According to jona970318 American Express is set to announce a new Centurion lounge will be opened at Washington National Airport (DCA). In addition new expansions for SFO & SEA will be announced. It’s not clear where the new DCA lounge would be located at this stage but Jona speculates it could be landside in the B/C area.
VFTW notes that the SFO expansion would bring the size to nearly 16,000 square feet and the SEA ‘expansion’ is a relocation that would go from 4,500 square feet to 13,700 square feet in space.
Meanwhile, LAS Centurion lounge closes shop at 3PM everyday – which is kinda if bogus.
I hope they improve the food. I was only in the SEA once and the food was no better than the Alaska lounge there.
No love for IAD?
even if it is real, there are almost 0% possibility that most people could utilize
Seems very possible with the ongoing construction that will bring quite a bit more space into the security area and make it possible to walk between piers in terminals B/C without going outside of security.
But the post says “landside” and I understand that to mean outside the security perimeter. If so, Amex would be taking space currently occupied by retail businesses that are pulling out due to the reduction of customers caused by covid. Those spaces don’t have windows.
Where is ORD? C’mon absolutely bogus
So I guess Branson Missouri will just have to wait hu?
Ok……I see how it is!
Great. But still waiting for Chicago! Then Newark are the only major hubs that are left not Delta. Let’s go!
IAD is not a major hub?
SEA is a joke at the moment: go-boxes only, can sit but not allowed to eat in lounge.
Can confirm. Lousy service. High sugar low quality foods. Can only eat if you take the food to go. Makes no sense.
stupid “govt” rules?
The local gov is requiring takeout only, which in an airport makes no sense. You’re not allowed to eat in an uncrowded lounge but you’re required to eat in a busy airport terminal. AmEx should offer better options than cheap sugary foods and burnt coffee. This is another example of a company using covid as an excuse to devalue their service.
Given the current situation, I much prefer it. I am not gonna eat inside right now. Last night we picked up to go food there & at the 2 priority pass restaurants. We got to our destination with food for days!
While other airports allow for reasonable use and enjoyment of lounges, SEA is promoting Covid-19 restriction “theater” while not actually making it safer to travel and giving these companies a way out of having to actually provide what we paid for
That would be great, both of those priority pass restaurants in Reagan are pretty crappy