I appreciate the concern for reducing crowding. 2 free guests is excessive. Entire families kill the experience. Tons of friends and colleagues do too, to a lesser extent. This is too much though.

Now I couldn't even bring in my SO unless I pay $50 each time? At that point, I'm almost better off getting a table at a restaurant and ordering a meal of my choosing, or considering options externally of the airport. A huge devaluation on top of the rumored AF increase. No amount of free socks at Saks helps that. While it is their choice to make, I wonder why it couldn't have been an approach to cut guests to 1 first and see what the impact is. I suppose if they can still come in under an AU card, that's a bit more reasonable. The price and restrictions are starting to outweigh the benefits for more and more people though. I guess that is the goal.

I guess it's getting clearer who their target audience is.