if you appear intoxicated, pounding nine drinks ahead of a flight can be risky.

Although the idea has grown in popularity since it started cropping up on Reddit last fall, Delta told Insider it's not a company-sanctioned activity.

"Our Sky Clubs offer customers a place where they can work, relax and recharge before their next flight," a spokesperson said. "This is not a Delta-sanctioned activity and we encourage our customers to choose one Club to visit to ensure they receive the elevated experience our customers know and love."

Some Redditors who've attempted the Atlanta Sky Club Crawl acknowledged the toll of the nine-drink challenge.

"Jesus Christ I'm incredibly drunk," one crawler wrote in a post. "Kudos to everyone before me and Godspeed to everyone after me."

The Atlanta crawl appears to be the most popular, with several Redditors posting their experiences to the platform and TikTok. Other participants have tested out the crawl elsewhere, with one even creating luggage tags for people who attempt the crawl in Minneapolis and Detroit, as well as Atlanta and a US-wide super crawl.

An added challenge, particularly for the Atlanta crawl, is that Delta only allows passengers into its lounges three hours before their flight.

"9 drinks in 3 hours is quick, even for the guy who pretended he was at a college party," one Redditor commented in a post about the Atlanta challenge.

The user went on to offer advice for users following in their footsteps, including checking bags and picking drinks wisely so as not to get too tipsy — or hungover, for that matter.