Weve known for quite some time that Chase is getting into the airport lounge game, with the opening of Chase Sapphire Lounges by the Club. The first location opened in Hong Kong in late 2022, and we’ve now seen the first location in the United States open, which is exciting.
Continue reading: Impressive Chase Sapphire Lounge Boston Now Open
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
Great!! I'll be there during a layover going to Provincetown in August.
Now, when will the Capital One IAD lounge open???? I was at the DFW one last night and it was great!! Eagerly awaiting these lounges in my hometown!
"Those with a Priority Pass membership through the Chase Sapphire Reserve can access the lounge an unlimited number of times"
This worries me, because I have many premium credit cards and have no idea which priority pass is linked to my CSR. The wording suuggests that the PP account used to access the lounge will need to be one linked to CSR, which is always a pain for me to figure out.
Or do you think it would be enough to just show *a* priority pass membership with a valid CSR?
once per calendar year seems a bit extreme, as i have the chase sapphire preferred and priority pass via amex platinum card. 3 times a year seems more reasonable, but at once per year it doesnt make sense to get too excited about this honestly...
@ Michael -- But I think the whole goal is to encourage people to get the Sapphire Reserve if they want access to this lounge, to create a competitive advantage, like Amex and Capital One are doing with their lounges.
@ Daniel -- I believe you have to show the correct card. See this post for how you can tell your Priority Pass cards apart, since I think this is a struggle that many of us have:
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/how-to-tell-priority-pass-cards-apart/
Yes please!! Last year they said the Capital One Lounge at IAD would open in 2022, now they're saying 2023.. it's very vague!
No mention of a guesting policy, any indication whether the access is for Card Holder only?
Would have preferred if you could just show your CSR like you can show your Amex at the Amex lounges.
Agreed, why make it more difficult than it needs to be. Plus this is pre security? That’s a big turnoff for me.
Dansdeals writes that those with a Ritz Carlton priority pass will also get unlimited acess
This is NOT pre security. It's in the B-C Connector, which is within security. This connector opened up last August, so if you havent been there since it's nice and new.
I use the signature space on the back of the PP cards to write which issuer they came from.
I sort of wish they would offer a bit of a discount for those with the CSP, like if you have the card you can pay for access for twenty or thirty bucks.
People with Amex Gold card do not get access or discounted access to Centurion lounges - so it seems pretty equal to Amex's policies.
OTOH the Capital One lounges which offer unlimited access for Venture X cardholders and two visits per year for Venture cardholders.
as @Dealguru noted, "Dansdeals writes that those with a Ritz Carlton priority pass will also get unlimited access"
Smart to have an all-gender restroom. This is good future-proofing, as we have no way of knowing how many new genders will be invented in the coming years.
The Amex Gold used to allow the Centurion lounge access for $50, however this was abolished a few years ago. It was one of the reasons I cancelled my Gold card.
My last trip through Logan, I hiked the considerable distance to each of the Priority Pass lounges and all of them were either restricted at that hour to their own airline customers, full to capacity, or with a line down the hall. I'm happy that Logan will finally have a lounge that my CSR card will admit me to.
How about opening it up to anyone who has a Chase credit card & wants to spend money there? Most businesses who want to stay in business don't have a problem with that.
I'm also curious to know this. Would love to upgrade my venture card once this and the DCA mini lounge open.
Any idea if there is an X hour prior to departure time limit or restricted access on arrival? Haven't seen anything to that regard.
Well done Chase!
Smart for limiting access to non Chase PP members.
Stupid for require using a Chase PP membership rather than just the credit card.
Now I have to get one more PP card just to use this. Then have to keep track which card is from where.
So now rather than carrying PP from another bank, Chase my 100+ annual visits will now be billed to you.
If you’re gonna troll and bait post, you gotta learn to be substantially more subtle.
The biggest downside to this is that Terminal B is primarily AA and it's not a Boston hub so it's the least populated of the 4 terminals. A is Delta, C is JetBlue, and E is international. I would never go that far out of my way just to frequent a lounge. I'll stick to the Delta and PP lounges in A and C.
@Eskimo - just download the CSR PP digital card to your Apple wallet. Easy and that covers it
Ben - VFTW reports it is one visit a year to ANY Chase lounge not one visit a year to each. I have the CSR so am covered and frankly glad this will be restricted to other PP members
Same thing, using the digital card isn't the problem.
The figuring out which digital card is from which bank is the hard part.
Looks great and the actual experience could be far different. I am unclear why they are using the priority pass entry. Why not just accept it through Chase's premium cards instead similar to Amex for their lounges or Delta with Platinum. And given the pricing to access priority pass lounges I guess many may actually pay.
What if you have multiple priority pass cards/accoujnts from multiple credit cards? Will they track your name or card swipes? If swipes you might be able to access more than once a year with multiple cards
The B/C connector used to be landside, but I haven't walked through it in years - is there any info if the lounge will be access airside or landside?
I’m in Dallas and I got the Capital X. I just got the preferred 90k sign on bonus, but I don’t see this being too important for me. I’ll downgrade my preferred after transferring. Not enough value unless you live in Boston or a future Chase lounge city.
3 hrs prior unless you are in a connection. And it was covered by Lucky in this article.
It makes sense that you keep C1VX since you live in Dallas. C1 hates me. I got declined twice and gave up. Luckily, I don't live in Dallas.
I have 4 PP card, one from Ritz and 3 from Amex. The only digital one that I keep on my phone is from Ritz so I don't get confused. The other lounges like Plaza or Centurion require the physical Platinum anyway.
Or one could say an upside in that hopefully this lounge won't be slammed all the time and a big plus for United, Air Canada and American fliers - even B6 if departing out of that gate area.
Does anyone know if this lounge will be available to those of us who are arriving and not taking a connecting flight? I am flying into Logan in September and then meeting a friend who is arriving almost 3 hours later. I will have almost 3 hours of time to kill and would love to access this new lounge if allowed.
year end articles from 2022 indicated summer 2023. Given how slow the progress is in Denver my guess is so early than end of July
Just buy a fully refundable ticket that is three hours before your friends arrival then cancel it an hour prior to boarding.
Boston is my home airport, and I’m about to apply for a CSR, so this is good news…but most of my flights are out of Terminal E, so the location is not that convenient. We shall see. I do have a flight this fall that is more conveniently located. Ben, when I apply for my CSR card, I’ll do it through you. Any idea how long approval usually takes? Thanks.
Pretty much the same article that you wrote last week. Let's see how well it is maintained. Let's see about overcrowding. Interesting you comment how impressive it is without visiting yet.
I was at the lounge today and connecting flights are still subject to the three hour restriction. Meaning if your connecting flight is not within three hours; you cannot access the Chase Sapphire Lounge b
A connecting flight does not waive the three hour restriction. I tried to access the lounge today with a 5 hour connection. They explained that I had to come back when my connecting flight was within three hours of departure.
Visited for the first time today and it is lovely. Excellent service and beverage options. And my breakfast was great. This does not feel like a U.S. lounge in the best way. I hope it stays like this and does not become an overcrowded PP mess.
Just hiked 10-15 minutes to check out this lounge quickly before my flight and they don’t have any to go cups for coffee so I could not enjoy any benefits. The person at the front desk cited some corporate BS about “saving the planet” but this is so cheap on the part of Chase I am tempted to changed to the Amex. Embarrassing.
Has anybody had a flight from terminal A and been able to visit the lounge? I’ve been there previously but departing from B. Would I be able to get through security with an A boarding pass?