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Review: Capital One Lounge Washington Dulles (Opens Tomorrow)

by Gary Leff on September 6, 2023

Sep 06 2023

The new Capital One Lounge Washington Dulles has finally arrived. Capital One opened its first airport lounge at Dallas – Fort Worth in November 2021. Since then we’ve been awaiting expansion and it’s about to happen. The Washington Dulles lounge opens Thursday, September 7. Then we’re about a month away from Denver opening. Then next year we should see Capital One’s new restaurant concept with Jose Andres at Washington National and New York LaGuardia next year. I got a sneak peak of the Washington Dulles airport lounge. It’s really good, with I think the best food at the airport. But it’s too small, because cardmembers are going to want to visit and spend time here. And when you build a good airport lounge, passengers are going to stay longer and eat more. That’s true when…

Washington Dulles Airport Evacuated As Police Segway Catches Fire

by Gary Leff on August 20, 2023

Aug 20 2023

Two police officers were injured at Washington Dulles airport when a segway belonging to the airport’s Segway/T3 Patrol spontaneously caught fire. The departures level of the head house was evacuated for approximately 90 minutes while the fire department responded to the blaze.

Capital One Opening Two New Airport Lounges In September

by Gary Leff on July 31, 2023

Jul 31 2023

Capital One currently has just one airport lounge that’s open, at Dallas – Fort Worth. However we know several additional projects in the pipeline. Both the Washington Dulles and Denver lounges are expected to open in September.

Update On Capital One Lounges: Next Lounge Readies For Opening, New Wait List Management System

by Gary Leff on July 17, 2023

Jul 17 2023

Like American Express, Capital One is building out its own network of lounges. Chase has their lounges in partnership with Collinson Group, which owns The Club and Priority Pass. So far, though, there’s only one Capital One lounge – at Dallas – Fort Worth airport. That opened about a year and a half ago.

Fortunately we’re getting a better sense of what’s happening with future projects.

Washington Dulles Airport Will Spend $8 Million Each To Refurbish 60 Year Old People Movers

by Gary Leff on June 22, 2023

Jun 22 2023

One of the unique features of Washington Dulles airport is that, despite building an expensive train system, they still use “mobile lounges” to ferry passengers across the airport from their D concourse and to bring passengers from some international flights directly to customs and immigration. These people movers were built in the 1960s.

Washington Dulles Prepares To Finally Replace Temporary 1980s-Era United Airlines Concourses

by Gary Leff on May 21, 2023

May 21 2023

United Airlines is the major tenant, operating out of temporary facilities that were build in… 1983. The idea was that new, permanent facilities would replace the C and D concourses, but never did.

United Airlines Working Behind The Scenes To Stop Competition For Washington Dulles Flights

by Gary Leff on May 3, 2023

May 03 2023

The issue here is what is best for passengers, not United’s shareholders which received nearly $10 billion in taxpayer cash already during the pandemic. United’s efforts at Washington Dulles have been subsidized for nearly 40 years. That’s too long rather than a justification for more subsidies at the expense of passenger choices and competition.

Virginia Passed Emergency Legislation To Let Chase, Capital One Lounges Serve Alcohol

by Gary Leff on February 24, 2023

Feb 24 2023

Sometimes the easiest route to serving alcohol in an airport club is just to… change the law. That’s what’s happening in Virginia. And it’s going to get you served in new Capital One spaces at Washington Dulles and National airports, and at the Chase ‘The Club’ collaboration at Dulles.

Virginia’s legislature has passed an ’emergency’ law (i.e., goes into effect right away rather than waiting until July 1), to extend “mixed-beverage carrier licenses to financial institutions, their subsidiaries or contractors.”

New Chase Sapphire Lounge Coming To Washington Dulles

by Gary Leff on September 20, 2022

Sep 20 2022

The lounge will be 5200 square feet on the A concourse. The A concourse is also home to the Air France and Virgin Atlantic lounges, though all concourses are connected airside and the A concourse connected to the B side with the Lufthansa, Turkish, and British Airways lounges.

It will include a 1,000 square foot bar/lounge, over 900 square foot dining room, 1,400 square-foot work area, family room, prayer room and kitchen. It will be two levels, seating 74 on the main level of the terminal and 44 upstairs.

Should Virgin Atlantic Lounges Exclude Credit Card Guests From Eating?

by Gary Leff on September 17, 2022

Sep 17 2022

The Virgin Atlantic lounge at Washington Dulles uses a QR code for ordering plated meals, and that code is given only to Virgin’s own passengers – and not to guests entering the lounge via American Express or Capital One credit card – creating two levels of service for passengers who are visiting. Is that acceptable? And is there a better way to handle the economics?