Originally Posted by jtc246

He(or she) said a ton of swipe fee's, nothing about airline tickets

Originally Posted by Boraxo

I wonder whether the stereotype frequent business traveler who visits the lounge 30x a year generates more swipe revenue than the family guy who visits a few times a year. I expect some MBA ran data analytics to figure this out but I don't think the answer is intuitive. Many frequent business travelers have corporate cards and thus generate zero spend on their personal Amex Plat cards when traveling for work (that would be me). Similarly I am sure there are plenty of high income individuals who spend $$$$$ on their personal cards (everybody wants points) and want to use the lounge on family vacations.

Of course, nobody will know if this hits the bottom line for at least 3 years...