Centurion Lounge Locations 2026: Every Lounge Worldwide

American Express now talks about 33 Centurion locations. The number is correct, but it does not help much when you plan a trip: one lounge is still a construction site, one has been closed since July, one is a stopgap, and Mexico City counts three rooms. This list shows what is actually open at the end of September 2026, where exactly each lounge sits in the terminal, and who can realistically use it.

How the lounges feel and which ones are worth the detour is in my Centurion Lounge review. This page is only about where they are.

The short version

• United States: 16 Centurion Lounges plus one Sidecar in Las Vegas. San Francisco runs out of a temporary space until 2027.
• Rest of the world: eleven airports with an open lounge, including Amsterdam since September 17, the first Centurion Lounge in continental Europe.
• Germany: none, and none announced.
• Closed since 2025: São Paulo, Delhi Terminal 3 (moved to Terminal 1), Mumbai.
• Coming: Newark (announced for 2026, no date yet), a Sidecar in Charlotte (2027), Boston (2029).

Opening hours change often, so I only list them where they matter for planning. The current state is on the official Amex locations page.

Centurion Lounges in the United States

The US is the core network. Almost every lounge is airside in the departures area, some only in specific concourses, which matters on a tight connection.

• Atlanta (ATL): Concourse E, next to gate E11. Bourbon bar and outdoor terrace.
• Charlotte (CLT): where Concourses D and E meet, near the atrium. Has a family room.
• Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW): Terminal D, mezzanine opposite gate D12. An expansion about 50% larger is announced for 2027.
• Denver (DEN): Concourse C, mezzanine near gate C46.
• Houston (IAH): Terminal D, elevators near gate D12.
• Las Vegas (LAS): Concourse D, opposite gate D1.
• Los Angeles (LAX): Tom Bradley International Terminal. Useful for long-haul flights to Europe and Asia.
• Miami (MIA): Concourse D, fourth floor near gate D12.
• New York JFK: Terminal 4, level 4. Home of the hidden 1850 bar, described in my Centurion Lounge JFK review.
• New York LaGuardia (LGA): Terminal B, fourth floor.
• Philadelphia (PHL): Terminal A West, near gate A14.
• Phoenix (PHX): Terminal 4, upper level opposite gate B22.
• Salt Lake City (SLC): Concourse B near gate B31. The newest full-size US lounge, opened October 2025.
• San Francisco (SFO): currently a temporary lounge in Terminal 2 near gate D12. The original lounge in Terminal 3 is closed until 2027.
• Seattle (SEA): Central Terminal, mezzanine.
• Washington (DCA): Terminal 2, level 2, before the entrance to the B gates. Has a shower suite.

If you are in New York to eat rather than to fly: Centurion New York at One Vanderbilt is a restaurant in Manhattan, not an airport lounge, and does not count in any of these lists.

Sidecar: the small format in Las Vegas

Since March 2026, Las Vegas has a Sidecar by The Centurion Lounge in addition to the main lounge, also in Concourse D near gate D1. It is not a second waiting room but a quick-visit format: 33 seats, ordering at the table by QR code, and entry only 90 minutes before departure. With three hours to spare, the main lounge is the better choice.

A second Sidecar is announced for Charlotte in 2027.

Centurion Lounges in the rest of the world

Outside the US the network is thin and uneven. Some locations are full lounges, some share the space with Platinum members and have a partitioned Centurion area, and access rules differ by country.

Europe

• Amsterdam (AMS): between Piers E and F, opened September 17, 2026. The first Centurion Lounge in continental Europe, with one catch that matters a lot for European travelers: according to Amex it serves non-Schengen departures. Flying from Amsterdam to London, the US or Asia gets you in. Flying to Barcelona or Frankfurt does not. Amex lists opening hours of 6 am to 6 pm, which is tight for evening departures.
• London Heathrow (LHR): Terminal 3. There is a roped-off area at the back left reserved for Centurion Card members.
• Stockholm Arlanda (ARN): Terminal 5, between gates E and F. Branded American Express Lounge rather than Centurion Lounge, but it is on the official Centurion list. Its advantage over Amsterdam: it is on the Schengen side.

Asia

• Hong Kong (HKG): Terminal 1, escalator just before gate 60. Several reviews report a separate Centurion area with table service.
• Tokyo Haneda (HND): Terminal 3, international departures, near gate 114.
• Delhi (DEL): The Terminal 3 lounge I describe in my review no longer exists. It closed at the end of 2025, and its replacement opened at the end of March 2026 in Terminal 1 (domestic flights) near gate 2, open around the clock.
• Mumbai (BOM): closed since July 1, 2026. Amex calls it temporary and sends Platinum members to the Adani Business Class Lounge in Terminal 2 in the meantime. Whether it comes back is open.

Latin America

• Mexico City (MEX): three lounges, two in Terminal 1 (international and domestic) and one in Terminal 2. Still the best in the whole network for me, with à la carte dining instead of a buffet and a separate Centurion area. Photos and details from both terminals in my Centurion Lounge Mexico City review.
• Monterrey (MTY): lounges in Terminal A and Terminal B.
• Buenos Aires (EZE): Terminal B, international departures.
• São Paulo (GRU): closed since early 2025. The lounge with the hidden Centurion area behind the bar that I used to recommend no longer exists. Amex now relies on partner lounges there.

Australia

• Sydney (SYD): Terminal 1, international departures, around gates 50 to 63.
• Melbourne (MEL): Terminal 2, international departures.

Is there a Centurion Lounge in Germany?

No. Not in Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg or Düsseldorf, and none has been announced. A search for "Centurion Lounge Frankfurt" has no answer you could actually walk into.

That matters more from October on. Until September 30, 2026, the Centurion Card opened the Lufthansa First Class Lounges and the Platinum Card the Business and Senator Lounges. That ends on October 1, details in my article on Amex losing Lufthansa lounge access. Departing from Germany, you are left with Priority Pass and whatever your airline offers.

The Centurion Lounges a German-based traveler can realistically reach:

• London Heathrow Terminal 3, when connecting through London.
• Amsterdam, but only when flying on outside the Schengen area.
• Stockholm Arlanda Terminal 5, the only one inside Schengen, though rarely on the way.

For most Europeans the Centurion Lounge is a benefit you collect on a trip to the US, Mexico or Asia, not on the way there.

Access: what changed in July 2026

The key rules are on the Amex access page and apply to the lounges in the US, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo, including the Sidecar. Australia applies the same rules. Latin America, India and Stockholm partly follow their own country rules.

For all Platinum Card members:

• You need a confirmed boarding pass for a departure on the same day.
• Entry no earlier than three hours before departure. On a connection, no earlier than five hours before the connecting flight. A same-day round trip does not count as a connection.
• Since July 8, 2026, all guests must be on the same flight as the card member. The colleague flying to Chicago two hours later no longer comes along.

For US-issued Platinum cards: guests cost 50 US dollars for adults and 30 US dollars for children aged 2 to 17. Two complimentary guests per visit only after 75,000 US dollars in eligible spending in a calendar year.

For Platinum cards issued outside the US (including Germany): one complimentary guest per visit, down from two. Each additional guest costs the same 50 or 30 US dollars. This applies per card, so a supplementary card brings its own guest.

For Centurion Card members: either immediate family (spouse or domestic partner and children under 18) or up to two complimentary guests, additional guests at the standard fees. Whether the three-hour rule and the same-flight rule also apply to Centurion members is not stated clearly. The time limits sit under the Platinum heading on the access page, but the sentence about guests on the same flight talks about "all guests". I would not rely on an exception and would keep the guest's boarding pass ready.

The direction is clear: Amex is tightening access because the lounges are too full. For the individual traveler, the lounge is becoming less of a place to spend an afternoon and more of a place for the last hours before a flight.

What is coming

• Newark (EWR): Terminal A, around 17,000 square feet with a jazz piano bar and a terrace facing Manhattan. Amex lists it as "Coming Soon, 2026" with no opening date yet.
• San Francisco: return to the renovated Terminal 3 lounge, planned for 2027.
• Dallas/Fort Worth: expansion of the existing lounge, 2027.
• Charlotte: second Sidecar in Concourse A, 2027.
• Boston (BOS): Terminal C, two floors, planned for 2029.

My take

The network is growing, but not where European cardholders fly from. Amsterdam is progress that barely counts for intra-European trips because of its non-Schengen location, and with Lufthansa access gone, the card loses its most practical lounge benefit in Germany.

If you fly to the US, Mexico or through London regularly, the Centurion Lounges still deliver real value that is not tied to a shopping credit. If you mostly travel within Europe, be honest and give the lounge part of the annual fee a small number. What the Centurion Card costs overall and whether it is worth it has its own article.

I keep this list current. When Newark opens or a lounge closes, it will be here.