Full List of U.S. American Express Centurion Lounges [Includes Map]
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Update: In light of the spread of COVID-19, since March 21, 2020, many Centurion Lounge locations are closed until further notice. The Charlotte (CLT), Dallas (DFW), Houston (IAH), Philadelphia (PHL), San Francisco (SFO), and Seattle (SEA) locations reopened in October 2020, and more locations are expected to follow.
Here’s a complete list of all U.S. Amex Centurion Lounge locations, including detailed information on exactly where to find each lounge in your airport.
We’ve also listed hours of operation, square footage, the professional chef responsible for designing each lounge’s specific cuisine, and any specialty amenities which are available.
When considering amenities, please note all* American Express Centurion lounges provide the following standard perks:
- Member Services Desk
- Locally Inspired Cuisine
- Premium Bar (wine director: Anthony Giglio; cocktail program: Jim Meehan)
- Family Room
- High-Speed Wi-Fi
- Print-Fax-Copy Services
- Computer Bar
- Magazines & Newspapers
*Exception: The Centurion® Studio at SEA (see details below)
Finally, if you’re wondering how to access these Centurion® lounges, information on eligibility & pricing is listed at the bottom of the post.
In short, to access the Centurion Lounges you’ll need to have either The Platinum Card® from American Express, The Business Platinum Card® from American Express or the Centurion® Card from American Express.
Hot Tip: If you haven’t already got one of the Platinum Cards, see first if you qualify for a 100,000 welcome bonus offer.
Table of contents
- Amex Centurion Lounges
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
- Denver International Airport (DEN)
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas
- Miami International Airport (MIA)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York
- Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
- American Express Centurion® Lounge Eligibility & Pricing
- How to Get 4 to 6 People Into An Amex Centurion Lounge
Table of Contents
- Amex Centurion Lounges
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
- Denver International Airport (DEN)
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas
- Miami International Airport (MIA)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York
- Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
- American Express Centurion® Lounge Eligibility & Pricing
- How to Get 4 to 6 People Into An Amex Centurion Lounge
Amex Centurion Lounges
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)
Intersection of Concourses D & E (near central atrium)
Daily: 5:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Size: ~13,000 sq ft
Cuisine Designed By: James Beard semi-finalist chef Joe Kindred
Specialty Amenities:
- Shower Suites
- Semi-Private Noise Buffering Workspaces
- Locally inspired cuisine
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
Terminal D on the mezzanine (opposite Gate D12)
*Newly Renovated
Daily: 5:30 am – 10:00 pm
Size: ~12,500 sq ft
Cuisine Designed By: James Beard Award-winning chef Dean Fearing
Specialty Amenities:
- Spa
- Shower Suite
- Conference Space
- Semi-Private Workspaces
- Large Flat-Screen TVs
Denver International Airport (DEN)
*set to open 2020
Concourse C (exact location TBD)
Hours: TBD
Size: 14,650 sq ft (will be second largest after JFK completed)
Cuisine Designed By: TBD
Specialty Amenities: (proposed)
- Spa & Wellness Services
- Shower Suite
- Semi-Private Workspaces
- Large Flat-Screen TVs
- Beer & Wine Tasting Area
- Tranquility Area
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston
Terminal D (via elevators near Gate D6, down to mezzanine level)
Daily: 5:30 am – 9:00 pm
Size: ~8,500 sq ft
Cuisine Designed By: James Beard Award-winning chef Justin Yu
Specialty Amenities:
- Tranquility Area
- Dedicated Work Area
- Shower Suite
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Tom Bradley International Terminal
(accessible to Terminals 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8)
Hours: 6:30 am – 11:00 pm
Size: 13,900+ sq ft
Cuisine Designed By: Nancy Silverton, 2014 James Beard Foundation Chef of the Year
Specialty Amenities:
- Enhanced tranquility area (with brightly-lit & dimly-lit quiet areas to help global travelers adjust to new time zones)
- Spa
- Custom Visual Wall Installations
McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas
Concourse D (opposite Gate D1)
Daily: 5:00 am – 11:00 pm
Size: ~8,000 sq ft
Cuisine Designed By: Zagat’s “Top 30 Under 30 Chefs”, Cédric Vongerichten
Select Amenities:
- Shower Suite
- Conference Space
- Semi-Private Workspaces
- Large Flat-Screen TVs
Miami International Airport (MIA)
Concourse D (near Gate D12, on the 4th floor)
*Newly Renovated
Daily: 5:00 am – 10:00 pm
Size: ~12,300 sq ft
Cuisine Designed By: James Beard Award-winning chef Michelle Bernstein
Select Amenities:
- Spa
- Shower Suite
- A Second Bar (dedicated to serving a selection of wines & beers)
- Semi-Private Workspaces
- Large Flat-Screen TVs
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York
Terminal 4 (Level 4, just past TSA Security checkpoint to the left of the escalators)
Hours: Daily 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Size: ~15,000 sq ft (2 levels)
Cuisine Designed By: Uruguayan-born Chef Ignacio Mattos
Select Amenities:
- Shower Suites
- 2 Premium Bars, 1850 (a Speakeasy), and a Specialty Coffee Bar
- Self-Led Spa Services From Equinox
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York
Terminal B (pre-security, on the upper level)
Sun – Fri: 5:30 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 5:30 am – 6:30 pm
Size: ~5,350 sq ft
Cuisine Designed By: Zagat’s “Top 30 Under 30” chef Cédric Vongerichten
Select Amenities:
- Semi-Private Workspaces
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
Terminal A, West (near Gate A14)
Daily: 5:00am – 9:00pm
Size: ~6,300
Cuisine Designed By: Four-Time James Beard Award-Winning Israeli Cuisine Pioneer, Chef Michael Solomonov
Select Amenities:
- Shower Suite
- Personal Workspaces
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
Terminal 4 (opposite Gate B22, upper level)
Daily: 5:30 am – 10:00 pm
Size: ~9,500 sq ft
Drink Menu Designed By: Centurion Lounge mixologist Jim Meehan, and wines handpicked by Centurion Lounge wine director Anthony Giglio, including seasonal wine flights
Select Amenities:
- Shower Suite
- Personal Workspaces
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
Terminal 3 (near Gate 74)
Daily: 5:00 am – 11:00 pm
Size: ~8,200 sq ft
Cuisine Designed By: James Beard Award-winning chef Daniel Patterson
Select Amenities:
- Open Kitchen
- Wine Tasting Area
- Shower Suite
- Semi-Private Workspaces
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
Concourse B (opposite Gate B3)
Daily: 5:00 am – 10:00 pm
Size: ~4,500 sq ft
Cuisine Designed By: n/a (this Centurion Lounge does not have a full kitchen)
Select Amenities:
- Healthy Snacks
- Large Flat-Screen TVs
- Shower Suite
American Express Centurion® Lounge Eligibility & Pricing
Eligibility
Entry to any American Express Centurion® Lounge is complimentary for cardholders of The Amex Platinum, The Amex Business Platinum, and the Centurion® Card from American Express.
Individuals must present:
- Valid card
- Boarding pass with confirmed reservation for same-day travel on any carrier*
- Government-issued I.D.
*excludes standby passengers
Hot Tip: If you’re interested in access to other lounges outside of the Centurion Lounge group, check out our article on Best Business and Personal Credit Cards for Lounge Access.
Updated Policies (March 2019)
The following changes will come into effect as of March 22, 2019:
- All Centurion Lounges will become “day of departure” lounges. This means arriving Platinum Card Members with boarding passes for flights that have just landed will not be admitted.
- Platinum Card Members with layovers or connecting flights who produce proof of connecting flight will be admitted.
- Platinum Card Members will not be admitted more than 3 hours before the departure time on the Platinum Card Member’s same-day, confirmed boarding pass.
- Does not apply to Platinum Card Members w/ connecting flights.
- Children under 2 y/o will be admitted free of charge if the accompanying parent/guardian can provide a “lap infant” boarding pass or proof of age.
Pricing
Fee for Guests: NONE
- Up to 2 guests (strict limit aside from above 2 yrs & under notice) are permitted entry at no additional charge*
- The Amex Platinum Card and Centurion® Card from American Express members may purchase a $50 USD day pass for any additional guests.
One Day Pass for non-cardholders: No longer available as of October 2, 2017.
* Guests must enter with a valid cardholder.
How to Get 4 to 6 People Into An Amex Centurion Lounge
Recent changes to the guest policy have certainly made it difficult for families of 4 or more to access a Centurion Lounge.
As mentioned above, the guest policy for Platinum Cardmembers currently allows access for the cardholder and up to two guests. Each guest thereafter is $50 (aside from children aged 2y/o and under, starting 3/22/19).
So, if you’re a family of 4 with only one Platinum cardholder, you will pay $50; families of 5 will pay $100; 6 will pay $150 and so on.
‘With only one Platinum cardholder’, is the key phrase here.
The solution? Adding an authorized cardholder to your Amex Platinum Card.
American Express charges a fee of $175 to issue an additional Amex Platinum Card to up to three authorized cardholders. In most cases, if you’re a larger family and your travels involve your partner and children, it makes sense to add your partner as an authorized cardholder in order to gain additional guest access.
Those who don’t travel with a partner but still travel with children should note that American Express sets the age limit for authorized cardholders at 13 y/o. Therefore, if you have a teenager or an adult child you often travel with, it may be worth adding them as an authorized cardholder.
Does Adding an Authorized Cardholder Make Sense for My Family?
Adding an authorized user/cardholder makes sense for you if your:
- family of 4 would access a Centurion Lounge 4+ times
- family of 5 would access a Centurion Lounge 2+ times
- family of 6 would access a Centurion Lounge 1 time
*Keep in mind this is considering your children are over the age of 2.
What Else Should I Consider?
Adding a cardholder to your account is not a decision that should be made lightly as their card is subject to the same terms/agreement your card is subject to.
This means American Express holds you responsible for all of the purchases made by the authorized cardholder and they reserve the right to report any authorized cardholder’s use of your account to credit reporting agencies, among other agreed upon terms and conditions.
If you’re adding an authorized cardholder to your account, you’ll want to be sure they’re acting responsibly.
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Can I use the Centurion Club while traveling using my flight benefits with a confirmed seat? I’m a United Airlines employee and AX Platinum card holder. I spend well over $25k per year on my card as well as pay the $500 annual fee.
Hi Christina,
As long as you have a same day boarding pass, you can access the Centurion lounge. If you forget your Platinum card at home, you can have them look it up via the last 4 of your SSN and some verification questions. They do not care which airlines you fly with. I’ve personally flown on Spirit, and literally nobody bats an eye. That’s the great thing about not being associated with a specific airline! Thanks for reading!
We’re a family of 5. There’s really no point of this lounge if we can’t all go in, right? Because, there is no way we’re paying an extra $100 for our 8 and 10 yr olds.
Hi Donna, unfortunately when Amex tightened their restrictions in 2017 in attempts to battle overcrowding issues they imposed the strict 2 guest limit for those with a Platinum Card.
In March of this year, they’re updating those restrictions to state “We will admit children under 2 years of age free of charge, provided an accompanying parent or guardian is able to produce a “lap infant” boarding pass or proof of age.” Unfortunately, this won’t apply to your 8 & 10 yr old children.
However, there is an alternative to this which you could be interested in depending on how often you would want to utilize the lounge. If you plan to use the lounge more than once a year, it may be worth paying a $175 fee (current at the time of answering this comment) for another member of your family (limited to individuals 13 yrs & older) to get an “Authorized User” card. This fee actually covers up to three additional cards.
Again, if you travel fairly often and will use a centurion lounge two or more times, it may be worth adding your wife as an authorized user for the $175 fee as she will then also be allowed 2 guests, which means as a family of 5 you should be taken care of. Hope this helps!!!
Hi Erin,
I think you might be mistaken when you say “…adding your wife as an authorized user for the $175 fee as she will then also be allowed 2 guests…”
The updated policy states “Guest access is per CARD MEMBER, not per Card.” So, the authorized user could gain access for themselves only. You’re all set for a traditional family of four, however for families of five, six etc each child (13+) would need their own “authorized user” cards. I’ve quoted the updated guest policy taken from the Centurion Lounge website below:
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What is the guest policy?
Platinum® Card members who receive complimentary access may enter with up to two guests at no additional charge.
Centurion members may enter with up to two guests or immediate family (spouse or domestic partner, and children under 18) at no additional charge.
Guest access is per Card Member, not per Card. Family or guests may not enter or remain in the lounge unless accompanied in the lounge by the Card Member. No more than two guests per day will receive admittance to the lounge at no additional charge. For example, a Card Member who enters the lounge with two guests at no additional charge, and then leaves the lounge with those guests, and then returns to the lounge on the same day with two different guests will need to purchase day-passes for those two different guests.
Platinum Card and Centurion Members may purchase a day-pass for any additional guests for $50 USD at the time of entry. The $50 one-day pass for additional guests is valid at any location of The Centurion Lounge on the same day, as long as the guest is still accompanied by the Card Member.
Hey Michael, thanks so much for bringing this to our attention – we’re going to completely edit out this section for now until we can confirm with our source where the original information here came from. Definitely don’t want to lead anyone astray!
I just confirmed with AMEX — Everyone with a card in their name can bring two guests. For a personal AMEX card, it is $175 for up to three additional cards. (This is all according to customer service.)
Unfortunately for me, I have a business Platty and the cost is $300 per person! Yikes!
Thanks so much for the confirmation Kristi! I was planning on calling this upcoming week as we’ve just arrived home from an international trip yesterday afternoon and I was wayyyy too jet-lagged to attempt to call a customer service line!
Did you phone in or chat over online messaging? I’ll very likely be adding the section in next week after I can confirm what you’ve confirmed – REALLY appreciate you chiming in here! 🙂
Hi Michael, just an update here – UP has had three separate staff members call into the Platinum Card’s customer service center and we have all received the same confirmation:
Guest access is, indeed, per cardholder NOT per card member. This means each authorized user or cardholder is allowed two guests. So, a family of 5 or 6 could utilize the lounge at no additional lounge fees if they have two cardholders present (allowed two guests each).
Again, this was confirmed multiple times by member services upon calling in to request the most up-to-date info.
Good news for families! 🙂
This is true. I’m an authorized card user on a friend’s account. This provides me with my own card and I travel alone and with 2+ guests.
Where can I find a list of Global Collection Lounges for countries outside of the US?
Hi Rick! You can find a list of all the American Express “Global Lounge Collection” lounges here: https://www.americanexpress.com/idc/en/benefits/the-platinum-card/global-lounge-collection.html
I find it difficult to accept a reduction in benefits without an accompanying reduction in price. When you first opened the rules were more liberal and you convinced more people to take the card. The people who put the lounge program together should have done a better job of evaluating the potential card holder access requirements and sizing the lounges a accordingly. Of course it’s easier to take a benefit away from your customer instead of biting the bullet and fixing the problem, but beware of the backlash.
Hi Evan,
We’re a travel blog, and not Amex. Thank you though for voicing your concerns!
The 3-hour policy makes sense when someone is flying from their home airport when someone has options. Late in the day when away from the home airport you’ve checked out of your hotel, finished the last meeting of the day and want to go to the airport to use the lounge to clean up last items from work, take a shower, etc. Not to let someone into the lounge, in this case, is not a good policy for us who travel. Should consider making modifications for the time of day for away airports.
Hey Art, thanks for your input – please be advised we’re not American Express so we can’t take this comment/suggestion into consideration or act on it in any way but we thank you for sharing your opinion here! We know a LOT of frequent travelers who feel the same!
We travel a lot as employees of delta airlines. Most often we travel with an employee standby reservation based on availability. We currently have a membership to the Delta sky club which does allow us entry with our printed standby tickets. What is the policy at centurion lounges?
Hi Holly, sorry for the delay in response here… our writer Jamie has some feedback for you:
“To use the Centurion Lounge, the policy requires you to have a confirmed seat assignment. So, on your standby boarding pass, a confirmation you are flying that day would be required (confirmation you had a seat and weren’t perpetually waiting for one). Many airline employees purchase revenue tickets in order to be able to access the lounge or do not fly standby due to this reason.”
Can an Amex Platinum cardholder gain complimentary access to available lounges regardless of the country where the card was acquired?
Hi Marivic,
You would need to check the terms and conditions that were mailed to you with your card in order to ensure that is the case.
Does anyone know when the LAX Centurion Lounge is actually opening?! All I have seen for months is “ early 2019” but it’s now September. I haven’t seen any update as to when. Appreciate the help!
Hi Jared,
American Express has not released any additional information as to when the LAX Cenutrioun lounge will open. But they maintain that it will be in 2019. Thanks for reading!
Hi Jarrod
How does it work for Amex Platinum members that are not traveling within the US? I see the card offers Priority Pass membership as well. But is the Priority Pass membership only of the main card owner or do the additional cardholders with extensions, receive a Priority Pass membership as well?
Thanks.
Hi Henry,
If you add an authorized user to your Platinum card they will receive access to all lounges that the primary cardholder does, including a priority pass membership. Thanks for reading!