I logged into my credit union’s website, just looking to transfer some cash between accounts, when I noticed this posted on the homepage:
The survey asks if you’re interested in having airport lounges exclusively for credit union members at major hub airports across the United States.
Now, I’ve been an aficionado of credit unions, in lieu of traditional banks, for as long as I can remember. I’ve had the same credit union since I was a kid, and they’ve been amazing. Low (or no) fees or minimums. Super-responsive service. Low loan rates. Decent savings rates. Etc. And now: airport lounges?! Maybe…
The survey asks credit union members to rank their preferences for possible features like couches, cellphone/laptop charging stations, refreshments, free wi-fi, on-site credit union financial advisors (!), and other perks.
Diners Club and American Express have previously offered airport lounge access, sometimes independently, more often through partners like lounge-masters Priority Pass. (American Express even kicked it up a notch and created a lounge in a mall.)
But this is the first time I’ve heard of an entire group of customers across a range of institutions would be in contention for airport lounge access.
We’ll see if it happens. It would be a huge perk, but for it to be truly valuable, it would need to be in several cities. And getting into ANY airports is a challenge: Space is at a premium at America’s hubs, so it’s frankly hard for me to see dedicated credit union lounges happening, but you never know what magic they can work… If they can cut me a cashier’s check in 2 minutes, a thousand miles from their closest physical branch, who knows what they can manage.
Related:
- How to lounge in airports
- Don’t overpay for lounge access. Not even for the Amazing Beer Machine.
- (Video) Now this is a lounge: Lufthansa’s first-class terminal in Frankfurt
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