Originally Posted by
Visconti
All in all, good experience and easy enough to pass the time before my flight, though it just appeared really overcrowded with people sitting in very close proximity, phone call chattering in the background and children crying and playing boisterously throughout some sections. Just a wild guess, but I'm not sure this is the "premium" airport experience many of my fellow cardmembers envision when think of the airport lounge experience.
At the end of the day, these are domestic lounges accessible to all via credit card. When have such lounges ever been "premium" (in the sense of quiet, not crowded, exclusive) in the history of the product type? If I recall the first Centurion Lounge (Las Vegas) was crowded from day 1. Most US airline clubs consisted of suits eating peanuts and pretzels and drinking jack and cokes without any kind of food selection, amenities, etc. These lounges have never been premium in that way