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Open to holders of The Platinum Card® from American Express (or of its business version, also available to individuals, The Business Platinum Card® from American Express), American Express Centurion Lounges stand out from the competition offered by airline lounges or Priority Pass affiliates through the quality of their facilities.
We have already visited the ones in San Francisco, New York (La Guardia) and Las Vegas.
Mostly located in the United States, American Express is beginning to roll the concept out to international airports.
Only 2 cards give their holder access to the lounges (along with 2 free guests):
American Express has hung large banners all over Hong Kong airport to promote the Platinum Card… which gets you into this lounge, near gate 61.
The cardholder and 2 guests can enter the lounge. I wrongly assumed children under 3 would get in free (and would not count as guests).
Having brought only my personal Platinum Card – and left my Business Platinum Card back in Montreal – and travelling with my partner, my mother and our two children, 2 people were “too many”. No negotiating with the staff at the lounge entrance.
A meeting room, along with a more intimate room, sit along the lounge’s entrance corridor.
Then comes the main room, with the bar.
The lounge was particularly busy. Finding a seat was hard (other than at the bar).
The bar is rather well stocked:
You can order drinks and cocktails.
To my eye, the buffet was not “exceptional”.
Another area is reserved for Centurion cardholders (that card is offered by American Express by invitation only, to people with a high level of spending, over $250,000 a year). So I could not get in.
I had high expectations of this American Express Centurion Lounge in Hong Kong, above all after our visits to the other Centurion lounges.
I have to admit I was disappointed:
The choice of drinks did live up to expectations, though, with the bar well stocked.
To my eye, this is not “a great lounge” by American Express standards. Let us hope these are only teething problems!
To get into VIP lounges without paying the $50 day pass every time, see our complete guide to free airport VIP lounge access as well as our ranking of the best credit cards for airport VIP lounges, updated every month by the Milesopedia team.
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