Airport lounge tidbit

Just a quick followup to the post about the Atlanta airport. The person ahead of me entering the Delta airlines lounge used an American Express Platinum card (the ‘real’ amex platinum card, not the Delta-branded one), which gets you into the Crown Room free if you’re flying Delta that day.

I had never seen anyone ahead of me ever do that, so I asked the desk agent if they see it a lot. She said it’s becoming so common, that Delta hardly ever sells new Crown room memberships (at the desk?) anymore.

The American Express Platinum Card (www.americanexpress.com/platinum) provides free access to Delta, Northwest, and Continental airport lounges, in Orlando and everywhere else, on the days you fly that particular airline. It’s pricey at about $400/year for an annual fee, but that’s about the same price as membership for even one of those airline’s clubs, so if you travel on those airlines a lot, it’s a good deal.