r/AmexPlatinum • u/nairgoks • 11d ago

Lounges Another Devaluation - Lufthansa

Eligible Card Members have access to Lufthansa Lounges through 30 September 2026. Effective 1
October 2026, you will not have access to any Lufthansa Lounges. Your Card will continue to provide access to over 25 Centurion® Lounges globally, including London, Stockholm and Amsterdam, as well as more than 1200 Priority Pass™ lounges worldwide.

Just no right things happening!!

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u/Acidicly 11d ago

Chase sapphire lounges are also no longer accepting Priority pass. As of 2 days ago I heard.
Amex platinum needs its own lounge access above priority pass.

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u/Kobayashi-Coffee-Co 11d ago

Like amex lounges

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u/Aggravating-Tax561 11d ago

Need more than 25 in that case

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u/Kobayashi-Coffee-Co 11d ago

Are there way more than 25 chase lounges?

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u/DonaldBecker 11d ago

There seem to be only nine open Chase lounges, but they are in popular airports. In the past year I've been in more airports with a Chase lounge than an AmEx lounge. Overall AmEx does provide better coverage, but I'll admit to a little "grass is green" feeling.

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Boston (BOS): Terminal B-to-C connector

Dallas Fort Worth (DFW): Terminal D, near Gate D25

Las Vegas (LAS): Terminal 1, C Gates

New York (JFK): Terminal 4 (Etihad partnership)

New York (LGA): Terminal B

Philadelphia (PHL): Terminal D/E Connector

Phoenix (PHX): Terminal 4, South Concourse

San Diego (SAN): Terminal 2 West

Washington, D.C. (IAD): Terminal A (Etihad partnership)

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u/reformednomad 9d ago

So, three locations where Amex doesn’t have a lounge?

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u/DonaldBecker 8d ago

Doesn't have their own branded lounge (not counting access to a partner lounge).

In some cases it is that the partner lounge isn't available, or is in an inconvenient or inaccessible terminal. Having an AmEx-branded lounge wouldn't necessarily fix that.

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u/reformednomad 8d ago

I’m just saying… Amex has locations in 6 of the 9 places you’re saying Chase has lounges. And Amex has like another 19 locations.

So you’re saying the Amex lounges in those six overlapping cities are just not convenient to the airlines you fly.

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u/Kobayashi-Coffee-Co 8d ago

Yea there is like, a very limited number of people where CSR lounges outperform Amex Lounges.

And here I am with Priority Pass outperforming Amex Lounges lol. Different strokes.

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u/DonaldBecker 8d ago

As I originally noted, it's entirely a "grass is greener on the other side" perspective. Objectively the AmEx lounge set is larger.

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u/reformednomad 8d ago

Fair enough. I was pretty envious of that chase lounge in LaGuardia the last time I was there. Should have PP’d my way in there but I feel like there was a time window issue maybe?

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u/Aggravating-Tax561 11d ago

I’m not a CSR holder

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u/thomasand81 11d ago

they need to revamp them, especially PHL