12/17/2023 0 Comments Centurion lounge denver gatePretty sure that I could have used the entire baguette as a hammer. The baguette slices were hard and I'm guessing at least 2 days old. The Sriracha Crab Dip was disgusting and inedible, and I like sriracha. No built in IFE because AA is too cheap and making $10 Billion a year is not enought, but tablets were distributed.Īpparently, AA's catering cost cutting has now reached the dishwasher. Today's menu, or the crapshoot known as AA catering. No exactly a thorough cleaning job overnight. If one had to fly Economy on this bird, these would be the seats to snag. I arrived at T-55 and boarding had already started.įortunately no equipment swap today and we had a newly reconfigured 763 and with Wifi! My seat 2L, the bulkhead with extra footwell space.Ī peek into the Main Cabin Extra cabin. Had a quick dinner in the new MIA lounge last night on my arrival before heading over to the Sheraton, and will be back there in about an hour for lunch (and hopefully a shoulder/neck massage) before flying back to ORD.From the Hyatt Regency, it was a short 5 minute walk thru the parking garage to Terminal 3.Īlthough my departure gate was C4, I headed to the D Terminal for breakfast at the Amex Centurion Lounge. All are in the B pier and thus a bit of a trek if one is flying out of C/D piers (particularly given the stupid location of the Airtrain terminal almost a mile from the C pier!) but options for a long connection at this depressing gateway. (And the mini-SEA lounge is located by AA’s gates…as well as AS’s since cardholders can still use the DL lounges when flying that carrier in SEA and other airports, so DL hubs are not a priority for new Centurion lounges.)Īs for IAD - which I consider the worst major airport in the world - can’t see it as a priority for Amex considering STARGolds have access to the LH lounge (in addition to the mediocre United Clubs, at least one of which desperately needs a shower facility given the number of inbound morning flights from overseas!) and OWSapphire/Emeralds have access to the new BA lounge. That said, SFO and LAS do offer an alternative to UA fliers by their location, though this was more a factor of where space was available at these terminals, than a conscious assault on UA’s lounge network. Since they never had a similar agreement with UA - other than through the old tie-in with PriorityPass - that airline’s hubs were not a priority to keep members consoled after losing Admiral Club access. (These are also PriorityPass lounges.)Īs for DEN, it’s well overdue since the UA Clubs must be among the worst in the system! I suspect Amex selected its first round of lounges at AA hubs since their deal to access Admiral Clubs was coming to an end. These are not as flashy as the US Amex Centurion lounges but offer hot food and comfortable, generally uncrowded space at YVR, YEG and YYZ (both T1 and T3)…though the bars could use an upgrading. Amex Plat/Centurion cardholders have comp’d access to the complete PlazaPremium network worldwide, including HKG and LHR. This probably won’t be the next lounge that opens, but it seems like there’s a strong possibility that Denver is one of the locations that American Express should be able to add to their ‘two year pipeline’ shortly.Ĭanada already has one at YYZ T1 domestic where the PlazaPremium lounge is branded with the Amex logo. We don’t have anything to report with that specific airport. They responded,Īs you know, we’re looking at a number of different airports where our Card Members travel most. Multiple locations in the terminal have been identified as possible homes for the lounge.Įxcerpt from American Express letter to Denver airport official, click to enlargeįor good measure I asked Amex to comment on the status of Denver, knowing that without a signed deal there isn’t much they would share. It seems the hangup has been airport negotiations with United over space the airline needed in the terminal, but those have been concluded.Īmerican Express tells the airport that Denver is a ‘priority market’ although they expect “several other locations to open in the next two years” beyond the existing lounges. Things apparently heated up a couple of months ago, although initial discussions about the possibility of a lounge at the airport back to 2011. There is no agreement in place at this point. There are American Express Centurion lounges at US airports already in:ĭenver airport officials confirmed for me that American Express is in discussions to open a new Centurion lounge in terminal B which houses United Airlines.
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