Update 2/28/20: This lounge is now open. For the full details please visit the American Express website here.
Update 12/5/18: This has now been formally confirmed by American Express. In addition a new lounge will becoming to Heathrow as well.
Update: This was discussed in the City Of Charlotte council meeting. I’ve removed the rumor tag, we also have some additional information:
Hat tip to TPG for the Charlotte City Council Business Meeting information.
Original post: According to uptownliving on urbanplanet Charlotte Douglas International Airport CLT will be getting an American Express Centurion lounge. Rumored details:
- Will open by this time next year
- Will be on the third level in the expansion between D & E
- Will be 13,000 square feet
If you take a look at their post history, it looks like they are a reliable source.
Hat tip to PFDigest
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Just in time for the coronavirus panic!
I hope you’re right. I would love to be the only one in the lounge!
Will b there Wednesday and following Monday. Walked past the location last week. I hoped it was open then.
Minute Suites only option for me up until now but restricted to availability and one hour. Now can do both.
Wonder if I can sneak Centurion food into the Minute Suite. Best of both worlds. :)
Unlike many readers I am an AA fan. Also like the CLT airport. To each their own but that’s my two cents.
The Couponers have taking over Doc once again!
This is great news!! I travel alot and have connected through several large airports just to have access to AMEX lounges. With CLT being my home town, I honestly was surprised with how many flights in a day and CLT being one of AA's biggest HUBs that there are zero lounges here. If anyone has traveled through CLT in the last 6 months, they wil know this airport is deff undergoing an expansion plan.
Last time I was there, AA had two lounges. And, with the Citi Exec, you get free entry - assuming you are flying AA which is the PRIMARY airline in CLT.
I thought there was Admirals Club there
Darn. MCO needs a Centurion Lounge or Lounges based on travel volume more than CLT.
Curious why you think that?
CLT looks to have more passengers & boardings. And CLT terminals are connected behind security, which makes it less annoying if I fly from a different terminal.
And there are priority pass lounges at MCO. At CLT, you get minute suites...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_the_United_States
So how about Chicago ORD? you know america's third largest city and third busiest airport
ORD continues to be the airport with the worst lounges. Not ONE SINGLE priority pass lounge or restaurant. Only thing it has is Polaris lounge. Pathetic.
Right, but CLT only has the minute suites. Would be nice to have another PP lounge there.
+1 (or restaurant)
There are PP lounges in Terminal 5.
But only for international flights from T 5
What cards have centurion lounge access?
American Express Platinum and Centurion.
Amex platinum and Amex centurion.
That would be great--but come on Atlanta Hartsfield? Why doesn't ATL have a damn Centurion lounge??
Because there are already 85 Skyclubs there and there is a good chance you'll be flying Delta if going through there.
*87, They opened two more since you wrote your comment.
They dont have an AA presence and obviously Centurion Lounges are targeted towards AA people. There is a Delta lounge on ATL that you can access with the Amex plat.
Amex relationship with Delta would impact whether ATL should have Centurion lounge
Makes sense... along with the expansion construction providing an opportunity, CLT and PHX, are the only major AA airports without a Centurion lounge at this point.
PHX could def use a decent lounge, the options are pretty lackluster. Not enough international destinations for Amex though I think.
Um .. what about ORD??
+1
I live in Charlotte and I know the airport i going through huge expansion. They're building a whole new terminal so won't be surprised if this news is accurate.