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2026 Newsweek Readers' Choice Best United States Lounge Awards

Written by Matthew Justice on Jul 21, 2026

Key Takeaways

  • Newsweek revealed its 2026 Readers' Choice rankings for the best airport and luxury airport lounges in the United States.
  • Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), New York (JFK), and New York (LGA) had the highest concentration of award-winning lounges.
  • American Airlines, Capital One, and American Express dominated the rankings with multiple award-winning lounge locations.

Newsweek has released their results from the 2026 Readers' Choice Best Lounges in the United States survey. This year they broke up the list into two categories: the Best Airport Lounge and the Best Luxury Airport Lounge.

American Airlines, American Express Centurion, and Capital One had the most nominations, and Dallas (DFW), New York (LGA),and New York (JFK) were the airports with the most winners. Below is the list of the 2026 best airport lounges ranked in order of best, selected by expert panelists and contributors and voted on by readers for exceptional quality and distinctive excellence.

map of the U.S. showing all of the airports with winners by readers choice.
Aiport map of 2026 Best Lounge winners

2026 Best Lounges

  1. JetBlue BlueHouse (JFK)
  2. American Airlines Admirals Club (LGA)
  3. American Airlines Admirals Club – Concourse E (DCA)
  4. Capital One Lounge (DFW)
  5. American Airlines Admirals Club (HNL)
  6. Plaza Premium Lounge – Terminal D (DFW)
  7. Capital One Lounge (DEN)
  8. The Centurion Lounge (DFW)
  9. The Centurion Lounge (DCA)
  10. United Club – Terminal C (EWR)

Source: Newsweek Readers' Choice - Best Airport Lounge 2026

2026 Best Luxury Lounges

  1. American Airlines Flagship Lounge (DFW)
  2. Capital One Landing (LGA)
  3. British Airways - Chelsea Lounge (JFK)
  4. Plaza Premium First Lounge (DFW)
  5. American Airlines Flagship Lounge (MIA)
  6. American Airlines Flagship Lounge (LAX)
  7. Chase Sapphire Lounge (BOS)
  8. The Centurion Lounge (JFK)
  9. Chase Sapphire Lounge (LGA)
  10. Delta One Lounge (JFK)

Source: Newsweek Readers' Choice - Best Luxury Airport Lounge 2026

Closing Thoughts

Newsweek is a great publication, and I am happy to see more travel coverage from them. For this blog, I keep up with multiple annual awards in an effort to keep a pulse on the best lounges, including Dragonpass, Priority Pass, SKYTRAX, World Travel Awards, and now Newsweek. As far as airports go, DFW won with the most lounge winners, but the east coast had the biggest concentration of winners. I am a little surprised a United Polaris Lounge and a couple of others were not listed in the awards.