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Airport lounges: how did they get so horribly, competitively decadent?

The Guardian Business Monday 26 October 2026, 16:53 UTC By Guardian Staff 1 min read
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High-end cocktails, nap pods, waffle stations, tapas attendants, sashimi bars and brutalist art. The airlines’ battle to please the 1% is getting increasingly bizarreName: Airport lounge wars. Age: American Airlines opened the first airport lounge in 1939.

High-end cocktails, nap pods, waffle stations, tapas attendants, sashimi bars and brutalist art. The airlines’ battle to please the 1% is getting increasingly bizarre

Name: Airport lounge wars.

Age: American Airlines opened the first airport lounge in 1939.

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