The way to get into an American Specific Centurion Lounge rapidly

You pay lots of of {dollars} yearly for a card that provides you lounge entry — and then you definitely get to the airport solely to face a protracted line on the lounge entrance.

Many TPG readers and staffers have skilled this because the variety of these receiving entry to issuer-branded lounges has swelled over the previous few years.

Fortunately, American Specific has some excellent news: As View From the Wing first reported, Amex has rolled out its on-line waitlist characteristic to most Centurion Lounges within the U.S.

This wider attain comes after Amex trialed it at choose areas over the previous few years. (Amex’s competitor Capital One rolled this app characteristic out for its lounges in February.)

Whereas the characteristic would not assure entry with no wait, it is a great tool to have in your journey toolbox. This is the way it works.

Log in and choose the cardboard that offers you lounge entry — almost definitely The Platinum Card® from American Specific or The Enterprise Platinum Card® from American Specific.

Then, click on on the “Membership” tab on the backside of the display screen.

Scroll all the way down to “Airport Lounge Entry,” and the airport you are at ought to routinely seem (if not, seek for it within the top-right nook). Choose “The Centurion Lounge.”

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If the lounge is not full, you may click on “Get Eligibility Code”; whether it is full, you may click on “Be part of Waitlist.”

Subsequent, you may affirm entry necessities and extra visitor data.

If the lounge is not full, you may get a QR code then and there to point out on the entrance. It is legitimate for 10 minutes and means you will not have to point out your bodily Amex card.

If there’s a waitlist, you possibly can elect to obtain a textual content message or electronic mail notification when it is your flip to enter. Sadly, this notification will not provide you with an estimate of the wait time.

When it is your flip, you’ve got 10 minutes to enter with the QR code offered.

Nevertheless, it stays to be seen whether or not every lounge may have separate traces for individuals who have and do not have a QR code for entry.

TPG senior journey editor Lyndsey Matthews did the precise factor by getting a QR code when flying out of Charlotte Douglas Worldwide Airport (CLT) this week, however there was no manner for her to get to the entrance of the road to really enter the lounge.