In addition, babies under 2 can enter free with either a “lap infant” boarding pass or proof of age. We just showed our ticket along with Bryan’s card and ID and walked on in.įor families or groups traveling with four or more people, additional guests can enter at $50 / day. This worked well since we were only a family of three at the time. Friends and family that recently stayed in the lounge mentioned waiting at least 15 minutes just to be let in.Īs a Platinum Card holder, Bryan was allowed to bring in two guests. It has every time I stayed in this lounge and the one in San Francisco as well. Be forewarned: check in does take awhile. Seattle’s Centurion Lounge was located after security in Concourse B near Gate B3. No one made a comment when Bryan left on those times either. In addition to Bryan’s ventures into Seattle, he also left several times to walk the hallways of the airport or to pick up food for everyone. No one said anything to us, so you may be able to chance it as well. I’ve since learned that the card holder must stay in the Centurion Lounge at all times or the guests will need to leave. Bryan however ventured into the city for a couple hours. Regardless of whether these excuses were silly or not, in the end Emily and I stayed in the Centurion Lounge for our entire layover. This made points one and two above seem much worse than they were. Third, I was suffering from a bad case of bronchitis. (When we start travelling with Leo I’m hoping for a much more minimalist approach.) We just didn’t know where to draw the line. We were always so worried about being caught without something Emily needed. First, I just didn’t have the confidence I do today about traveling around a new city with a toddler. However, we had a couple of reasons why that was off the table for this trip. I realize that everyone’s first question will be, “why didn’t you just spend the day in Seattle?” If the same situation happened today, I would definitely take that option instead. Unfortunately, American Express stopped that option in recent years in order to deal with overcrowding. Previously, if you had one of American Express’s lower tier cards you could still enter the lounge. Cue Seattle’s Centurion Lounge.įor the uninitiated, the Centurion Lounge is American Express’s uber luxury airport lounge for their Platinum and Centurion Card holders.
These discounts made the tickets much more affordable but came with a 12-hour layover in Seattle each way. No thank you! Instead, we used the companion / discounted flight coupons we got with our Alaska Airlines credit card. Round trip tickets for flights between Honolulu and New York City for four people were going to cost $2,000 each. Case in point, we had made the decision to visit New York City several months before I got around to looking for flight options. My toddler and I spent almost 12 hours in Seattle’s Centurion Lounge and lived to tell the tale.
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