Plaza Premium lounge access
Jan 18, 2015, 1:20 am
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Penang
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Plaza Premium lounge access
many airports in Malaysia has Plaza Premium lounge. there are also such lounge at Singapore Changi terminal 2 and Hong Kong (i have never verified it) many credit cards provide free access to it with varied benefits. some cards provide unlimited access
it is worthwhile to apply for such a card if you travel frequent in Malaysia, Singapore
it is worthwhile to apply for such a card if you travel frequent in Malaysia, Singapore
Jan 18, 2015, 1:37 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Washington, DC
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Plaza Premium lounge access
that's up to you.... Would you find lounge access worthwhile? Do you have lounge access through other means? How much are the cards?
Jan 21, 2015, 9:52 pm
#3
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Penang
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this is the best access i can think of and it is convenient if one need to do a lot of regional flights. the card that has the better access normally has some other condition (like how much need to spend on the card per year, else heavy annual fee)
Jan 13, 2018, 1:38 am
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Join Date: May 2016
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many airports in Malaysia has Plaza Premium lounge. there are also such lounge at Singapore Changi terminal 2 and Hong Kong (i have never verified it) many credit cards provide free access to it with varied benefits. some cards provide unlimited access
it is worthwhile to apply for such a card if you travel frequent in Malaysia, Singapore
it is worthwhile to apply for such a card if you travel frequent in Malaysia, Singapore
I have Plaza Premium access through my Malaysian credit card (ambank) but wish I had Priority Pass instead.
Last edited by milgom; Jan 13, 2018 at 3:02 am
Jan 14, 2018, 1:42 am
#7
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It doesn't seem that the platinum amex in Malaysia gives Priority Pass from what I've seen when I looked at it, they just quote "Enjoy 12x per calendar year access to Plaza Premium Lounge access at select Malaysian airports." on their benefits page.
Jan 24, 2018, 11:58 pm
#8
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Location: Kobe, Japan
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The lounge with PP access in Phuket was pretty basic. On the other hand, the Plaza Premium in Hong Kong they had someone dishing up bowls of noodles to order. It was actually much nicer than the Cathay Business Class lounge.
Jan 27, 2018, 11:18 pm
#9
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In Taipei, we tried both the Plaza Premium lounge and the Cathay lounge, the Plaza Premium lounge's noodle soup tasted better but Cathay has a better space and has a lot more choice of food.
Jan 29, 2018, 6:57 pm
#10
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I agree Taipei Plaza Premium is pretty nice. They have two, one is the usual buffet-style, and the other offers a sit-down set meal.
Feb 4, 2018, 4:43 am
#11
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Hi all! Planning to use PPL HKG while in layover to MNL. Arriving 11pm in HKG and flying out 8am next day. Is it crowded during these hours? Is the 3 hour limit strictly implemented? Do they serve food from 11pm-5am?
Oct 14, 2018, 3:00 am
#12
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There is constant, non-stop, recorded announcement of flights going on, so no chance of a quiet break.
Food consists of a choice of fish, chicken with bones, rice and vegetarian. There is also noodle soup available. Sweets are two choices of cakes. Two choices of wine, red and white.
Is it really worth $77? Hmmmm...
Oct 14, 2018, 11:39 pm
#13
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For what it is worth, I really liked the Eva Air Star lounge at TPE. While it is not as quiet as the SQ lounge, it has a wider food selection and nicer showers.