Originally Posted by
npretnar
Regarding the Centurion lounge, as a card holder since 2017 (still fairly new I know), the crowding and degradation of the lounge experience circa 2021 to now makes me value the lounge component of the card at essentially 0.
It's pretty amazing, in a bad way, how much it's degraded in such a short time. I mean in 2019 and earlier, there were no waits or lines to get in, the food was decent quality. Now...my home lounge is still pretty good but I typically travel off peak hours. My experience in connection and other lounges, DFW is usually a mess, new LGA was good the one time I could actually get in. JFK has been mediocre since day 1. DEN is frequently a lines down the escalator situation.
The fact of the matter is that too many people have access, and the fault lies completely at Amex because they'll approve anybody with a pulse, a SSN and a willingness to pay the annual fee.