AA flyers, in your opinion is the Admirals Club membership worth the $600ish fee? I fly weekly out of CLT.

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No club is worth that fee

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for weekly flights the free booze, drinks, snacks, wifi are great. also it is more quiet than the terminal. you can get the admirals club for $450 using the citi AA exec card

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Get the credit card instead of paying membership. Every user (free adds) gets in with a guest free too. Plus the biggest value of the lounge is dealing with IRROPS times in my experience.

Probably not, but is CLT your home base or your client destination? If base, definitely not. The lounge ain’t worth it on Monday mornings. If it’s your destination, then you might be able to justify if it you plan on using it every time on the return. On the whole though, Admiral lounges are a step or two behind Delta and 5 steps behind Amex Centurion.

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I personally wouldn’t do it then unless you are connecting through an AA hub or there’s an AA lounge at your client destination

I fly weekly out of CLT, and I’m an Admiral Club member! Got membership by getting the AA exec world MasterCard - $450 annual fee. I think it’s worth it because 1) healthy breakfast and good coffee on Monday mornings 2) Thursday night dinner 3) fewer people / less noise / way better bathrooms / comfier seats than the terminal - excellent for laptop working before a flight 4) I was able to add my parents to the line of credit for the AA exec MasterCard, and they can use the lounge when they travel even when I’m not there.

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So I justify it like $100 each gift for my parents ($200) - then, is $250 per year worth it for unlimited snack meals plus drinks plus a nice place to go when my flights are f’d up? Absolutely

I think you can get a discount if you’re Elite status

If you’re connecting regularly at an airport with a club, yes. If you have direct flights it’s not nearly as beneficial unless you love getting to the airport way too early.

Use points. It is 55k points which is better deal than the $$&

Is it though? Round trip to Europe is 60,000 points. That’s is normally a $1,100 ticket or so

ACN paid for mine

What how??

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