The private members' club attached to the world's most exclusive hotel brand — what is confirmed, what is reported, and who it is really for.
By Biirdee Travel. Updated 2026-06-09.
The Aman Club is Aman's private members' club — a physical club with dedicated spaces inside select Aman properties, beginning with Aman New York when it opened in 2022. It is frequently confused with a loyalty program or an "inner circle" status tier; it is neither. Membership is a paid, application-based club product, separate from staying at the hotels. (For what exists instead of a points program, see our Aman loyalty guide.)
Aman has said the Club concept will expand with the brand's urban growth: the announced Aman Beverly Hills development includes a standalone Aman Club of roughly 100,000 square feet, and other city projects reference club components. As of June 2026, New York remains the flagship.
Aman does not publish pricing, but consistent press reporting puts Aman Club New York's initiation fee at around $200,000, with annual dues of roughly $15,000. The initiation is reported to be a once-per-lifetime "legacy" payment that can pass to family members, and reports also describe an option to split a membership among up to five people. As of 2026 the New York club is reported to be waitlist-only.
Treat all of these numbers as reported rather than official — Aman communicates terms privately to applicants, and they can change. What is consistent across every account is the positioning: this is among the most expensive private club memberships in the United States.
At Aman New York, membership unlocks the members-only club lounge and cigar terrace, access to the hotel's signature restaurants and the 25,000-square-foot, three-floor Aman Spa, priority reservations at the Jazz Club, and a calendar of member events. The club functions as a Midtown base — somewhere between an office alternative, a wellness club, and a social set — with Aman's service culture attached.
What membership notably does not include: free or discounted hotel nights across the Aman portfolio. Members are well looked after when they travel, but the Club is a club product, not a stay product. Anyone whose goal is better Aman stays will get materially further with the strategies in how to book Aman hotels — at roughly $200,000 less.
Searchers often look for an "Aman Inner Circle." No program by that name exists publicly. The phrase usually refers to one of three real things: the Aman Club membership described here; the informal recognition Aman extends to its most frequent guests through guest-history profiles; or the advisor-channel benefits that attach to bookings made through Aman's preferred partners. The first costs six figures; the second is earned over years of stays; the third is free and available on your very first booking.
Reported figures for Aman Club New York are an initiation fee of about $200,000 plus annual dues around $15,000, as of 2026. Aman does not publish official pricing, and the New York club has been reported as waitlist-only.
By application and, in practice, by invitation or referral — there is no public sign-up. Prospective members typically express interest through the club or existing members and go through a vetting process.
No. Membership covers club access and privileges at the club's home property. Hotel stays are booked and paid separately, which is why most travelers are better served by perk-attached bookings than by membership.
Yes — Aman has confirmed club components in upcoming urban projects, most prominently a roughly 100,000 sq ft standalone Aman Club within the One Beverly Hills development expected around 2027.
Biirdee's preferred-partner Aman bookings come with upgrades, breakfast, credits, and VIP recognition — the parts of the inner circle you can access on your first stay.