Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Opening 2026

Between concourse E and F, you meant non-Schengen zone right?

Schiphol actually has a pretty good list of lounges if you know where to find them:

2x Aspire Lounge
3x Privium Lounge
1x Schiphol Vip Center (La Premiere has access tot this including chauffeur to plane)
1x Star Alliance lounge
1x OneWorld Lounge
2x KLM lounge

This will be a mess, but of course still welcome.
I've rarely seen the Aspire lounge open to Priority Pass without a (sometimes > 1 hour) wait after registration with an QR code. Maybe for AMEX it will be slightly better because no business/status pax, but still...

While I hold the Amex Platinum, access to Centurion Lounges is not a reason. It is really quite sad. And, between the refreshed CSR and the WF Autograph Journey, I have little reason to use the Amex Platinum much at all. In the absence of a refresh meaningfully superior to the refreshed CSR, I debate whether I'll keep the Amex Platinum.

You compared the Centurion Lounge HKG to two of the best lounges in the world. At most international airports outside of the Gulf and East Asia ex-China, you would visit the Centurion Lounge over a business class airline lounge.

As an American Expat living in Amsterdam, this is much welcomed! Even though I do have KLM platinum ,but the KLM lounge is just... ok.... Any Amex lounge would be much better than the KLM lounge. Amsterdam just doesn't really have any good lounge at all. Especially food wise.

Why do you suppose Centurion Lounges have received the poor reputation they have? They are an embarrassment to the Amex brand. They are crowded frat houses. Even the one at Heathrow. Good heavens. I will take an airline-operated lounge over a Centurion Lounge every single time.

Ben, is a chair not an important part of your lounge experience? Yes, hypothetically the Centurion Lounge is nicer in the US than the airline lounges. However, in the Admirals Club I can sit down.

If E & F, this is non-Schengen? This will limit access to some degree.

I think you are giving the KLM non Schengen lounge too much credit. It is big, but can still fill up and be hard to get a seat. It can get excessively warm, the complimentary food is so-so, and the mice problem!! They have showers, but the self service kiosks are often broken, and I have had to wait hours for a shower.

Yeah, I agree with you. It seems like the bloggers go head over heals for the new fancy lounge, but honestly i just want quiet, space, coffee and a snack.

The KLM lounges are horrible, they have a rodent infestation, the food is awful and the drinks even worse- you can literally buy those wines for €3-4 a bottle in the supermarket, and it must be the only bar in the world that serves vermouth in 25ml measures, and no doubles! Anything that increases lounge capacity is good, but avoiding that airport is even better!

Platinum fee no longer worth keeping the card. No desire to go to Amex lounge anymore. Buh-bye.

Dutch people get free Privium membership including access to the best lounges with Amex Plat. So they won't go here.

Locally issued cards only like CPH?

Re Amex lounge in Europe. Any luck with landing in T5 at Heathrow on a long layover and using Amex lounge in T3 before departure from T5.

Can airside transfer to T3 for Amex lounge be done?

Well Ben, Check Privium privileges in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Eindhoven. Excellent lounges in Amsterdam and a small one at Rotterdam airport. Automatic passport control, car parking close to the terminal, and you can use the lounge after your flight or before you board an international train at Amsterdam Schiphol. This card is included with Amex Platinum in The Netherlands. Excellent service.

The KLM lounge is outstanding. I’ll check out the new one but unlikely it will surpass KLM for comfort and variety. And KLM’s cute little delft touches.

Done it multiple times over the years and definitely possible if having enough time,. Recent successful reports are mixed tho.

This is probably Delta bullying Amex into opening one in AMS, a Delta influenced hub.

No reason to put it on non-schengen side unless to please US flyers, which are mostly DL/KL pax with no status, especially how hard to earn and useless it becomes.

Local card holder have access to the much superior Privium.

Have you ever considered that when this new lounge opens, Amex will remove the Privium perk? Why pay to offer a 3rd party service when they now have a sunk cost in their own Centurion lounge?

Except for the Privium lounges (and maybe the Vip one) they are all mediocre, especially in terms of food & beverage offerings.

But you have to be a Dutch/ EU citizen to use it if I am correct. I was thinking about getting the Amex Platinum in the NL but I didn't do it at the end because of that.

Thank you!

I don't disagree with the general gist of this comment, although it's also worth remembering, apart from the fact that it's never cheap or easy to identify and develop lounge spaces in a busy terminal, that the UK is a huge market for AMEX.

It's a very safe bet that the AMEX lounge will be admitting lots of UK-bound passengers; KLM fly to over a dozen airports in the country, and lots of BA short haul flyers are about to lose their status-based access to oneworld lounges.

Wires crossed....it was OSL