The brand new Amex Centurion Lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) is opening tomorrow, and that’s an exciting development. The lounge was first announced last July, and it’s a great addition to the Amex Centurion Lounge network. While this looks like a beautiful facility, the catch is that it’s quite small.
Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam details
On Thursday, September 17, 2026, we’ll see the opening of the new Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. This is the 33rd Amex Centurion Lounge globally, the first Centurion Lounge in continental Europe, and the first proprietary lounge from a global credit card company at Europe’s fourth busiest airport.
The Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam is located between Concourse E & F, putting it in the non-Schengen area of the airport. It’s open daily from 6AM until 9:30PM. The lounge spans roughly 6,000 square feet, so it’s on the smaller side. Highlights of the new lounge include the following:
- The Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam has floor-to-ceiling windows, and a locally inspired design, with a rich palette of blues, greens, and earth tones, plus a collection of works from local artists
- The Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam seating options include armchairs, cafe tables, high-tops, booths, quiet workspaces, and group seating, with power and USB access through much of the space
- The Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam has a Blue Roast Coffee Bar inspired by Amsterdam’s coffee culture, offering barista and locally sourced coffee; this marks the fourth Centurion Lounge location with barista coffee
- The Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam has a full bar with beer and cocktails, and a buffet with seasonally and locally inspired Dutch and regional European flavors
- The Amex Centurion Lounge has private restrooms and a phone booth, but doesn’t have showers
Below you can find the pictures that Amex has shared of the new Centurion Lounge Amsterdam.
The Centurion Lounge looks nice but will be crowded
In general, I find lounges run by credit card companies to be most impressive in the United States. That’s for two reasons:
- Within the United States, even elite members and first class passengers often don’t have lounge access, while lounge access is a standard perk for those traveling on international itineraries
- Credit card lounges are typically better than “standard” lounges run by US airlines, so they have a big advantage there, while outside the United States, they’re often not comparatively as exciting
For example, I love visiting the Chase Sapphire Lounge New York (LGA), since it’s by far the best lounge at the airport. However, I probably wouldn’t visit the Amex Centurion Lounge Hong Kong (HKG), if I could instead use the Cathay Pacific The Pier Business Lounge or the Qantas Lounge, for example.
Now, in the case of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, it’s not exactly an amazing airport when it comes to lounge quality, and the terminal is also really spread out. I suspect the Amex Centurion Lounge will be really competitive with what’s otherwise offered. I do think the flagship KLM Crown Lounge is great and impressive for its scale, but aside from that, this will probably be the next best option. I suspect the soft product will be a bit better than at the oneworld Lounge.
The issue, unfortunately, is the small size of this lounge. At just under 6,000 square feet, this is one of the smallest lounges in the network, and I imagine demand for the lounge will be huge. That’s not just the case because Schiphol is such a busy airport, but also due to its general lack of lounges.
The entire airport has just two Priority Pass lounges, which are Aspire branded. They’re consistently among the busiest Priority Pass lounges that you’ll find in Europe.
Bottom line
Tomorrow (September 17, 2026), the Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is finally opening. It’s great to see the Centurion Lounge network expanding to the Netherlands, and the lounge looks very nice. However, its small size will be an issue, as it covers just 6,000 square feet.
What do you make of the Amex Centurion Lounge Amsterdam Schiphol?
Need finally.. but Delta as some offering at the airport that are not too bad!
Sitting in the lounge now. Very good, not amazing.
Better food offering than Crown lounge in my opinion. Very nice coffee.
And not crowded at all. Probably because many people don't know it's open (despite ads all over the airport). But I definitely don't expect that to last. As Ben points out, Schipol has very limited lounge options for it's size.
Will be visiting the Centurion lounge at AMS today ah looking forward to see how the food quality will be as I have visited all the Ams lounges the food is the most disappointing. The KLM Crown Lounge food is terrible/ limited options and the Privium lounge is fine so hope AMEX will blow me away.
So does that mean losing access to Privium soon?
Amex lounges sure do look nice when they open.
Hope it has Indonesian food from time to time. Will probably visit it soon after it opens and a bunch for the rest of the year.
What a Schiphol! (I kid...) Looks nice, though, KLM's Crown 52 is likely still best in non-Schengen, if eligible, but this is great, especially if you are not flying with SkyTeam. (Speaking of other Centurions in random places, SYD Terminal 1, better food than the SkyTeam lounge there.)
What a Schiphol! (I kid...) Looks nice, though, KLM's Crown 52 is likely still best in non-Schengen, if eligible, but this is great, especially if you are not flying with SkyTeam. (Speaking of other Centurions in random places, SYD Terminal 1, better food than the SkyTeam lounge there.)
Will you be able to light up at the coffee bar?
I get lounge space is hard to come by, but its amazing to me with how crowded and miserable Centurions tend to be, that Amex insists on opening these small spaces. At what is essentially a DL hub, no less.
Also, other than the delft tiles in that one nook, it looks like every other Centurion on the planet. How on earth is the design "locally inspired?"
You forget that The Netherlands has quite a big American Express customer base. Not every Centurion Lounge is there to only serve US customers.
This looks like a very welcome addition to Schiphol, particularly given the alternatives, but 6,000 sq. ft. does feel remarkably small especially when comparing to JFK, which is considerably larger and still feels tight. The best thing in the JFK lounge is the barista made coffee (also by Blue Roast), so the barista coffee is a great addition. I’ll be flying out of AMS next month so look forward to visiting the lounge.
It seems Ben that you are not aware of Schiphol own lounge brand: Privium Lounge!
It is actually very high quality lounge, 1 before security next to check-in desk, 2 on shenghen area ("South" being the new one, great quality, and the "express" one which is more basic), and 1 on not-shenghen area (called "West", also very good quality). Privium lounge are overall very nice, not crowded, high quality! I recommend you to try it next time you stop in AMS :)
Exactly. Id argue some of the Privium lounges are better than most other lounges at Schiphol. Especially the food.
Never any mention of centurion cardholder specifics. Seperate area, seperate facilities????
Always complaints that centurion is busy and I’m sure it is, but centurion areas where they exist are very civilised.
It’s kind of like whining economy is always full, well ya, goes without saying… lower cost products typically are!
Given it's Amsterdam, I wish it was a Blue Roast coffeeshop (iykyk).
Agreed on it being crowded, BUT it should help reduce the queues on the non-Schengen Priority Pass lounge as I'd imagine a decent number of those PP holders were Amex Plat holders.
Oneworld lounge is probably still the best lounge overall there - good enough food, great tarmac views, real champagne, showers, barista coffee, and the 4 times I've been it has varied...
Given it's Amsterdam, I wish it was a Blue Roast coffeeshop (iykyk).
Agreed on it being crowded, BUT it should help reduce the queues on the non-Schengen Priority Pass lounge as I'd imagine a decent number of those PP holders were Amex Plat holders.
Oneworld lounge is probably still the best lounge overall there - good enough food, great tarmac views, real champagne, showers, barista coffee, and the 4 times I've been it has varied between extremely empty and moderately busy (but not crowded).
At JFK T4, Amex got rid of the Equinox thing and turned it into a Blue Roast coffee bar. I mean, it's fine, good to-go options actually (is there something else we're supposed to 'know' about it?)
Interesting 'take' on oneworld at AMS; I'll admit, I've not been to that lounge, because I'm usually flying SkyTeam through there. Ben had posted about it, but I don't think he's done a review yet: https://onemileatatime.com/news/oneworld-lounge-amsterdam-schiphol/
This lounge will be an overcrowded disaster. Extremely underbuilt.
Keep in mind Delta Amex cards also offer access to Centurion lounges and AMS is a huge station for DL. Many DL passengers w/o Crown Lounge access will have credit card access to this.