New More Restrictive Centurion Lounge Access Rules Now In Effect
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AMEX Centurion Lounges have faced crowding issues, and the bank has tried to solve those over the years by tightening access rules.
Previously, you were limited to accessing Centurion Lounges within 3 hours of a departing flight, but you could enter the lounge at any time during a connection. Effective today, you can only access the lounge on a connection within 5 hours of the connecting flight.
Previously, you could pay $50 for adult guests or $30 for children guests (or free for guests with $75K annual spend) regardless of which flight they were on. Effective today, you can only bring in guests who are flying on the same flight as the cardmember.
Currently, there are Centurion Lounges in:
- Atlanta (Concourse E)
- Charlotte (Intersection of Concourses D & E, mezzanine level)
- Dallas/DFW (Terminal D, near American)
- Denver (Concourse C)
- Houston/IAH (Terminal D, near United)
- Las Vegas (Concourse D, near United)
- Los Angeles (TBIT)
- Miami (Concourse D, near American)
- NYC/JFK (Terminal 4, now with kosher Fresko meals)
- NYC/LGA (Terminal B, now with kosher Fresko meals)
- Philadelphia (Terminal A West, near American)
- Phoenix (Terminal 4)
- Salt Lake City (Concourse B)
- San Francisco (Terminal 3, near United)
- Seattle (Concourse B)
- Washington/DCA (Terminal 2)
International AMEX lounge locations include:
- Buenos Aires/EZE
- Delhi
- Hong Kong (Terminal 1)
- London
- Melbourne
- Mexico City (4 locations)
- Mumbai
- Monterrey, Mexico (2 locations)
- Sao Paulo/GRU
- Shanghai
- Stockholm
- Sydney
- Tokyo/HND
- Toluca, Mexico
Currently, there are Sidecar by Centurion Lounges in:
- Las Vegas (Concourse D, near United)
Lounges in development include:
- Newark (Terminal A): Launches 2026.
- Amsterdam (Between Concourses E and F: Launches 2026.
- Charlotte Sidecar: Launches 2026
- Dallas Fort Worth: Lounge expansion in 2027
- Boston (Terminal C): Launches 2029
Cardholders of The Platinum Card® from American Express and The Business Platinum Card® from American Express can access Centurion lounges for free. Additional Platinum cardholders that have an annual fee can also access the lounges for free. Adult guests cost $50 and children 2-17 cost $30. If you spend $75K/year on your Platinum card you can bring 2 free guests on your visits for the remainder of the calendar year, for the following calendar year, and through 1/31 of the 3rd calendar year.
Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card and Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card consumer cardholders can access Centurion lounges for free when flying on a Delta flight purchased on their Reserve card. Additional Reserve cardholders that have an annual fee can also access the lounges for free. Adult guests cost $50 and children 2-17 cost $30.
Read more about the Business Platinum card here, the Consumer Platinum card here. Read more about the Delta cards here.
What do you think of these new policies? Will they help reduce lounge overcrowding?
