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Line 178: The Costco partnership represented 8%, or $80{{nbsp}}billion, of American Express' billed business and about 20%, or about $14{{nbsp}}billion, of its interest-bearing credit portfolio, according to Richard Shane of JPMorgan Chase & Co.<ref name="Los Angeles Times"/> The impact of losing the Costco card accounts was significant; in the first quarter without Costco cards, company profit dropped 10% and revenue dropped 5% compared to the previous year.<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/10/21/costco-american-express-citigroup-credit-card.html\| title=The Costco effect: How American Express is faring after losing co-branded credit cards\| first=Coral\| last=Garnick\| newspaper=Puget Sound Business Journal\| date=October 21, 2016\| access-date=March 15, 2017\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316204246/http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/10/21/costco-american-express-citigroup-credit-card.html\| archive-date=March 16, 2017\| url-status=live}}</ref> === ~~The~~Airport ~~Centurion Lounge~~Lounges === American Express ~~has~~operates a network of Centurion Lounges at major airports towhich are ~~cater~~available to their Platinum and Centurion card ~~holders~~members.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/centurion-lounges-guide.php\|title=Guide to Centurion lounges\|date=2019-02-27\|website=CreditCards.com\|access-date=2019-08-04\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804223536/https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/centurion-lounges-guide.php\|archive-date=August 4, 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~Free services include concierge, food and alcohol, wifi, etc.~~ The first lounge opened in 2013, at [[Las Vegas McCarran Airport\|McCarran Airport]] and the network has expanded ever since.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rewardexpert.com/blog/american-express-centurion-lounge/\|title=The Oasis at the Airport: American Express Centurion Lounge\|date=2015-01-05\|website=The Source for Maximizing Award Travel\|access-date=2019-08-04\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804230346/https://www.rewardexpert.com/blog/american-express-centurion-lounge/\|archive-date=August 4, 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> American Express also has agreements with other airport lounges to offer access to their Platinum and Centurion card members as part of the Global Lounge Collection.<ref>https://global.americanexpress.com/lounge-access/the-platinum-card-idc-en?locale=en-US</ref> These lounge networks include: [[Delta Sky Club]] Escape Lounges Plaza Premium Lounges Airpsace Lounge Plaza Premium Lounge [[Priority Pass]] In 2019, American Express acquired ~~lounge app~~ LoungeBuddy <ref>{{cite news \|last1=Liddington-Cox \|first1=Alexander \|title=Aussie entrepreneur's airline lounge app is snapped up by American Express \|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/american-express-snaps-up-aussie-entrepreneurs-airline-lounge-app-2019-3 \|accessdate=3 November 2019 \|work=Business Insider Australia \|publisher=Pedestrian Group \|date=14 March 2019 \|language=en \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103234616/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/american-express-snaps-up-aussie-entrepreneurs-airline-lounge-app-2019-3 \|archive-date=November 3, 2019 \|url-status=live }}</ref>, a provider which proves pay-per-use access to select airport lounges worldwide. ====Centurion Lounges==== As of March 2020, there are twelve Centurion Lounges in operation, all located in the United States with the exception of one in Hong Kong.<ref>https://thecenturionlounge.com/</ref> [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport]] - Opened 2020 [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]] - Opened 2013, Relocated 2018 [[Hong Kong International Airport]] - Opened 2017 [[Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport]] - Opened 2016 Las Vegas McCarran International Airport - Opened 2013 [[Los Angeles International Airport]] - Opened 2020 [[LaGuardia Airport\|New York -LaGuardia Airport]] - Opened 2014 [[Miami International Airport]] - Opened 2015, Renovated 2019 [[Philadelphia International Airport]] - Opened 2017 [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport]] - Opened 2020 [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport]] - Opened 2015, Expanded 2017 [[San Francisco International Airport]] - Opened 2014 ===== Future Locations ===== As of September 2020 there are three Centurion Lounges under construction and slated to open late 2020/early 2021.<ref>https://thecenturionlounge.com/reopening/</ref> [[Denver International Airport]] [[London Heathrow Airport\|Heathrow Airport]] *[[John F. Kennedy International Airport\|New York - JFK Airport]] ==Finances==

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