Comments on: Best lounge access: Platinum Card from American Express review

By: MileCards

MileCards — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:54:52 +0000

@Andrew – You raise a good point that deserves some more attention. The Aeroplan change is recent. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are known for doing this fuel surcharge as well. Delta does it on tickets that originate outside the U.S. So far the U.S. carriers like United have avoided this on itineraries that start in the U.S.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:52:36 +0000

A word of warning for those of you that are excited about the option to transfer point to Aeroplan/Air Canada. I have been a long time card user and just transfered the advertized 60,000 Amex Rewards point to Aeroplan. No where did it suggest that the taxes/fees that Aeroplan charges are any different than what Delta or other airlines charge. Unfortunately, the fee for the flight a $1200 flight to be paid with 60,000 miles was $643!! Normally fees with Delta through their miles programs are around $100 for this flight (a flight to Argentina from Boston). And now, I am stuck and can’t get the miles back. Working with American Express, but about to give up and stop using my Amex. Unfortunate, because I am a very active user and feel it is a good value.

By: Glorina Gonzalez

Glorina Gonzalez — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:32:38 +0000

Is there an American Express Lounge in the Houston, TX airport? I have a platinum card-

Thank you!

By: MileCards

MileCards — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:41:51 +0000

@Health IT – Yes…it is a trade off vs a regular membership…you need to have a ticket on Delta or American to use their respective lounges. It was that way when Continental was in the network as well. Interestingly, the official policy as you’ve experienced is that US Airways doesn’t require a ticket for entry.

By: Health IT Consultant

Health IT Consultant — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:41:55 +0000

I have the platinum card and so far all of my flights are US Airways so it’s been great. US Airways don’t require a boarding pass anyways. I was in MN for a week and was early so I decided to go to the Delta lounge at MSP. They denied me because they required you be on a delta flight, even if you had a platinum card. This was really inconvienent.

By: MileCards

MileCards — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:57:55 +0000

@Carolina- For the French card it should be the same lounges as those with the Priority Pass card. You can see a list of those lounges here http://www.prioritypass.com/

By: Baldovino, Carolina

Baldovino, Carolina — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:39:18 +0000

i had an amex gold and sooner, i will be having my platinum. i fly frequently to asian countries thru etihad. i would like to know the airports who have american express’ lounges. do i have to pay the priority pass?
thanks in advance for your response.

By: MileCards

MileCards — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:05:49 +0000

@John – Unfortunately, no. The lounge benefit only applies to the Platinum ‘charge’ card (the one pictured on this page) which requires you to pay the bill in full each month. It is confusing when American Express has so many cards labeled ‘Platinum’ but only one confers the lounge benefit. Basically most of the big annual fee covers the lounge costs.

By: John G

John G — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:10:55 +0000

Is this the case with any Amex Platinum Card? I have a Costco Amex Platinum that doesn’t cost anywhere near $450 a year.

By: MileCards

MileCards — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:50:35 +0000

@Ian- You should have no problem — as long as you have a Delta boarding document that gets you past security. For the other airlines — American requires you to be flying with them that day to get in, US Airways does not. For the ‘Priority Pass’ lounges it doesn’t matter which airline you are flying.