mia

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jollybear

Yes I asked that. Answer was a definitive "no".

Gig103

Lame. I had an AS lounge try to deny me access when they saw my takeout from the airport restaurant (a brownie) but when I explained it was for my upcoming flight, and I promised not to eat it in the lounge, they saw reason and let me in. There's a reason lounge attendants are sometimes called "dragons" - protecting their treasures at all costs even the expense of logic.

It's good to know that if it happens again, I just need to put my food in my backpack during check-in. Thanks for sacrificing your access to inform us. I'm not being sarcastic.

pcoll

Last visit to SEA lounge a week ago was very stressful. mid-morning and totally crowded. Food was down to almost nothing. When something got refilled, it was swarmed and gone in 5 minutes. Stayed for a latte and then decided to go to AS lounge. Much better perhaps because they were at the end of morning rush and much less crowding. Flying again tomorrow. Will hope for better conditions.

pushmyredbutton

Same experience for me last week. I don't know why, but the food spread at the SEA CL is consistently worse than others. I much prefer to use PP to get into one of the AS lounges; at least there's space to relax and the food isn't much worse.

mia

Worse than the other Centurion locations? That is because SEA does not have an on-site kitchen, and all of the others do. When Seattle was first opened it was called a Centurion Studio. That nomenclature was dropped when it was enlarged, but there still wasn't space for a kitchen.

CKDGM

The CL @sea also suffers greatly when compared to the lovely new Sky Club around the corner from it by A1. Since I'm almost always on DL, the only times I use the CL now are if I have a guest (since I'd have to pay $29 to get them into the SC) and we're leaving from low A or B. (High A or S gates and I'll use The Club instead.)

krazykanuck

First trip back here since the expanded bar area has been open. I'd rather be over at the SkyClub, but I'm flying AS today, so my fate was decided for me.

The breakfast spread is obviously a bit of a let down vs the other lounges, but the warmed turnovers (filled with eggs and mushrooms) weren't bad. I also liked the salami for cold cuts, the cinnamon rolls were tasty, and there was a good selection of fresh fruit to go with the yogurt. All in all it's perfectly serviceable, just not up to the offerings of the other Amex lounges. I arrived after midnight and just crashed in the terminal. No wait for the shower this morning which, which they don't open until 6 am.

Like the other Centurion lounges the bar service is limited to mimosas, bloodys, beer, and wine from 6 - 10:30am.

Beautiful view of Mt. Rainier this morning too:

beckoa

I've done the wait until 6 AM for the shower as well. I personally think its ridiculous to not open this at 5 AM. It should be clean from the night before.

And I am still perplexed by the 10:30 AM start time for the good stuff.

beckoa

The new shrimp roll/wraps are excellent!

pcoll

Sounds good. Flying again next week.
Was it a Morning offering or lunch/afternoon? Our last visits, lunch/afternoon offerings were great. Mornings were OK.

Snuggs

beckoa

Didn't realize they had ginger beer... odd that it's restricted.

mia

One is mentioned on the website:

Points Scrounger

Perhaps they only keep a small quantity in stock?