It is reported that Chase lounges will also be Priority Pass lounges. If this is accurate, and if there are not any important special perqs for Chase cardholders, I image that the Chase moderators would move discussion of the lounges to the Airport Lounges forum.
Was there ever official communique on this?
This whole thing could go a few different ways. I'd be very surprised if Chase invested these millions and millions of dollars in this new lounge network to allow the competition to have another perk for their product. I guess if Chase could pull big profit for visit fees, it would be worth it. I still am a firm believer that Chase does serious damage to the Platinum's reputation of best lounge network if they can have a relatively solid, exclusive, lounge, even if below Centurion.