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Discussion of this topic moved because it applies at all Centurion lounges:

Centurion Lounge crowding (access limited to 3 hours before flight departure)

WillTins3

Will be my first time at JFK. Connecting flight landing in JFK before connecting to my final flight.

Will I be connecting in the same Terminal as the Centurion Lounge. Just curious if visiting the Centurion Lounge is possible when flying Delta at JFK. Thank you. I need to search and see which Terminal Delta flies in and out of.

Thank you

dsquared37

As a generality, you can access any terminal with a same day boarding pass.

Zorak

DL normally uses both T4 and T2 at JFK, with an airside "Jitney" bus that you can take between the two without having to reclear security. Not sure if T2 is in use during COVID though. So other than it being potentially a bit of a hike there should be no issues.

WillTins3

Thank you, the final flight would be JFK to LAX and through a quick search they seem to fly out of Gate B41 in T4 so no matter which Terminal I land, I will need to get to T4. Plus a 3.5 hour layover, should be no issue.

Thank you for letting me know about the Jitney bus. I assume the Jitney bus from T2 to T4 would probably take 10 to 20 minutes. Actually with a quick online search it should take only about 5 minutes to transfer. I think I will be alright either way.

bgriff

T2 is currently closed for COVID low demand. If you are arriving at JFK on a Delta domestic flight, you will arrive in T4 and can walk to the Amex lounge. If you are arriving at JFK on another airline or any international flight, you will have to take the AirTrain to T4 (if not arriving at T4) and clear security at T4, and then would be able to access the lounge.

nrr

For connecting pax the CL in T4 requires lots of walking, since the lounge is located near TSA
Suppose you landed at gate 40 and were connecting out of 41–to use the CL could require 20 minutes+ of walking, this is the only + the SC has over the CL...less walking.

nrr

CL abuts gate 25 in T4, due to the way T4 is designed, to get to 25 you have to do lots of walking; there should be a “a short-cut”.
[i did ask!]

imnotalawyer

It's about 3,000 feet/900 meters from the last gate (B41) to the Centurion Lounge or, put another way, just a little more than two laps around a track. I wanted to use distance a frame of reference because "20 minutes+ of walking" means different things to different people.

You are entirely correct that Sky Club is the more practical destination for a connecting flight but given that WillTins3 will have a 3 hour+ lay-over, I think a stop at the new CL makes perfect sense. SC's main draw is its outdoor space, which probably isn't in big demand in February.

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Stopped by the Centurion on Sunday before flying out on the UA (re)inaugural JFK-SFO and looks like they've changed the food menu (for the better!):



From top right clockwise: potato salad, gnocchi, and chicken milanese

Potatoes were blah but gnocchi was excellent and the chicken was pretty good — overall huge improvement over cold steak and the mushroom po'boy IMO


Flan for dessert — hard to mess this one up (vs sesame chocolate cake)

Lounge was also the most crowded I've seen it — there's also only one person serving the buffet at a time, so it took a good 15 minutes for me to get food. However most people don't bother going downstairs (other than for the speakeasy), and the lower level had maybe 2 – 3 people there at max

nrr

I've seen the staircase and nearby elevator, I didn't know they led to lower level dining.
[Ques: (probably best asked in the DL forum), with CL going full blast, is the SC relatively empty now?

bgriff

I think it is too early to really judge how the CL will affect SC crowding ... the SC is pretty empty because not many people are traveling right now.

And the SC was always most crowded in the afternoon/evening before the Europe wave of departures (both because that's when the airport is busiest, and because more people on international flights have SC access, between J passengers having access included and STE+ getting access internationally) -- with very little trans-Atlantic traffic right now due to border restrictions on both sides, none of that applies at the moment.

With the summer travel season looking to be busy at least domestically, I'm guessing both the CL and SC will get to a decent hum at times this summer, but we won't see how either performs under real crowds until US-Europe travel returns in full.

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Ah to clarify there's no dining on the lower level (other than snacks), it's just seating and two bars (one of which is closed) — but that said have never seen more than 5 people in the main area downstairs (excluding the speakeasy) at a time

ijgordon

Thanks for the update - was here in mid-March, and when I casually noted to a staff member the menu was the same as my previous visit in October 2020, they did note that the menu was changing soon.
That said, I really liked both the Mushroom sandwich and the steak... But this looks good too.

Gasolin

Wait what? UA is doing JFK-SFO again? That's something I might like, well, as long as OZ is in *A.

The food does look much better than in Jan when I swung by.