Originally Posted by
bisonrav
Always bear in mind that the cost of getting an unlimited visit PP is now low - £15 a monthfor Lloyds for 1 PP plus free partner card, or £54 a month for Amex which gives 2 passes with a guest - in comparison with gaining status. At LGW that will get you into Plaza Premium when on EasyJet, Lloyds will get you a pizza express credit in the South terminal and access to No. 1 fairly reliably. So there's a perfectly viable strategy which I've been operating for a couple of years that combines low cost travel with lounge access, although I don't drink a lot in lounges. Outside the UK you're usually in the same lounge BA uses - certainly the case for Malaga.
The problem with PriorityPass is that the majority of the lounges, and certainly of those worth visiting, have (artificial) capacity constraints. If you just turn up, they put you in a queue and you maybe get into the lounge an hour later, all whilst watching people who paid full whack or are entering as airline contract passengers walk straight in. You can only get around this if you cough up a pre-booking fee.