Airline travel benefits, ranked:

- Airline status (lounges, priority boarding, free bag check, better seats etc)  
- Amex Platinum (Centurion lounge)
- CLEAR + TSA Precheck (faster security)
- NEXUS/Global Entry (expedited customs) 
- Priority pass (mediocre lounge when Centurion/airline lounges not available) 

Began checking a few of these off in the past couple years and my flying experience has improved drastically

cma.xyz. Founder /paragraph, ceo /mirror, previously at Google & Coinbase 

I have Amex Platinum but aren't there restrictions on Centurion Lounge access? 

And mediocre lounge access is better than none at all...