Amex centurion: no nonrevs

Hi, I was surfing this morning and stumbled across this:

American Express Centurion Lounge in Miami Experiencing "A Lot of Abuse" - TravelUpdate

Very timely for me, since I was about to pull the trigger and upgrade to the Platinum once PHL got a Centurion lounge. It's too bad they had to tar all non revs with the same brush. Most airliners get out of the airport as soon as they possibly can! I'm all but decided to cut ties with Amex completely. Too bad, I've always found them to be excellent. Just in case anyone else was considering the Platinum card for lounge access.

I’ve heard about overcrowding at some of the Centurion Clubs but the complaint was about kids - lots and lots of kids. All I can say is, if the AMEX rep was quoted accurately when he/she said” Quite a few non-passengers and people without tickets have been using the (MIA) lounge”, then there’s a huge problem with security at MIA period.