DFW Airport is getting a new Plaza Premium Lounge in Terminal D.
The airport carried an item a year ago that I never noticed, and apparently wasn’t reported on elsewhere: there’s a new Plaza Premium Lounge coming to terminal D (the international terminal) at gate D17.
Currently, there’s a Plaza Premium lounge near gate E31 that’s been open for about 5 years. It’s accessible with a Priority Pass card. At about 1,400 square feet it’s one of the smallest airport lounges I’ve ever seen outside of Chiang Rai, Thailand. And it gets busy!
Plaza Premium Lounge DFW Terminal E
Other Priority Pass options in the aiport currently include The Club at DFW near date D27 and – depending on the source of your Priority Pass card – BeRelax Spa, Gameway and Minute Suites locations.
Gameway Lounge at DFW Gate E16
BeRelax Spa Across From the DFW Capital One Lounge
Premium Port Dallas Fort Worth LLC, the entity contracting fo the lounge, will operate a Plaza Premium Lounge near gate D17.
This lounge will serve as the primary lounge for airline carriers without dedicated lounge service in Terminal D.
The airport is guaranteed minimum annual revenue of $1,053,690 as part of the lease. In addition, DFW airport charges: 15% of day pay revenue; 15% of alcohol sale revenue (though it’s not clear any will be for sale); 11% of “Marketing Fees, Merchandising Fees, Promotional Allowances, Retail Display Allowance (RDA), and any type of Ancillary Advertising”; 11% of all other gross receipts.
Documents outlining the concession mention both a Plaza Premium and Plaza Premium First section of the lounge, so perhaps if they’re operating for airlines without their own lounges they will have a separate cordoned off premium section as well.
With Chase opening a new 18,000 square foot lounge in terminal D soon, that terminal may be the best for lounges in the entire country alongside New York JFK terminal 4.
It will have a Chase, American Express and Capital One lounge along with American’s Admiral’s Club, Flagship business class lounge and Flagship First Dining, plus a The Club and Plaza Premium lounge. This week DFW airport approved a 6,000 square foot expansion of the currently-12,000 square foot American Express Centurion lounge.
DFW Flagship First Dining
Having Chase, American Express and Capital One all together in the terminal should help with crowding as well. And adding a Plaza Premium lounge on top of The Club in the same terminal should, as well. More lounge space is better for flyers looking to use lounges while waiting for flights.
And one up on New York JFK, all of DFW’s lounges are connected airside. Just take the train between terminals (or get your steps in) and there’s no need to re-clear security no matter what gate you’re departing from.
Looks nice. But the real question is will they serve (Terminal) D’s nuts? …Ah, 2015 really was a simpler time. Things kinda did start to go downhill from there. I still think Harambe was the turning point. @L737, oh, I hope these spicy memes aren’t falling on deaf ears.
If the Plaza in Orlando is any indication they charge for alot or food and drink. If you have kids there their food is ok but not usually what kids like
@1990 — Ha-has! Fear not, I “gottem!”, well played
Lounges galore! My only gripe isn’t really a gripe at all, but I wish they’d open up the stairs to go to and from the Capital One lounge, since the elevators serve multiple lounges, takes a while and gets crowded
Good call on the airside connectivity, Gary — I’m a huge fan of DFW for this reason.
There really should be an age requirement to post. 25 and up.
@Pilot93434 — Why so serious? (@L737, Dark Knight, best era IMO.)
DFW terminal D. All the way!!
@1990 — Agreed! Enjoyed the Gotham series too.
@Nathan — +1!
@L737
No need to trot up the stairs to the Capital One lounge at DFW’s Terminal D. Management already remedied the issue by blocking off common entry to AA’s Flagship Lounge. Flagship pax now access their lounge from an entirely separate entry point a few gates away from Capital One. Essentially, Capital One is now served by two dedicated lifts (elevators).
Personally, I’m miffed by this structural modification because I previously enjoyed flitting back and forth between Capital One and AA Flagship, esp when there was a long queue for lavatories at Capital One.
This stuff where all of the good lounges are crammed into one terminal and all the others get nothing worthwhile kinda sucks. It’s the same situation at JFK. When my family and I flew JFK-Singapore on the nonstop in business class a few months ago we ended up in the highly mediocre Air India lounge because there’s no good lounges in the area. Having the quality lounges dispersed would help this problem a lot.
@Avenida — Ah yes, now that you mention it, I do recall Gary writing about this change. A reminder that it’s been too long since my last visit. So you would check in to both lounges and shuttle back and forth? Now that’s cool!
@Christian — Good points. JFK T4 is an embarrassment of riches with like 6+ high quality lounges, while T5 (jetBlue) has none. Singapore is just being cheap; they really need to offer something better for their business class passengers, many of whom are about to embark on the world’s longest flight (19+ hours). Air India or HelloSky/Primeclass is simply not good enough. SQ would be wise to contract with CapitalOne or another operator for an elevated experience.
Airside connectivity between terminals (also at IAH and DCA) has been a great advancement.
If it’s a packed lounge with kids running amuck and you being forced to be immediately surrounded by a family of six and feeling like you’re infringing upon their “family reunion” then there is no “premium.” It’s about as “premium” as a Taco Bell or 7/11.
Yesterday in the American Airlines Flagship lounge this older couple had a “service dog” that was aggressive towards everyone. This older female wait staffer came over to clean a table and the dog got very close to viciously biting and attacking her. I could tell she was very frightened and startled. I really felt sorry for the people on their flight. I could only imagine what that dog was like inflight. That’s a fake service dog, trained service dogs would never be aggressive in that manner, but that’s what you get in “premium lounges” in the year 2025. Cujo and his low class owners.
@George Romey — Wow, greatest hits from you today. Railing on kids, dogs, and fast food/convenience stores. That’s some peak ‘cranky old man’ vibes, right there. I’m just surprised you didn’t thrown-in Wawa this time. I’ll say, again, I’m more of a Piggly Wiggly man, myself. And the shift from using “low IQ” to “low class” is somewhat new. Noted.