![]() there was a way to have a ‘fast pass’ a couple of times a year, so you could have quicker access to lounges when it matters mostĬapital One does a nice job of using their queue so that the lounges aren’t as busy once you get inside (there’s actual seating!).you could add yourself to the list virtually, rather than having to show up at the lounge to do it.I do like Capital One adding people to a wait list, texting them when they can enter, and managing a virtual queue – though I’d prefer it if, Rules to limit crowding, such as departure only, within three hours of first, limits on guest access on the like haven’t solved this. Unfortunately those lounges get busy, too. And the cooked to order menu at Chase in Boston.I prefer the food at Capital One in Dallas (and Dulles). ![]() Even spending the day at DFW airport I visited just about everywhere but the Centurion lounge. Now I rarely bother to stop in during my travels. Sure, the Seattle lounge had capacity constraints even when it opened but the original one was a quarter of the size of the rest. There were no limits on how far in advance you could arrive at a Centurion lounge, and no lines to get in. So were the baked salmon, fried chicken, and udon noodles at LaGuardia. I don’t remember the last time I encountered beef in a Centurion lounge, but a decade ago the smoked brisket in the Dallas lounge was fantastic. They were producing food at a smaller scale and with what seems like a bigger budget per head. Those keeping the budgets hadn’t quite anticipated that when you open a nice lounge, more people will show up, stay longer, and eat more.When American Express first opened Centurion lounges, the food was fantastic and lounges weren’t overrun. on a Sunday in Las Vegas the place wasn’t crowded (though food not great). Although I have to admit that recently before 7 a.m. The experience rarely measures up to the ideal where you experience peace, a nice meal, and even a spa treatment. The problem is that, as I wrote five and a half years ago, Centurion lounges have gotten so busy nobody goes there anymore. Others value it as an ideal, a real escape from the terminal and good food and drink and what that might retail for. Some of the variance is based on how much people spend on airports and save in the Centurion lounge. “$30 which is how much I’d likely spend on average on an airport layover.”.3 drinks and a meal, and some to go flight snacks” “I value it at about what airlines charge for day passes (normally $60).In fact, I’d pay not to wait in line for 30minutes” “I MIGHT pay $30 if I could be guaranteed a 2 hour window with a chair at a table where I can eat, work, and charge, but not if I’m traveling for work.and can’t expense it as a meal.”.“with food, drinks, comfort, wifi, etc, it’s worth $60 for 3 hours”.Put another way, how much would you pay if it wasn’t bundled with an Amex Platinum? And opinions vary. There’s an interesting online discussion of how much an American Express Centurion lounge visit is ‘worth’.
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