I’m stopping over at the Frankfurt Airport right now, and just noticed this in the AMEX app when making my way to the Lufthansa lounge:
Effective October 1, 2026, eligible Card Members will no longer have access to Lufthansa Lounges via the Global Lounge Collection benefit.
Oof, that sucks. As someone who flies through Frankfurt—already the airport that I loathe the most when flying in Europe—a few times a year, this was a benefit that I appreciated. No explanation, no apparent other benefit to replace it, just a loss of a valuable benefit.
I wish I could trade my (weird, IMO) Oura Ring credit to keep my lounge access. We keep getting odd and weirdly constrained discounts to things (for instance, a $75 credit when spending at Lululemon, once a quarter), instead of the travel-focused benefits we used to enjoy.