On a recent trip from Houston (IAH) to San Francisco (SFO),
our family got to try out the American Express Centurion Lounge for the first
time. For this review, I am focusing on what they offered for parents traveling
with a baby.
When checking in, one important item to know is that you are
only allowed two additional guests per American Express Platinum or Centurion
card. There is no age minimum, meaning a baby will count as one guest. In the
SFO lounge, the baby was also given a placemat with Snoopy stickers to play
with as we entered. A business card was also provided with the WiFi login
information so we could hook up the baby’s tablet.
We were able to find dining seating with high chairs
relatively quickly in both lounges. In a previous trip, we went to the IAH food
court where they did not have any high chairs so we had to feed the baby in her
stroller.
If you have not been to a Centurion Lounge before, I would
describe the food offered as a buffet of fancy looking vegetable dishes and one
type of meat dish. There is not anything child oriented but the attendant did
offer to bring us juice or milk for the baby and the IAH lounge did have
homemade Rice Krispies treats that the baby enjoyed.
But what we loved about both locations was the family room
both lounges offered. The family room is a fully enclosed room with a small
selection of toys and a TV. As we all know, kids like to run around but it is
very hard in airports with all the people and golf carts flying everywhere. The
family room allows a space where the baby could run around and expel their
energy before flights.
In fact, when it was time to go she closed the door on us
and wanted to stay longer. She cried like mad when we carried her out but
passed out when we jumped on our flights. Having your baby passed out on the
plane? Priceless
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