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Unlocking the World’s Most Exclusive Airport Lounges Without Paying For First Class

by Gary Leff

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Feb 16 2024

The best airport lounge in the world is probably the Air France La Premiere lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle. It has true gourmet dining, a spa, and a car service to take you to and from the plane. However, almost nobody can use this. You actually need to be an Air France first class passenger. They only make one award seat available per flight, and you have to be a Flying Blue Platinum member to book it.

However there are many great lounges that most of us have real world access to. These are my favorites.

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No More Waiting In Line For Capital One Lounges! Now Join The Queue Before Reaching The Airport

by Gary Leff

Feb 16 2024

Airline passengers will show up earlier, and stay longer (and eat more) at airport lounges than you expect when there’s a great lounge option at no added cost. And that’s true even when you expect that they’ll show up earlier, stay longer, and eat more.

So even as these lounges have expanded, and Capital One and Chase have both gotten into the airport lounge game, there’s just not enough space for the passengers who want to use these lounges.

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Unlocking An Unexpected Perk: How Delta’s New Business Lounges Will Revolutionize the Coach Airport Experience

by Gary Leff

Feb 08 2024

It’s actually coach passengers with access to Delta Sky Clubs that are likely to see the greatest benefit, because those lounges are generally attractive facilities with good food and beverage options. What those passengers need most is for existing lounges to be a quiet respite from the terminal. And these Delta One lounges will go a long way towards making that happen.

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After Only 3 Days, The Chase Sapphire LaGuardia Lounge Already Has A Line To Get In

by Gary Leff

Jan 20 2024

The Chase Sapphire Lounge at New York LaGuardia airport only just opened on Tuesday. Usually it takes awhile for new lounges to get crowded because word of mouth has to spread that the lounge even exists. This one is 22,000 square feet – twice the size of the nearby American Express Centurion lounge. And the existence of both in the same terminal should help spread out the crowding.

And yet there’s already queueing to get into this new Chase lounge!

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The Worst Thing About Airport Lounges Is The Passengers Who Visit Them

by Gary Leff

Dec 08 2023

John LeFevre, the former investment banker who created the anonymous “Goldman Sachs Elevator” twitter account, laid out the case against airport lounges.

Air travel has been democratized. So have lounges. And that means they aren’t really exclusive. If that’s the complaint, it’s true about many but not all of them. You need to decide whether the value proposition of a given lounge is worthwhile to you.

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American Airlines’ Lounge Food Strategy: Small Plates Make Big Mess

by Gary Leff

Dec 01 2023

On arrival at the airport two days earlier I picked up a sandwich from Tortas Frontera, so I skipped it on this visit. Heading straight to the American Airlines Admirals Club it struck me just how copious the food offerings are… at Delta Sky Clubs, where you’ll find beef, chicken, salads, and sandwiches and many more options as well, all complimentary for guests.

American Airlines sells food in its Admirals Clubs and offers a much more modest spread.

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