Amex Centurion & Platinum Eurostar lounge access [Consolidated]
May 19, 2019, 1:12 pm
#124
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Toronto, Canada
Programs: Delta DM, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond, National EE, AS MVP Gold 75K, AC 75K
Posts: 996
May 22, 2019, 3:50 am
#126
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Wolverhampton
Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Diamond, Marriot Gold, Radisson Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,605
I gave up on using the business platinum about two years ago. Both London and Brussels refused it. I think at one point they looked very similar, and then they reissued one which made it clear it was business, and since then never had access.
Jul 19, 2019, 5:55 am
#127
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: London
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Plt
Posts: 2,607
After a lot of experience this summer they've absolutely cracked down now. Only European platinum and centurion get in. Absolutely no American cards even USA centurion. They check the numbers on the back of the card every time to see origin country. All European non-business platinum and centurion would qualify however.
Jul 20, 2019, 2:56 pm
#129
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: London
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Plt
Posts: 2,607
Jul 21, 2019, 9:50 am
#130
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Wolverhampton
Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Diamond, Marriot Gold, Radisson Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,605
Jul 21, 2019, 12:29 pm
#131
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: London
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Plt
Posts: 2,607
Jul 21, 2019, 2:26 pm
#132
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,027
If Eurostar is the best method to get to where you need to be, I can't fathom someone not using that method just because they cannot access the Eurostar lounge...
Regards
Jul 22, 2019, 4:09 am
#133
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Wolverhampton
Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Diamond, Marriot Gold, Radisson Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,605
Your decision on what mode of transport to use to get from one city to another is based upon access to a train lounge? Seriously?
If Eurostar is the best method to get to where you need to be, I can't fathom someone not using that method just because they cannot access the Eurostar lounge...
If Eurostar is the best method to get to where you need to be, I can't fathom someone not using that method just because they cannot access the Eurostar lounge...
I used to live in Antwerp. Thus I love the city. I like to go back once in a while. Via the Eurostar to Brussels.
I also have Hilton Diamond at the moment, and the Antwerp Hilton, on sale at the moment, seems ripe for a nice long weekend in the autumn via the sale.
With the Eurostar lounge access due to supposed access on Business Platinum, meant that I'd get the lounge again, but since I paid £300 for december for the platinum amex, and I will not pay £595 this December. So the platinum card is getting binned. And this the lounge access would be for a limited period only for me.
So I thought this was a ripe time to do a weekend in Anwerp, via the Eurostar, using the lounges (which I regularly used when I was carte blanche for two years, and they allowed business platinum, but not for about three years now), as one last trip that way.
But the alternative now is to just not go at this point.
Jul 22, 2019, 8:42 am
#134
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After a lot of experience this summer they've absolutely cracked down now. Only European platinum and centurion get in. Absolutely no American cards even USA centurion. They check the numbers on the back of the card every time to see origin country. All European non-business platinum and centurion would qualify however.