Centurion and Platinum access to Escape Lounges (aka Centurion Studio)
#46
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Thanks for the report. Now I'm even more hopeful that daughter #2 gets accepted at Smith.
#47
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It looks like the proximity and lack of traffic from/to BDL makes it worth adding a connection from SFO, rather than the nonstop to BOS. If they had put Logan to the west of Boston it might have been different.
#48
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This might be too late to matter, but it really depends on your layover. With a long enough layover, I'd probably have my snack and first drink at the Escape lounge. I'd then head to whatever Sky Club was closest to my gate until boarding. The MSP Escape lounge lacks bathrooms, and tends to be less busy.
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Don't remember any sliders. Some sort of small sandwiches. Yes on the others. Plenty of choices for a decent meal.
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#56
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OAK always been hit or miss (some of the best food I had there was when it was in its first few months) and still is hit or miss really imo...the key is to avoid the international fight times when the facility proves to be too small. Otherwise, it's a real gem. 80% of the time I'd stack this lounge up with the Centurion across the bay...the latter always being a bit too crowded for me. The 20% of the time when this one is packed though, it becomes difficult to tolerate.
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Experiences with an extra guest (member + 3) at OAK on a Saturday at 5AM
All,
I know that this is a YMMV kind of question. I'm just trying to get a sense of any experiences with having the OAK Escape allow an extra guest on a Saturday right at open. We have a flight AS: OAK-KOA memorial day weekend. Two of us (Cardmember and wife) are flying in F (but I know that AS premium is nit listed as an entrance criterion) and 2 (brother and sis-in-law) in Y.
Does anyone have experiences with this lounge as far as rule-bending in a case like this? The flight is at 6:40AM, so this is not a big deal, but could be nice.
Cheers.
I know that this is a YMMV kind of question. I'm just trying to get a sense of any experiences with having the OAK Escape allow an extra guest on a Saturday right at open. We have a flight AS: OAK-KOA memorial day weekend. Two of us (Cardmember and wife) are flying in F (but I know that AS premium is nit listed as an entrance criterion) and 2 (brother and sis-in-law) in Y.
Does anyone have experiences with this lounge as far as rule-bending in a case like this? The flight is at 6:40AM, so this is not a big deal, but could be nice.
Cheers.
#59
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All,
I know that this is a YMMV kind of question. I'm just trying to get a sense of any experiences with having the OAK Escape allow an extra guest on a Saturday right at open. We have a flight AS: OAK-KOA memorial day weekend. Two of us (Cardmember and wife) are flying in F (but I know that AS premium is nit listed as an entrance criterion) and 2 (brother and sis-in-law) in Y.
Does anyone have experiences with this lounge as far as rule-bending in a case like this? The flight is at 6:40AM, so this is not a big deal, but could be nice.
Cheers.
I know that this is a YMMV kind of question. I'm just trying to get a sense of any experiences with having the OAK Escape allow an extra guest on a Saturday right at open. We have a flight AS: OAK-KOA memorial day weekend. Two of us (Cardmember and wife) are flying in F (but I know that AS premium is nit listed as an entrance criterion) and 2 (brother and sis-in-law) in Y.
Does anyone have experiences with this lounge as far as rule-bending in a case like this? The flight is at 6:40AM, so this is not a big deal, but could be nice.
Cheers.
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I would expect a firm NO, as the lounge will be giving you access for free, because AX won't reimburse. You may consider checking out Groupon, which has had periodic OAK lounge access promos. (There are time restrictions, typically limited to when the Euro flights depart later in the day.)
With a 6:40AM flight, not really worth paying much at all.
Cheers.