Originally Posted by
dhuey
My guess is that this limit on Amex-based admissions will ultimately not reduce crowding much. I suspect that most of the Amex Plat cardholders who were practically living in Sky Clubs will purchase SC memberships ($695). Then they can guest in their whole family or two unrelated travel companions.
I am sure there are some vanilla Amex Plat cardholders who will convert to an SC membership, but given the high volume of sustained complaining on the changes (and with the SC membership option having been an obvious/suitable alternative solution all the while), I also don't think a sizable number will go this route. In particular, I think the subset of vanilla Amex Plat cardholders who proudly and painstakingly make the annual fee cost neutral (via coupon book discounts, etc.) are not very well aligned with the set of customers who will simply drop $695 on an annual lounge membership expense. The latter group has always been in the lounges, the former group not so much.