When you first enter the lounge, your eyes will be drawn to the beautiful circular champagne bar, which is where all drinks are served from. The Chelsea Lounge JFK is 10,000 square feet, with seating for 128 guests. Now that travel is picking back up, there’s no doubt that I will be transiting through my sort-of home base (second to BUF) more often. Chelsea Lounge New York layout & seating.
#JFK CENTURION LOUNGE UPGRADE#
I’m definitely happy with the upgrade to the JFK Centurion Lounge and am looking forward to enjoying these new options going forward. In its statement announcing the new location, American Express promised “spectacular views of the airfield.” The company released corresponding renderings that showed large glass walls covering what would be the two-floor lounge.Amex JFK Centurion Lunch/Dinner options on the left. T4 also features a robust roster of international airlines, including Emirates, Etihad, Virgin Atlantic, Asiana, China Southern, Singapore Airlines and WestJet, among others. “Terminal 4 specifically is JFK’s largest terminal, serving more than 21 million travelers each year and it is one of the most active air terminals in the United States, making it the perfect location for The Centurion Lounge at JFK,” he said.ĭelta, which opened a glitzy new club of its own there, is the dominant airline in Terminal 4. McKay said Terminal 4 made the most sense for the lounge at JFK, given T4’s overall high passenger volume and its high proportion of travelers flying on long-haul international flights. “Additionally, New York City is the number one destination and origin for our Platinum Card Members’ air bookings with Amex Travel, and we’ve actually seen a 29% increase in air travel through NYC amongst these Card Members in the past year,” McKay added. View Gallery: American Express opening Centurion Lounges in Hong Kong, Philadelphia “We choose locations to open our Centurion Lounges based on where we see our Platinum Card Members traveling most and JFK is one of the top airports these Card Members travel through,” Josh McKay, Amex’s vice president and general manager, Global Benefits and Services, said to USA TODAY’s Today in the Sky blog.ĪRCHIVES: American Express: Centurion Lounges in Hong Kong, Philly to open in October Centurion members may enter with their immediate family or up to two guests.īy expanding to JFK, American Express said it was responding to the demand of its customers. Platinum Card members also get complimentary access for up to two travel companions. The lounges are also not tied to any single airline or frequent-flier alliance.Įntry is complimentary for Platinum Card and Centurion members. The lounges have been welcomed by frequent fliers, who have praised the clubs' high-end aesthetics. The addition of the JFK lounge will give American Express its tenth Centurion Lounge location. The Centurion Lounge is the upscale line of airport clubs run by American Express, the first of which opened in Las Vegas in 2013. The two-level, 15,000-square-foot lounge will be located in JFK’s Terminal 4 and is expected to open “by early 2019,” American Express will announce Tuesday. View Gallery: American Express to add luxe Centurion Lounge at New York JFKĪmerican Express is turning to New York’s JFK Airport for the newest of its luxe Centurion Lounge airport clubs.
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