When CiCi, a flight attendant who has worked at a major airline for five and a half years, told me that she always recommends booking early-morning flights, it made sense.
07.11.2023 - 00:37 / afar.com
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A new 10,800-square-foot airport lounge might give travelers an enticing reason to transit through Denver—or to check in early if they’re from the Mile High City. On November 3, Capital One opened its latest airport lounge at Denver International Airport.
Found in Concourse A near Gate 34 on the mezzanine level via escalator or elevator, the brand-new Denver lounge is the third location in Capital One’s growing network of proprietary airport lounges. Outposts opened at Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport in November 2021 and Washington Dulles International Airport in September 2023. Lounges at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid International Airport, New York’s LaGuardia Airport, and Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Airport are next on the agenda.
Available to all travelers, the new Capital One Lounge features locally sourced food, shower suites, artwork from dozens of Colorado artists, and a craft cocktail bar that borrows recipes from a Denver spot on North America’s 50 Best Bars list.
AFAR got a sneak peek of the new lounge the day before it opened. Here’s everything you need to know about the new Capital One Lounge in Denver, including where to find it and how to get in.
The living room area of the Denver Capital One lounge has plenty of comfy seats and views over the concourse below.
Courtesy of Capital One
The sprawling layout of the lounge allows for distinct areas for eating, relaxing, and working. For instance, the corridor to the left of the welcome lobby offers travelers quiet, private spaces to work, with two phone booths (available on a first-come, first-served basis for up to 20 minutes) and three office spaces (bookable for 30 minutes at a time). In that same hallway are two Relaxation Rooms, lit by pinhole-size lights in the ceiling meant to mimic the night sky. One room also features an EnergyPod, a type of zero-gravity chair specifically designed for napping.
At the back of the lounge is a midcentury-modern–inspired living room area, with booths and café-style tables and chairs (each with a dedicated outlet), a coffee and snack bar, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the concourse. Continuing counterclockwise is a passageway with six individual unisex, ADA-compliant bathrooms, with changing tables and luggage racks. The two shower suites include towels, Dyson hair dryers, and
When CiCi, a flight attendant who has worked at a major airline for five and a half years, told me that she always recommends booking early-morning flights, it made sense.
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