That is actually not what I'm saying.

I've actually taken some time to write out and attempt to articulate my thoughts. People are free to agree or disagree with them, I have no problem with that at all. Its a big, diverse world out there with plenty of perspectives.

So by all means, if you have an actual point of view to share that counters mine, please feel free to write it down and share it with the rest of us.

Here is a summary of what I've attempted to say:

• Each American Express Centurion Lounge has a fixed amount of square feet/meters, unless or until they expand the lounge.
• Within that fixed amount of square feet/meters, only so many human beings can fit, both safely and comfortably (and in fact legally). This is a truism no matter those human beings financial status (rich or poor)
• For many, many years now, the number of human beings attempting/ to access that fixed amount of square feet/meters has often been in conflict with the space available.
• Amex has made many attempts over the years to rectify this problem, to date all have failed.

Do you honestly disagree with any of those four bullet points? If yes, by all means please "show your work"

Now, you've said you believe that Amex will eventually set some fixed number of visits. I'm not sure I agree, but I also acknowledge that you might very well be right, I don't actually know. But I do know Amex could have done this at any other point along the continuum to date and they have resisted doing so. Why do you believe that is the case? Have you considered there might be a reason for that?

Finally, I've stated that by raising pricing, substantially, that would very likely reduce demand for access to a physically fixed space (this is literally no different that raising pricing on first/business class seats on airplanes or on suites in hotels, when demand is exceeding supply, no idea why this would even be controversial, its economics 101). I also said, in the very next breath, that Amex will absolutely, positively NOT do that. But, again, do you actually disagree that substantially raising pricing would have an impact on reducing demand? Or do you just not like it?

Actually, you might be surprised to find we are in somewhat in agreement on this. But let me ask, are you happy with that? Is that what you desire? I mean do you desire some sort of shared, egalitarian, yet miserable experience?

Regards