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Home  >  Lounge Reviews • New York JFK  >  Review: The “New” Wingtips Lounge New York (JFK)
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Review: The “New” Wingtips Lounge New York (JFK)

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 24, 2022August 24, 2022 14 Comments

The Wingtips Lounge at New York JFK just got the upgrade of a lifetime after moving one door down after SWISS vacated its beautiful Terminal 4 lounge. The common space is beautiful…the lounge amenities are just as pitiful as before.

The “New” Wingtips Lounge New York (JFK) Review

For context, you can read my review of the “old” Wingtips Lounge here and the SWISS lounge here. It was only during the pandemic that SWISS remodeled its T4 lounge to create a beautiful space on par with its lounges in Zurich.

But earlier this year in February, SWISS joined Lufthansa in Terminal 1 at JFK, thereby abandoning its newly refurbished lounge space. Wingtips smartly took over this space, closing up its old lounge (which it had also refurbished, but was still quite mediocre).

Lounge hours are from 8:00am to 8:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and 8:00am to 9:00pm on Sunday, Thursday, and Friday. This is a Priority Pass lounge and also a premium class lounge for the hodge-podge of non-affiliated airlines that utilize T4 at JFK. You can purchase a one-time pass for $50-150 deeding upon your length of stay (max stay is 16 hours).

The common areas have not changed–

Nor have the restrooms and showers–

But the food and drink selection have been scaled back drastically. Gone are freshly-made dishes with rich soups and delectable salads. Here’s what you can expect instead:

That font screams 1995…
  • Breakfast
    • Fruit yogurt
    • Bagels, toast, muffins
    • Scrambled eggs
    • Hash browns

  • Lunch
    • Chicken salad
    • Garden vegetable soup
    • Chickpea salad
    • Mesclun mix

The drink selection has also been scaled back, with a limited selection of canned soda, orange juice, wine, beer, spirits, coffee, and tea.

The former first class side of the lounge is closed off…it is not clear whether permanently or temporarily.

CONCLUSION

It’s sad to see this lounge that has so many elements of SWISS is no longer a SWISS lounge. Still, I’m glad Wingtips secured the space because it does represent an improvement to the old lounge. However, the food and beverage selection is quite limited so don’t come on an empty stomach.

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14 Comments

  1. Aaron Reply
    August 24, 2022 at 6:48 am

    Mmmm…organ juice.

  2. adam w Reply
    August 24, 2022 at 8:15 am

    When I visited – there was a roped off space for premium class customers – is that still there? It is a big upgrade for them – and a good place to wait before accessing the Centurion lounge –

  3. Justin Reply
    August 24, 2022 at 10:27 am

    Interesting, I didn’t know this was in the works. Any plans for the old Wingtips space then?

  4. tom Reply
    August 24, 2022 at 11:13 am

    My bet is the old F space will be used for SQ. In the old lounge there was a roped off area for SQ pax.
    At least this is an improvement but Wingtips is a bad lounge even by PP standards.

  5. Anthony Reply
    August 24, 2022 at 1:14 pm

    Not sure why anyone would visit this lounge over Centurion

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 24, 2022 at 1:24 pm

      I certainly would not…

    • Billiken Reply
      August 24, 2022 at 1:50 pm

      Centurion is so popular that no one goes there any more 😉

    • Lounge Hopper Reply
      August 24, 2022 at 3:10 pm

      I sometimes visit this lounge when I arrive at JFK more than three hours prior to a flight, usually a flight departing from a different terminal. I sometimes like to lounge hop before a flight; Centurion, then USO, then Admirals Club, just for the heck of it. If traffic is very light, I might get to Terminal 4 a little more than three hours prior to my flight. Centurion lounge is very strict about the three hour timeframe, I might stop by Wingtips before Centurion. Been there two or three times in the last few months, mid afternoon, relatively crowded each time and I agree, the lunch offerings are terrible. I’m impressed that Matthew was able to get photographs of an empty lounge.

      • Matthew Klint Reply
        August 24, 2022 at 3:55 pm

        Most non-food photos were taken while still a SWISS lounge. While the lounge wasn’t crowded from 10:30a-2:00p, there were a good number of guests.

  6. Andrew Y Reply
    August 24, 2022 at 1:40 pm

    Swiss is now at Terminal 1? I missed this one. Blimey… I hope they renovate that LH lounge at Terminal 1. Yuck.

  7. William Robert Reply
    August 25, 2022 at 11:55 am

    Looks better than the wingtips lounge at STL which isn’t even worth the time it takes me to pull the priority pass card out of my wallet

  8. Kristoffer Reply
    August 28, 2022 at 9:33 am

    The old JFK Wingtip lounge was, after the one and only visit, on my exclusive list of the most discusting lounges i have been to! So for them to move to the old Swiss lounge is the upgrade of a life time!
    The swiss lounge didn’t stand out in any way, but I was still looking forward to my visits for the nice ambiance and views.

  9. adam w Reply
    November 30, 2022 at 7:10 pm

    closed permanently as of 11/12

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      November 30, 2022 at 7:53 pm

      Any idea why?

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