Originally Posted by
scubadu
Agreed. I think many folks here are really in denial. Skyclubs have had stronger guest policies in place, for a longer period of time, and there are more locations than Centurion Lounges and yet they are as crowded as ever. You make a very good point that many are ignoring.
To **some** degree, I think this is also the result of a post-pandemic travel boom. Many travel-starved people had 2 years of discretionary income (and miles/points) saved up with nothing to spend it on, so once things opened up again, it all exploded. Between tightening access rules *and* getting all this excess leisure travel budget out of the picture, I suspect overcrowding should improve somewhat, especially if we also see an economic slowdown in the months to come. Of course, if business travel makes much of a comeback closer to 2019 levels, that could be an offsetting factor.