Given how stagnant growth has been at ORD, perhaps the leasing rates are quite high for vendors, and thus margins low, yet even MIA has a partnered restaurant. I guess UA/AA have been fighting hard for more gates at ORD, and maybe in their mind lounge space may take away resources for building those gates.Īnyway, I would just be so thrilled if PriorityPass or Amex worked with some restaurant to offer a little bit of credit or even discounts on restaurants in ORD. Maybe lounge memberships decline? Yet I would expect more vendors would help lower airport costs overall, or at least the cost per square foot to build and run operations. I find it odd that any airline would not want a Centurion, but AA fought hard to keep Amex out of DFW, and thankfully lost. I read in the Tribune that part of the reason is United and American have had major control of ORD since they had a long-term lease in comparison to other major airports. The real question is going to be how big is the lounge? Overcrowding is already an issue at some lounges and unless this lounge is massive it’s immediately going to be an issue here as well. They also have lounges planned for Denver and New York (and now Los Angeles). American Express already has lounges in Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, Las Vegas, New York (LGA), Philadelphia, Miami, Seattle & San Francisco. The Centurion Lounge is the signature lounge program within the broader American Express Global Lounge Collection, which provides Platinum Card, Centurion Members and Delta Skymiles® Reserve Card. Previously American Express has had pop up lounges at LAX, but never anything permanent and calling the pop ups a lounge is being extremely generous. Lounge should open in the first half of 2019.Enjoy From the moment you walk in, youll see that things are different here. That would leave only terminal 1 truly stranded. Hours: 6:00 am - 10:00 pm Learn more about who can access the lounge. You can also get a Delta bus from terminal 2 & 3. The walk to these terminals isn’t a short one unfortunately. Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) is connect airside to terminal T4-T7.

Airport rent is not cheap! /wYYJK9CDPjĪs you see rent isn’t cheap for these lounges, American Express will pay $33,400,000 over ten years and that doesn’t include fitting the lounge out or ongoing expenses. It’ll be in the Tom Bradley International Terminal, making it most accessible for flyers and long-haul flyers, at least short-term. Estimated opening date: 2024 Atlanta will eventually be home to the world’s largest Centurion Lounge. This tweet provides some additional details: Hot on the announcement of a new centurion lounge being built at DEN is the news that American Express will be building another centurion lounge at Los Angeles International Airport in the Tom Bradley international terminal.

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