Jan 24, 2019, 7:51 am
Last edit by: mia
Policy Changes effective March 22, 2019
Source: https://thecenturionlounge.com/info/access/
NOTE: FOR PLATINUM CARD MEMBERS ONLY
The Centurion Lounge is a day of departure lounge. We will not admit arriving Platinum Card Members with boarding passes for flights that have just landed. We will admit Platinum Card Members with layovers or connecting flights who produce proof of connecting flight.
We will not admit Platinum Card Members more than 3 hours before the departure time on the Platinum Card Member’s same-day, confirmed boarding pass. This does not apply to Platinum Card Members with a connecting flight.
We will admit children under 2 years of age free of charge, provided an accompanying parent or guardian is able to produce a “lap infant” boarding pass or proof of age
The Centurion Lounge is a day of departure lounge. We will not admit arriving Platinum Card Members with boarding passes for flights that have just landed. We will admit Platinum Card Members with layovers or connecting flights who produce proof of connecting flight.
We will not admit Platinum Card Members more than 3 hours before the departure time on the Platinum Card Member’s same-day, confirmed boarding pass. This does not apply to Platinum Card Members with a connecting flight.
We will admit children under 2 years of age free of charge, provided an accompanying parent or guardian is able to produce a “lap infant” boarding pass or proof of age
Centurion Lounge crowding (2015-2019)
Aug 25, 2019, 4:30 pm
#2041
Join Date: Sep 2011
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3 Business Plat Employee cards = $900/year
3 Personal Plat Additional Cards = $175/year
Aug 25, 2019, 4:50 pm
#2042
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 61
You'd also need a favor from both an airline representative and HK Immigration: once you go through transit security to gain access to the Amex lounge, there's no normal way to exit the departures area and be admitted to Hong Kong. You first have to find an airline representative that is willing to take you to Immigration (ostensibly with a good reason why you need to leave the departure area after you entered, which normally would be that you flight was serious delayed and not that you just wanted to use the Amex lounge for luggage storage), plus Immigration has to sign off on it.
Aug 25, 2019, 5:02 pm
#2043
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Aug 25, 2019, 6:00 pm
#2044
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Price change discussion is here:
USA Business Platinum 2019 feature refresh + fee Increase ($595)
The Business and Personal Platinum features have diverged quite a bit, compared to a stretch in which they were nearly identical. I cannot say if Business is worth more to you, but they are not interchangeable.
USA Business Platinum 2019 feature refresh + fee Increase ($595)
The Business and Personal Platinum features have diverged quite a bit, compared to a stretch in which they were nearly identical. I cannot say if Business is worth more to you, but they are not interchangeable.
Aug 25, 2019, 6:57 pm
#2045
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You don't seem to understand the issue. The problem is not entering the lounge, it's exiting to Hong Kong immigration once you've transferred from arrivals level to departures level. As noted already, there's no way to do that without an escort from an airline employee. IMO it's a very selfish thing to do just so you can access a lounge because you are seriously inconveniencing staff.
Oct 10, 2019, 9:29 am
#2046
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Half dozen posts transferred to this thread:
Amex [USA] update to Delta cards including Centurion lounge access for Reserve.
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Amex [USA] update to Delta cards including Centurion lounge access for Reserve.
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Oct 10, 2019, 10:28 am
#2047
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Francisco, California
Programs: Amex Centurion, United Global Services
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Not sure about the other lounges but at SFO it's usually between 0 and 1 tables reserved for Centurions. Most of the time when I go they don't have any available but one of the staffers will find a single somewhere for me or even share a table, which is fine. I don't think I've ever been there and not seen another Centurion cardholder come in. Often they will glare at me like I'm a squatter sitting at their reserved table. Maybe I need to dress better or look more stressed.
Oct 10, 2019, 11:49 pm
#2048
Join Date: Feb 2013
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I've never been to the SFO one, but I presume it's bigger than SEA's.
Oct 14, 2019, 1:58 am
#2049
Join Date: Nov 2010
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The number of tables reserved at SEA “studio” varies day by day, Amex tracks all our travel activities, they have a pretty good idea how many Cent members might show up at a given day and time, same goes for Plat, their priority is Centurion as it’s what the card was designed for.
Last edited by ZJ3000; Oct 21, 2019 at 3:06 am
Oct 14, 2019, 10:51 pm
#2050
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
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The number of tables reserved at SEA “studio” varies day by day, Amex tracks all our travel activities, they have a pretty good idea how many Cent members might show up at a given day or time, same goes for Plat, their priority is Centurion as it’s what the card was designed for.
Oct 21, 2019, 3:06 pm
#2051
Join Date: May 2004
Programs: DL Plat, AA Plat
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the only centurion lounges that I have difficulty finding a seat in is the Miami one. That one is so much worse than the rest.
Oct 21, 2019, 6:23 pm
#2052
Join Date: Jan 2000
Posts: 3,026
Was in LAS last Sunday. Usually the Centurion area is empty but this time there was one person seated. My 2 sons and I took a seat to which the guy sitting stated "you know, this area is reserved." Not sure what the appropriate reply should have been but I simply agreed with him and carried on!
Nov 6, 2019, 7:19 am
#2053
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...apphire-attack
Amex says Platinum card accounts increased 60% after they refreshed the card. At the end of the day, crowding will not subside given the popularity of the card and higher travel demand generally
Amex says Platinum card accounts increased 60% after they refreshed the card. At the end of the day, crowding will not subside given the popularity of the card and higher travel demand generally
Nov 6, 2019, 7:35 am
#2054
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...apphire-attack
Amex says Platinum card accounts increased 60% after they refreshed the card. At the end of the day, crowding will not subside given the popularity of the card and higher travel demand generally
Amex says Platinum card accounts increased 60% after they refreshed the card. At the end of the day, crowding will not subside given the popularity of the card and higher travel demand generally
Higher card fees and the next recession are ways to see overcrowding reduced.
Last edited by GUWonder; Nov 6, 2019 at 7:41 am
Nov 6, 2019, 7:49 am
#2055
Join Date: Jul 2008
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I'd welcome a big fee increase. Whatever it takes at this point to reduce crowding. To me, there's no point keeping the same AF if it means a reduction in benefits.