Originally Posted by
Boraxo
Why would they do this?
- Chase/JPM does not do this.
- Amex allows AUs on Plat card to use lounge but AU card fee is high.
Cap1 AFs are comparatively low, lounges have waitlists, they don't need higher utilization.
After reading the entire thread, my biggest pet peeve is the waitlist. Cap 1 needed to do something about this, and here we are... When AMEX rolled out its lounges, people moaned about how crowded they were. AMEX did something about that; they are now not as bad.
C1 needed to do things, and since the space at airports is limited, expanding would be tough, except at DFW (they could take off the old Flagship space. OR limit who has access.