Originally Posted by
danielonn
Agreed they should have mad it an entire AMEX Lounge and then add an Escape Lounge for Southwest Airlines in the C/D Concourse and perhaps at other Terminals like 1,2,3. It confuses me as to why would you want to have two lounges with shared space. Makes no sense. Would a Hilton Hotel share their lounge with the Doubletree next door?
Can someone here entertain me on what are the differences in Alcohol Offerings/ Food Offerings between the Escape/AMEX Lounge. The Escape should join Priority Pass and make it exclusive to Priority Pass and keep the AMEX Lounge for AMEX Cardholders. The AMEX Lounge is already small so if it were me I would make it all the AMEX Lounge. Who is manning it to make sure there are no crossover people?
I still don't understand their reasoning.
Agreed that would have been better, but the airport didn't have two spaces to offer up, they had just the one area. The RFP (request for proposal) required an area that was open to the public (by paid entry), so the Escape portion was required to win the bid. Perhaps Amex should have put a single, giant Escape Lounge in the spot (same access for Plat/Cent anyway), but with Amex having a corporate presence in Phoenix, they wanted a Centurion Lounge.
I haven't been to either yet, but I look forward to seeing comparisons and hopefully making them for myself one day. In general Centurion Lounges have a consistent style and a very nice bar selection, but I have no complaints about the Escape Lounge in OAK so I bet the PHX one is nice too.