A Weekend in la Ciudad de México – Introduction
There are three AMEX Centurion Clubs at Mexico City airport… and they all suck, a lot. Most of the food and drinks you have to pay for and the whole concept of the ‘club’ just plain sucks. There are two clubs in Terminal 1, this one (landside) and another one, airside. There is also a club in terminal 2.
I mean.. compared to the Centurion Lounges in the United States, these ‘clubs’ don’t even come close. The lounges are small overall and while the seats may be comfortable, the environment isn’t really relaxing.. it just feels way too busy with people constantly going in and out.. and I don’t get that feeling in the real U.S. Centurion Lounges.
If you are departing from Terminal 1, you have a choice of the club either landside or airside. They both equally suck but the landside one has more seating and is larger. The food and drinks are the same in that you must pay for most of them (some free drinks are coffee, tea, juice, etc).
I wasn’t able to capture too many photos since apparently they have a strict no photo policy… not that there was anything great there anyway. I also visited two more lounges airside, which were much better than the AMEX Clubs, reviews of those up next!
American Express The Centurion Club Mexico City
American Express The Centurion Club Mexico City
American Express The Centurion Club Mexico City
American Express The Centurion Club Mexico City
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American Express The Centurion Club Mexico City
I was traveling with my family from ixtapa to jfk New York. We stopped and used the lounge at terminal 2. I agree with the prior reviews. The lounge is over crowded, additude of the workforce is poor and we were required to pay for everything. If I had to summerize it I would say it’s an American Express Restuarant at a terminal with a very unhappy workforce.
In addition to the above, I was traveling with my family and we brought some of our own food from ixtapa. They would not allow us to eat it on the premises and said we would need to leave if we continued to do so.
I contacted American Express in USA and they were very kind and polite in trying to rectify the situation, however since the USA rep was not on the ground most of the follow up work will need to be done after the fact.
It’s a disappointing lounge which has the potential to be much better.