Where our lounge data comes from

Re-verified live-tier sources ahead of launch. Policy fingerprints re-checked; no drift detected across Centurion, Capital One, Priority Pass, and Delta Sky Club feeds.

Live re-read of the official source succeeded (252877 chars). Policy fingerprint stored; no drift detected.

Live re-read of the official source succeeded (813258 chars). Policy fingerprint stored; no drift detected.

Managed headless browser read the official page directly (managed headless browser); policy fingerprint stored, no drift detected.

Managed headless browser read the official page directly (managed headless browser); policy fingerprint stored, no drift detected.

A user-reported review of Honolulu (HNL) caught two issues against the official airport lounge directory. (1) The I.A.S.S Hawaii Lounge — a Priority Pass lounge in Terminal 2's Garden Court area — was missing entirely; it has now been added with source-confirmed hours (7:30 AM–6:00 PM daily), location, and access notes (departing passengers only, no hot food). (2) The Delta Sky Club, United Club, and Admirals Club records carried generic templated review text and, for the Admirals Club, several amenity claims (sleep rooms, made-to-order dining, kids' area) that could not be tied to a source for this specific location. The three existing lounges are confirmed real by the official HNL directory, but their unverifiable filler reviews were replaced with source-grounded descriptions and the Admirals amenity fields were set to null (unverified) rather than asserted. No lounge was invented or removed.

Migrated the app from hash-based routing (#/lounge/...) to real crawlable URLs (loungeintel.com/lounge/:id and /airport/:code), added per-page <title>, meta descriptions, canonical tags, Open Graph cards, and JSON-LD structured data (LocalBusiness for lounges, ItemList for airports). Every one of the 184 routes is now pre-rendered to static HTML at build time so search engines and social scrapers see fully-formed pages, and a sitemap.xml + robots.txt are generated automatically. No lounge data changed — this is a discoverability/infrastructure update only.

Added 16 verified lounge locations at four more hubs (network now 139 open lounges). CLT: now includes two more Admirals Clubs (Provisions by Admirals Club near Gate A1, and the Concourse C/D-intersection club), a Concourse A Delta Sky Club, the D/E-mezzanine Centurion Lounge, and The Club CLT (Priority Pass) — plus a coming-soon Capital One flag for Concourse A. DEN: added a Concourse A West United Club (Gate A25), a Concourse A Delta Sky Club, and a Concourse C Admirals Club. MIA: added a Concourse D Admirals Club (3rd floor above D15), a South-Terminal Delta Sky Club (H-J connector), and three Priority Pass lounges (Turkish North, Turkish South, Avianca–TAP). LAX: added a Terminal 2 Delta Sky Club, a Terminal 5 Admirals Club, and the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse (Priority Pass) — flagged honestly with its ~$35 surcharge and frequent peak-time PP denials — plus a coming-soon Chase Sapphire flag for TBIT. Cross-referenced with the UpgradedPoints Jan–Feb / May 2026 directories, aa.com, united.com, the Amex lounge locator, Chase, and Capital One. No fabricated locations; coming-soon lounges are flagged and never counted as open.

Added 25 verified lounge locations at three major hubs after a directory audit. ORD: now 5 United Clubs (T1 Concourse B×2, T1 Concourse C, T2 Concourse E, T2 Concourse F), 3 Admirals Clubs (T3 Concourses G, H/K, L), a Terminal 5 Delta Sky Club, and two T5 Priority Pass lounges (Air France-KLM, Swissport). DFW: now 5 Admirals Clubs (Terminals A, B, C, D, E-Satellite), a Terminal E Delta Sky Club, a Terminal E United Club, plus three Priority Pass lounges (The Club DFW, two Plaza Premium) — the Capital One Lounge and the coming-soon Chase Sapphire flag were already tracked. SFO: now 3 United Clubs (Intl Terminal G, T3 E, plus the seeded T3 club), a Terminal 1 Delta Sky Club, a Terminal 1 Admirals Club, and three Priority Pass lounges (The Club SFO, Golden Gate, China Airlines) — the temporary T2 Centurion (T3 closed for renovation) was already tracked. Terminals/concourses cross-referenced with the UpgradedPoints Jan–Feb 2026 directories, aa.com, and united.com. No fabricated locations; ambiguous or coming-soon lounges were excluded.

Added 21 verified lounge locations at three Delta mega-hubs after a directory audit. ATL: now all 8 Delta Sky Clubs (Concourses A×2, B, C, D-Centerpoint, E, F, T) plus the North Terminal United Club, the Concourse T Admirals Club, and The Club ATL (Priority Pass). DTW: now all 5 Delta Sky Clubs in McNamara Terminal (Concourse A×4 + Concourse C) plus the Evans Terminal Lufthansa lounge (Priority Pass). MSP: now 3 Delta Sky Clubs (F/G, G, Terminal 1 Concourse C), the Concourse E United Club, and three Terminal 1 Priority Pass lounges (Escape, PGA, Portal). Terminals/concourses cross-referenced with Delta News Hub, aa.com, and the UpgradedPoints Jan–Feb 2026 directories. No fabricated locations; ambiguous or coming-soon lounges were excluded.

Live re-read of the official source succeeded (252602 chars). Policy fingerprint stored; no drift detected.

Live re-read of the official source succeeded (805848 chars). Policy fingerprint stored; no drift detected.

Managed headless browser read the official page directly (managed headless browser); policy fingerprint stored, no drift detected.

Managed headless browser read the official page directly (managed headless browser); policy fingerprint stored, no drift detected.

Cross-checked every Admirals Club record against AA's official locations page and the UpgradedPoints directory (Feb 2026). Removed Minneapolis (MSP) and San Diego (SAN) — American has no standalone Admirals Club at either; travelers use a shared Escape/Aspire lounge instead. Corrected terminal/concourse details on all 13 remaining clubs (e.g. JFK → Terminal 8, LAX → Terminal 4, BOS → Terminal B, DFW → Terminal A). Location confidence 60 → 72.

All 15 United Club records cross-checked against United's official directory and UpgradedPoints (Jan 2026). Every airport confirmed real; corrected fabricated terminal details on all of them (e.g. LAX → Terminal 7, SFO → Terminal 3, DCA → Terminal B, HNL → Diamond Head Concourse).

All 14 Delta Sky Club records cross-checked against Delta's official locations and UpgradedPoints (Jan 2026). Every airport confirmed real; corrected fabricated terminal details on all of them (e.g. ATL → Concourse A, LAX → Terminal 3 Sky Way, JFK → Terminal 4, BOS → Terminal A).

A managed headless browser broke through Delta's bot protection and read the official Access & Policies page directly. Confirmed the 3-hour window and the Feb 2025 visit caps (15 visits for Reserve, 10 for Platinum). Confidence 68 → 93.

Headless-browser verification read United's official lounge-access page (correct URL /lounge-access.html). Confirmed membership pricing and the May 2025 3-hour one-time-pass rule. Confidence 66 → 92.

American Airlines returned HTTP 403 to every automated method tried, including a managed headless browser (datacenter-IP protection). Held as reference data pending a residential-proxy feed or official partner data.

Live re-read of the official Amex access page confirmed the current 3-hour window and upcoming July 8 changes — no drift.

Annual fee ($395) and Capital One Lounge + Priority Pass access confirmed against the official Capital One page.

Amex published that, effective July 8 2026, layover access narrows to a 5-hour window and all guests must travel on the same flight as the Card Member.

1,300+ lounge count confirmed; standalone pricing remains behind an interactive widget (assisted verification).

Delta's access page is JavaScript-rendered and returned a redirect on automated read; queued for headless-browser verification.

The “best card” ranking is computed only from the value a card delivers to you — lounge access, usable credits, guest perks, minus the annual fee. No issuer can pay to appear, rank higher, or change a single data point.

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