I visited Capital One's lounge at LaGuardia. I loved the free steak and shrimp, but I'll do 1 thing differently next time.

The author got to LaGuardia Airport over three hours early to fully experience the Capital One Landing.

Jane Zhang Business Insider editor Jane Zhang utilized Capital One's lounge at LaGuardia Airport ahead of her flight home.

Thanks to lounge access through her credit card, she enjoyed tapas, steak, shrimp, and mocktails.

She enjoyed her experience, but would've preferred self-service options and being seated in a different section.

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not a timely person.

Even in higher-stakes situations like flights, my time blindness is hard to overcome. (I've definitely gotten to the airport 45 minutes before takeoff on at least one occasion before.) So when I showed up at LaGuardia Airport last week, three and a half hours early for my flight home to Chicago, it was a first-time experience for me.

However, it wasn't entirely out of character — because another thing about me is that I love a good deal .

In this case, the good deal was getting my money's worth at the new Capital One Landing that opened in February.

Here's how I got access to it, and how I made the most of the experience.

My credit card gives me lounge access The Capital One Venture X is my first-ever credit card that includes airport lounge access .

With its $395 annual fee, it gives me access to Capital One's seven airport lounges (two of which are designed as sit-down restaurant-style culinary concepts, which Capital One calls "Landings," including the one I visited) as well as Priority Pass lounges worldwide.

Unfortunately for me, there is no Capital One lounge in Chicago, where I live, so I was elated when I saw that the Capital One Landing at LaGuardia had opened ahead of my trip to New York.

Previously, Venture X holders used to be able to bring up to two guests into Capital One lounges for free, and authorized users on Venture X cards also could get complimentary entry to the lounges.

That changed in February 2026.