Card comparison
Sapphire Reserve vs Strata Elite: lounge access compared
The Sapphire Reserve opens 644 lounges at 267 airports; the Strata Elite opens 690 lounges at 271 airports. Both include Priority Pass.
Page updated September 2026.
Counts are our directory's open lounges, not the networks' worldwide totals.
Side by side
Both include Priority Pass.
Airport by airport
Lounges each card opens, busiest airports first.
And 251 more airports; each card's page lists them all.
Quick answers
- Which has more lounge access, the Sapphire Reserve or the Strata Elite?
- The Strata Elite: 690 lounges in our directory against 644.
- Which lounge networks do they share?
- Both include Priority Pass.
- Where does only one of them get you in?
- The Sapphire Reserve alone reaches 0 airports and the Strata Elite alone 4 airports.
- What do they cost?
- The Sapphire Reserve is $795 a year and the Strata Elite $595, as last published by each issuer.
Built from our directory and checked to our editorial standards. Scores follow our methodology. Something wrong? Tell us from any lounge page.

