Partner T&C: 'The complimentary lounge access benefit is limited to 3 visits every calendar quarter'; benefits page: 'Enjoy 12 complimentary visits in a year (limited to 3 visits per quarter) to domestic airport lounges across India'. Lounge list covers domestic AND international terminals in India (30 rows 'Available', Chandigarh International T1 'Not Available', Mumbai T1-C 'Non-Operational')
International visits
2 per calendar year (Priority Pass)
'The Basic Cardmember can enjoy up to 2 complimentary visits to international lounges per year using Priority Pass. A year is defined as the calendar year starting on January 1 and ending on December 31'
Programme
See note
Priority Pass
Network
American Express
Terms and Conditions
Spend condition
none
Guests
Domestic: 'Applicable charges will be levied for any additional guest at an applicable walk-in rate which is at the discretion and policy of the respective lounge'. Priority Pass: 'Any accompanying guests will be charged US$35 per visit, which will be automatically charged on the Cardmember's American Express Platinum Reserve Credit Card'
Beyond your quota
Domestic: 'Post the 3rd complimentary visit in the quarter, the applicable discounted rate defined by lounges will be charged on the American Express Card'. Priority Pass: 'Cardmember exceeding the 2 complimentary visits would be charged as per the prevailing rates; currently US$35 per person per visit'
Add-on cards
No - 'The benefit is available to the Primary/Basic Cardmember'; Priority Pass enrolment is for the Basic Card
Issuer notes
Sources: Partner T&C PDF dated 19-Feb-2026; lounge list PDF dated 18-Aug-2026 (33 table rows: 30 'Available', 1 'Not Available', 1 'Non-Operational'); product page and benefits page fetched 18-Sep-2026. Visits do not carry forward. Access is by swiping the card with a Rs. 2 authorisation on the Amex POS terminal. Footnote 7 / T&C: 'Effective September 1, 2023, access to domestic The Centurion American Express Lounges in Delhi and Mumbai on your American Express Platinum Reserve Credit Card is being discontinued'. Priority Pass is enrolment-based, US$99 membership fee waived; Priority Pass visits inside India are chargeable (Amex India finder: US$35 per visit). Amex lounge finder per-card and per-airport pages (https://www.americanexpress.com/en-in/travel/lounges/<card>/ and /<card>/DEL/, /<card>/BOM/) return HTTP 404 for this card slug (checked 18-Sep-2026); only /the-platinum-card resolves for en-IN, so this card is not in the Global Lounge Collection (no Centurion Lounge, no Delta Sky Club, no Escape/Lufthansa partner lounges).
Sources
The lounge list is the participating-lounge list American Express publishes for this card. www.americanexpress.com
