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Tickets to the plane become cheaper, but bringing the family to the living room to the airport become more expensive.
Capital first is the latest company to which it limits access Talking salons at airports to combat overcrowding.
Starting from February 1, business card holders Venture X and Venture X will no longer be able to automatically take the guest to the showrooms or bring authorized users of the second card.
Instead, they will have to pay USD 125 a year for each additional card holder to keep access to the living room, 45 USD for an adult guest for a visit and USD 25 for a guest 17 or younger. The fee for 125 USD also includes the second card holder access to the PASS priority network.
“As airport salons are growing in all popularity in the whole industry, we saw our clients more and more often encounter waiting time,” said Capital One in a statement. “It is important for us that we keep a great impression from the airport for our business clients Venture X and Venture X, while providing the best premium travel cards in its class at an available price.”
The main card holders will have to spend at least 75,000 USD per calendar year to bring to two free free guests to Capital One Lounges and one guest at Capital One Landings, a smaller salon built for travelers who usually spend less time at the airport, for example those who go to short flights.
Requirements for expenditure worth 75,000 USD for free guests fits American Express Announced two years ago, also a measure of minimizing the crowding and maintenance of the club's exclusion.
Credit card companies have increased their airport networks in recent years, opening new locations to satisfy demand. The Airport Lounge Access was a central profile attached to prize cards, which generally contain an annual fee.
The Venture X card, which was launched in 2021, is 395 USD per year, less than USD 695 per year American Express fees for your platinum card or 550 USD Jpmorgan chase Charges for the Chase Sapphire reserve, which are delivered with airport salons.
“As for salons, Capital One is the Challenger brand; they are weaker,” said Henry Harteveldt, founder of the Atmosphere Research Group.
Capital One has salons at the Denver International Airport, the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, the International Airport in Washington Dulles and the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. He plans to open one this year at John F. Kennedy's international airport in New York and one of his landing at the airport in Laguardia.
But new restrictions show capital is not resistant to its popularity leading to large crowds.
“Like Amex, like Chase, these salons have become victims of their own success,” said Harteveldt. “No salon operator wants them to be as mastered as the airport public areas.”
Airlines also raised prices to access salons at airports and built larger to accommodate an influx.
Delta aircraftFor example, he created sweeping changes to the rules of access to the living room, such as getting rid of unlimited visits in favor of annual hats.
And last summer Delta presented her first Delta One Loungededicated to customers in the highest class of the cabin. I plan to open a new one in Seattle this month.
American Airlines AND United Airlines They also expanded their salons at airports and opened new highest levels for travelers Premium classes During long -term flights.