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Old Jun 24, 2025 | 12:10 pm
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Originally Posted by radonc1
could foresee the bank cards without affiliation setting up some sort of reciprocal agreement with one of the big three for admission to their clubs and dumping the restaurant benefit.
Improbable. Before the DL/NW, UA/CO, AA/US mergers there was surplus capacity in USA airline operated lounges, and many of them accepted Priority Pass at some locations. I do not see that the airlines have any motivation now to allow lounge access other than through their established co-brand partners.

Priority Pass added the restaurant feature after losing access to US-based airline-operated lounges. They also started opening more of their own The Club lounges (though a related company.) Now that American Express, Capital One, and Chase have opted out of the restaurant feature, I think Priority Pass needs to be looking at another approach in the USA market.
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