> (Now that Apple runs its own credit card, it’s not outlandish to think that they might eventually offer Apple Card holders access to premium airport lounges.)

> (Now that Apple runs its own credit card, it’s not outlandish to think that they might eventually offer Apple Card holders access to premium airport lounges.) Amex runs one of the largest travel companies in the world (Amex Global Business Travel) and provides travel agency services for much of the Fortune 100. Much of that is bolstered up by card spend, so it makes sense that they would build lounges in airports that are designed to give people a reason to sign up for a Platinum card ($650/year; worth it) or enroll their company into their Corporate Card program. Apple Card is free, and Apple isn't in the travel business. This synergy doesn't make sense. > Keeping an exclusive feature exclusive is not “squashing competitors”. And chatting between different platforms is easy, secure, and free, using apps like WhatsApp and Signal. I agree. This is what upset me the. most about Tesla being de facto forced into opening up their Supercharging network. They spent years building it at significant risk while big auto continued to sideline EVs and run smear campaigns against them. Now that Tesla is eating their lunch, they got to successfully complain that charging sucks and the only solution to it is to piggyback off of what Tesla did. Big Auto should have been forced to put their money where their mouth is and build their own networks.