View Poll Results: How do you usually access the Admirals Club now?
I am a regular Admirals Club member
105
13.87%
I am a CitiBank AAdvantage Executive card member
48
6.34%
AMEX Platinum or Centurion card
494
65.26%
oneworld (AA etc.) status or class of service for eligible flights
77
10.17%
Occasional pass / 30 day membership as needed
33
4.36%
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Dec 4, 2013, 8:52 pm
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For renewing Admirals Club members, the annual fees are:
Alternatives include a 30 day membership ($99, full membership privileges, thirty continuous days, no guests) and a one day Pass ($50, no guests, use all day at all / any Clubs possible). See here.
Another is the CitiBank AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard, $450 annual fee, including Admirals Club membership and other benefits, such as 2 miles per dollar spend on AA, one free bag, etc. see here.
oneworld Sapphire and Emerald members still have access when eligible for access in accordance with oneworld lounge access rules.
For renewing Admirals Club members, the annual fees are:
EXP / EP / Executive Platinum: $350 or 45,000 miles
PLT / Platinum: $400 or 55,000 miles
GLD / Gold: $425 or 60,000 miles
No Status- $450 or 70,000 miles
For those who are purchasing membership the first time, add $50 or 10,000 miles.PLT / Platinum: $400 or 55,000 miles
GLD / Gold: $425 or 60,000 miles
No Status- $450 or 70,000 miles
Alternatives include a 30 day membership ($99, full membership privileges, thirty continuous days, no guests) and a one day Pass ($50, no guests, use all day at all / any Clubs possible). See here.
Another is the CitiBank AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard, $450 annual fee, including Admirals Club membership and other benefits, such as 2 miles per dollar spend on AA, one free bag, etc. see here.
oneworld Sapphire and Emerald members still have access when eligible for access in accordance with oneworld lounge access rules.
Archive: USA AMEX Platinum Members Lose Admirals /US Airways Club Access 22 Mar 2014
Dec 4, 2013, 9:57 am
#31
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,317
just got the amex plat within the past few months for the first time and have received no notice that the perk will end. wonder if i'll get to use it for my full year or if i'll lose it in march even though I've had no notice?
I won't be renewing the amex, just joined it to get a promo 100,000 points and admirals club access + 200 fee credits. sucks, but there are other options, i'm not particularly loyal to amex
I won't be renewing the amex, just joined it to get a promo 100,000 points and admirals club access + 200 fee credits. sucks, but there are other options, i'm not particularly loyal to amex
Dec 4, 2013, 9:58 am
#32
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SJC/VCE
Programs: AA PLT (2.9+ MM), HH GLD, Hyatt Diamond, SPG PLT
Posts: 10,161
I'd actually pay the fee to join the AC *IF* they would reduce the spouse/partner membership fee AND simply make it a second person. I got my Mom a platinum card on my acct. so she could access the ACs.
As for the other AMEX PLT benefits: as an elite, bag fees, etc... don't matter to me anyway but I do really like the Centurion lounge.
Dec 4, 2013, 10:02 am
#33
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: AUS/SFO
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Plat, Fairmont Plat
Posts: 19
Dec 4, 2013, 10:02 am
#34
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 202
Damn, that is one of the primary reasons I have the platinum card. I'm going to be canceling come renewal time.
No email here yet.
No email here yet.
Dec 4, 2013, 10:04 am
#35
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AA EXP, SPG PLT, Carlson/HHonors GLD, National Ex, Hertz Gld, AMEX Plat
Posts: 344
Received nothing so far. Been a member for a couple years (with 4 cards on the account) and use the card for most of my regular spend & the AC/US clubs often (100+ times a year). This is a major benefit-pull. Definitely re-thinking my Amex strategy.
I do really like the Cent. club in DFW, but I'm LAX based & there's no replacing the help the AAngels at the AC when you have ticketing issues.
I do really like the Cent. club in DFW, but I'm LAX based & there's no replacing the help the AAngels at the AC when you have ticketing issues.
Dec 4, 2013, 10:07 am
#36
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: BOS, LAX
Programs: AA Gold, HH Diamond
Posts: 804
I haven't received an email yet. This year I barely used the Platinum card for anything else but AC access. No chance I'll renew it without a generous (as in $500) statement credit.
Dec 4, 2013, 10:08 am
#37
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NYC, BOS, ORD
Programs: AA EXP, DL PM
Posts: 843
Perhaps its a side effect of AA cozying up to Citi (e.g. Citi demanding to be the sole lounge-access credit card partner)... same way UA is with Chase, and DL with Amex.
On a side note, a popular boarding area blog reports that Amex will open its own Centurion lounges at LGA and SFO (LGA being outside security, no idea where)
http://thepointsguy.com/2013/12/amex...r-lga-and-sfo/
On a side note, a popular boarding area blog reports that Amex will open its own Centurion lounges at LGA and SFO (LGA being outside security, no idea where)
http://thepointsguy.com/2013/12/amex...r-lga-and-sfo/
Dec 4, 2013, 10:14 am
#38
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: RBKC
Programs: AA EXP and Eurostar Carte Blanche
Posts: 3,851
Dec 4, 2013, 10:18 am
#39
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Racine, WI/VCE
Programs: AA EXP, MR LT PPE, Arise Mucci des Hommes de Fer
Posts: 1,047
Thank you OP for posting this news. I was an AMEX Plat member for 23 hours. My AC membership was due to expire soon and I thought the AMEX card would have been a value to me. 98% of my flying is OW so I canceled my card before being billed the annual fee. Phew!! Thanks again!
Dec 4, 2013, 10:20 am
#40
Used to be MJ-bos
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: San Diego, California USA
Programs: AA ExecPlat, COdbaUA 1P & 2MM, HH Diamond, Marriott Gold, SPG Gold, IHG Gold, Avis 1st
Posts: 228
For those considering cancelling their AX cards ... keep in mind that you can downgrade to a Gold card and they will refund the annual difference (prorated). I've upgraded, downgraded, and upgraded again during the last decade based on changing benefits.
Dec 4, 2013, 10:21 am
#41
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 202
Perhaps its a side effect of AA cozying up to Citi (e.g. Citi demanding to be the sole lounge-access credit card partner)... same way UA is with Chase, and DL with Amex.
On a side note, a popular boarding area blog reports that Amex will open its own Centurion lounges at LGA and SFO (LGA being outside security, no idea where)
http://thepointsguy.com/2013/12/amex...r-lga-and-sfo/
On a side note, a popular boarding area blog reports that Amex will open its own Centurion lounges at LGA and SFO (LGA being outside security, no idea where)
http://thepointsguy.com/2013/12/amex...r-lga-and-sfo/
Dec 4, 2013, 10:29 am
#42
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
It will be interesting to see what happens with Flagship Lounges - that's a debatable issue, IMO. Only three in US, LAX, ORD and JFK, MIA presumably coming (was it Mr. Estragon of AA who said so?) and others (DFW notably) closed, will AAUSHP keep 'em open, or perhaps knock out dividers at LAX and JFK and use the ORD one as a remote Clublet for international departures?
I think as to why this occurred, Upgraded! is correct. Nothing to do with USDoJ.
Wow the merger is not even closed yet! A big screw you to the justice department; from their August 13 release-
Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Challenging Proposed Merger Between US Airways and American Airlines
Merger Would Result in U.S. Consumers Paying Higher Airfares and Receiving Less Service; Lawsuit Seeks to Maintain Competition in the Airline Industry
Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Challenging Proposed Merger Between US Airways and American Airlines
Merger Would Result in U.S. Consumers Paying Higher Airfares and Receiving Less Service; Lawsuit Seeks to Maintain Competition in the Airline Industry
No, it's Amex and AA/US failing to agree on a price for access. Had they been able to agree on such a price, I'm sure the benefit would still be in place. It's like cable carriers and networks blaming each other for certain channels being cut off when they fail to reach a pricing agreement.
Dec 4, 2013, 10:36 am
#43
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: los angeles, calif.
Programs: Alaska Airlines Gold MVP
Posts: 7,170
Dec 4, 2013, 10:36 am
#44
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AA Platinum, VX Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 42
Same here, only offered $200. "Regular" personal Platinum card. Asking Amex what gives with some people getting $500...
Dec 4, 2013, 10:38 am
#45
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: TPA
Programs: AA EXP, Hertz Club Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 282
No email for me yet. Curious what will be offered.