A roughly 14,000 square foot Chase Sapphire Lounge is expected to open at Miami International Airport (MIA), in Concourse E, which I’d consider to be a really exciting development, as the airport sure could use some new lounge options. However, don’t expect for it to open for a couple of years.
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Chase Sapphire Lounge Miami now in the pipeline!
Miami International Airport (MIA) is my home airport, and it’s not exactly a great facility. Sure, the airport is undergoing a modernization, but even that isn’t poised to turn this into some world class facility. In particular, the lounge situation at the airport just isn’t great.
In mid-2025, I was excited when I saw that Miami-Dade County had submitted a request for proposal (RFP) for the opening of a new passenger lounge at the airport. The new lounge will span 13,793 square feet, and will be located in Concourse E, near gate E7, on the third floor.
The requirement was specifically for this to be a common use and/or membership lounge, which will be available to passengers via a membership or day pass, so it wouldn’t be exclusive to a specific airline. As you’d expect, the requirements are pretty standard — the request was that the lounge offer complimentary food and beverages, a full-service bar, a business center, and optional features like a spa, salon services, or shower facilities.
Nothing moves quickly when it comes to airport project bidding or construction, and after quite a drawn out process, we now know that this space is expected to be used for a Chase Sapphire Lounge (thanks to Mark for flagging this). Chase Sapphire Lounges are known for being among the best credit card lounges out there, and feature nice decor, excellent food and drinks, and some other amenities.
While they’re primarily intended for those who have a Priority Pass membership through the Chase Sapphire Reserve, there are other ways to access these lounges as well.
Over the course of the 15 year lease, this is expected to net the airport nearly $94 million in revenue. Texas-based AD Partnership is behind this concept, and won preliminary approval from the airport this month. This still needs final approval, but there’s no reason that wouldn’t come through, given the stage we’re at.
There’s no timeline yet for when the lounge will open, though I wouldn’t expect to see it welcoming its first guests before some point in 2028, best case scenario.
For those not familiar with Miami Airport, Concourse D and Concourse E are connected airside, and that’s the space used primarily by American Airlines.
Miami Airport’s lounge situation is slowly improving
For an airport of its size, I’ve long found Miami to have a lackluster lounge setup, more in terms of the quality of lounges than in terms of the quantity.
To recap the existing state of things, Concourse D and Concourse E currently have two American Admirals Clubs, an American Flagship Lounge, an Amex Centurion Lounge, a British Airways Lounge, and a Turkish Airlines Lounge.
So it’s great to see another non-oneworld specific lounge open in this part of the airport, especially given the varying access requirements. This isn’t the only exciting lounge development, as American has also announced plans to massively expand its lounge footprint in Miami.
The existing Flagship Lounge by gate D30 will become part of the attached Admirals Club, and an all-new Flagship Lounge will be built, nearly doubling the carrier’s lounge capacity at the airport. However, that project also seems to be moving at a snail’s pace, and I don’t believe any sort of construction has started there.
While not specific to Concourse D or E, I should also mention that an Air France Lounge is coming to Concourse H, and it will feature a terrace. Air France does a great job with its lounges, so I look forward to this opening as well!
Bottom line
A Chase Sapphire Lounge is expected to open at Miami Airport. The lounge will be nearly 14,000 square feet, and will be located in Concourse E, which is connected airside to Concourse D, so expect this to be for American (and other oneworld) flyers.
I’m super excited to see these concourses get a new lounge. Between this, the recent opening of the British Airways Lounge, and the future opening of the American Flagship Lounge, there’s a lot to look forward to in South Florida on the lounge front.
What do you make of plans for the Chase Sapphire Lounge Miami?
I fly through MIA a lot on my way to the Caribbean. I had the QR Privilege card for a while as a way of getting into the Flagship lounge, but that status expired recently. Not looking forward to slumming it in the Centurion until this one opens!
I think you said that the BA lounge isn't admitting guests on the basis of OW status, right? Otherwise I could get in there with my AA status.
@ breathesrain -- Correct, unfortunately. That's my understanding.
Which can be accessed via Priority Pass.