Originally Posted by
atomicfront
I myself have been churning the Amerprise Platinum for the $400 airline gift cards and lounge access. Cancelled my last Ameriprise with no annual fee yesterday. I probably won't be back in the Centurian Lounge. Never had the Vanilla but with the airline gift cards gone I don't really value MR points that highly so even with 75k MR points the $550 annual fee is too high for me. I value the Centurian Lounge at about $10 a visit. Few drinks some food. But I am not getting the food that I want or even the beer that I want and it is very crowded.
Its definitely worth more than $10/visit. .... most airport bars are almost $10 for a small piss water domestic draft like Miller or Budwieser. I think if you get a plate of food and 2 drinks then you have to value it at $20/visit minimum. From that vantage point I don't think $1/drink is a massive ask to tip the bartenders there - though I agree with the comment above that calls out the "if you can't tip, don't go" attitude as a nonsense.
Last edited by ChurnieEls; Sep 17, 2019 at 12:54 pm