How to Access American Express Centurion Lounges

The American Express Centurion Network is a growing collection of some of the best airport lounges available around the world. Lounges in the Centurion Network include the American Express Centurion Lounges, Escape Lounges, and other international American Express Lounges.

While this article will focus solely on the American Express Centurion Network, American Express also offers a wide variety of lounge access beyond the Centurion Network to Platinum cardholders.

With 40+ lounges available worldwide, let’s look at everything about the American Express Centurion Network, and how you can access these amazing lounges.

How to Access American Express Centurion Lounges

Unlike other airport lounge networks such as DragonPass, Priority Pass, and LoungeKey, it’s not possible to purchase a membership or simply pay for access to American Express Centurion Lounges. It also doesn’t matter what cabin you’re flying in, be it economy class, business class, or First Class.

Rather, you’re only granted access three hours before your time of departure if you hold one of the following American Express cards issued from any country:

Centurion Lounge access is available if you hold any of the above Platinum or Centurion Cards, no matter what country the cards were issued in. Note that the Delta SkyMiles Reserve Cards are only available in the United States.

In other words, Canadian-issued American Express Platinum cards will give access to the same Centurion Lounges as US-issued American Express Platinum cards, albeit with some differences relating to guests, which we’ll cover later on.

Once you have one of the above cards, there’s no further registration required. Instead, all you have to do to access an American Express Centurion Lounge is present your valid card, a same-day boarding pass, and government-issued photo ID.

While all of the above cards grant access to American Express Centurion Lounges, there are some slight differences that you should be aware of.

One main difference is with the co-branded Delta Amex cards. If you enjoy lounge access through one of the two Delta SkyMiles Reserve Amex Cards, you need to be flying on a Delta flight to be granted access to American Express Centurion Lounges.

Centurion Lounge access is only available for passengers on departing or connecting flights, except for American Express Centurion cardholders….