5 Things to Know About Chase Sapphire Reserve Lounge Access

Chase Sapphire Reserve® is a premium rewards card for avid travelers. It comes with useful travel perks, such as a Global Entry, TSA PreCheck or Nexus enrollment fee credit, an auto rental collision damage waiver, as well as trip interruption and cancellation insurance.

But what about Chase Sapphire Reserve® lounge access? There’s good news on that front. The card already gives cardholders unlimited access to Priority Pass lounges.

Chase is also in the process of opening the Sapphire Reserve Lounges, more formally known as Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club. These lounges are expected to compete with AmEx Centurion lounges and Capital One lounges.

Here’s everything we know about these upcoming Chase airport lounges:

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1. How Chase Sapphire Reserve® lounge access works

Since launch, the Chase Sapphire Reserve® has offered its cardholders a complimentary Priority Pass Select membership, which provides access for you and up to two guests are able to access any of the lounges in the Priority Pass network.

To increase its offerings, Chase is partnering with Airport Dimensions, a global airport lounge operator, to build and operate its own lounges for cardmembers. The Sapphire-branded airport lounges are called the Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club.

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2. There are Chase Sapphire lounges in Hong Kong, Boston and New York, with more to come

The Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club has opened in Hong Kong. Then there's also a quasi-lounge owned by Chase called the Sapphire Terrace, which opened on March 20, 2023, at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. That said, Chase doesn't refer to it as a lounge but rather an "experience" with complementary alcohol and some light snacks.

The first U.S.-based Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club opened at Boston Logan International Airport in the spring of 2023. near Gate 40. It is open daily from 5 a.m.-11 p.m. near gate B40 and includes a wellness area with bookable amenities, bathrooms with showers, a nursing room, and fresh, seasonal dining and drink options.

Additional Sapphire lounges at New York-JFK and New York-LaGuardia are now open as well. Check out our review of the spacious LaGuardia lounge.

We don’t know the exact opening dates for all of the forthcoming lounges, but we do know their locations. You’ll be able to find the first set of Sapphire lounges at the following airports:

1. Las Vegas (LAS).

2. Philadelphia (PHL).

3. Phoenix (PHX).

4. San Diego (SAN).

3. How to get into a Chase Sapphire lounge

If you hold the Chase Sapphire Reserve® card, J.P. Morgan Reserve card and The Ritz-Carlton Credit Card, as long as you've activated your complimentary Priority Pass membership, you and two guests may enter the lounge for free.

Other credit cards with Priority Pass Select membership, such as The Platinum Card® from American Express (enrollment required) or the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card, get one complimentary visit per calendar year to the Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club. Terms apply.

At the moment, no other credit card-affiliated lounges, such as The Centurion Lounge or the Capital One Lounge, grant Priority Pass Select members access. This could increase crowding at the Chase lounge — the very thing many airport lounges try to curb.

Currently, Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card customers do not have complimentary lounge access.

To get Chase Sapphire Reserve Lounge access, you’ll simply show your card and a boarding pass at the check-in desk, and you should be able to use all the amenities that a lounge offers while waiting for your flight.

4. What is the most affordable way to get access to Sapphire Lounges from Chase?

Priority Pass Select members will be able to access the new Chase Sapphire Lounges once per calendar year. Additional visits are discounted to $75 per person. (A day pass is typically $100).

These are some of the cards that include a Priority Pass membership:

Terms apply.

5. Other cards with airport lounge access

Two other credit card issuers have built airport lounges specifically for their own cardholders: American Express and Capital One.

American Express

American Express runs The Centurion Lounge network of lounges for people with the following cards:

Terms apply.

For most cards, only cardholders are able to enter the lounges for free; guests cost $50 per adult and $30 per child.

The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card holder can enter all U.S. lounges as well as the lounges in Hong Kong and London. Access is limited to the primary cardholder flying on a same-day Delta ticket. Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card holders have four one-time guest passes each year; once used up, cardholders may bring up to two guests for $50 per person per visit.

You can find the Centurion Lounges at the following U.S. airports:

International locations with American Express lounges include:

Capital One

If you hold the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card, you and up to two guests get access to the Capital One Lounge. Additional guests are charged $45. The Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card and Spark Miles cardmembers receive two complimentary visits per calendar year.

Non-cardholders can pay $65 per visit to enter the Capital One Lounge, which is not offered at The Centurion Lounge locations.

There are three Capital One Lounges that are currently open. They are located at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Dulles International Airport and at Denver International Airport.

Upcoming Sapphire Reserve lounges, recapped

Although there's only two Sapphire Reserve Lounge currently open, the new haven in the purgatory that is the airport terminal is welcome. We have yet to see what the lounge will offer and how busy it’ll be so as to assess whether it’s a worthy competitor of the Centurion and the Capital One lounges.