- Supreme Court to Hear Travel Ban Case by The New York Times.
- Did you know that American Express Platinum cards give you access to lounges at Universal studios?. Another hidden benefit of these cards.
- Airbnb Is Testing a Luxury Service That Will Include Inspections for Quality Control by Skrift. Makes sense given their acquisition of Luxury Retreats.
- World’s Largest Pool – 115ft Deep, 3,300 Feet Long, 66M Gallons and 19 Acres…but no swimming by Point Me To The Plane. You can’t beat the original!
I learn so much on this site that I never hear of anywhere else, thanks Doc! Even “small” news like this can come in handy.
FWIW as far as Universal goes the website says any Amex card will allow you access. Not just Platinum.
I think without the Platinum they check you have the right ticket?
Nope, and when you see inside you’ll understand why.
I was there 2 months ago. You just show any Amex card (you are supposed to have purchased the tickets with it is the real requirement; I technically did via undersocver tourist; My gf had an annual pass bought on a different card, and just showed her ED Amex card). They put into the computer the type of card, for their records – I head them discussing “oh, that’s a blue cash” for mine and the other employee selecting a drop down. They might have also put in the card number for tracking, I didn’t pay close attention.
The lounge itself always has free half size bottles of water and when I was there salt and pepper potato chips. My gf said in the past I think there was 2 different snack choices at one time. It’s VERY tiny and the lighting is sorta depressing, the full size is shown here: https://imgur.com/gallery/i6YQE
That looks horrid.