Priority Pass benefit rapidly deteriorating
Aug 16, 2019, 9:06 pm
#466
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Just noticed PP lounge details listing indicating that beginning 01 September entrance is limited to 3 hours prior to scheduled flight departure. Has anyone seen a formal notification of this?
Looks like Ike they are following Centurion policy precedent.
Looks like Ike they are following Centurion policy precedent.
Aug 17, 2019, 2:35 am
#467
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
Posts: 5,512
If it means PP is turned away less often, I'm all for it.
But I seriously doubt anything will improve the diminishing odds. There is no fix coming. "Excess capacity" is an anachronism.
Aug 17, 2019, 5:41 pm
#468
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Is that for all lounges in the system now? If so, it'll really put a dent in something like the TK Lounge @ IAD where if one has the time, but a later flight it's been worthwhile to arrive just before the 3 p.m. official cutoff.
Aug 18, 2019, 6:14 am
#469
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Some lounges like the first lounge (A Coruna - LCG) listed in https://d2llguf9uoxb71.cloudfront.ne..._Directory.pdf (updated 17 August 2019) have the "before departure" rule
But others (HKG, ICN) are still "Maximum X hours stay".
Are you referring to The Club lounges in US only https://thepointsguy.com/news/club-l...-pass-members/ ?
Last edited by percysmith; Aug 18, 2019 at 6:30 am
Aug 18, 2019, 5:18 pm
#470
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Had not seen TPG post but yes this seems to be it. Saw the restriction when looked at The Club CHS advertised in monthly newsletter and then also looking at SJC lounge that I frequent. Now see the time restrictions show up when not logged in but disappear when logged in under my AMEX membership.
Over the last year my primary go to has been domestic restaurant selections as there are few lounges at the airports I frequent.
Over the last year my primary go to has been domestic restaurant selections as there are few lounges at the airports I frequent.
Aug 18, 2019, 5:26 pm
#471
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
Programs: Bonvoy LTTE/AMB, AmEx Plat, National EE, WN A-List, CLEAR+, Covid-19
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Sep 14, 2019, 5:52 pm
#473
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: SFO
Programs: OZ Diamond/*G, IHG Diamond Amb, Hilton Gold
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Anyone noticed the 2 new lounges in Australia require a co-pay? I guess more co-pays are on the way....after all, PP is an insurance company and health insurance companies get you to take less care by charging co-pays, so perhaps this is PPs way of getting people to stop at Starbuck's and pay for their morning coffee instead of popping in the lounge for 5 minutes with PP, if that lounge visit would now be subject to a co-pay?
Sep 14, 2019, 7:02 pm
#474
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Join Date: May 2009
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Anyone noticed the 2 new lounges in Australia require a co-pay? I guess more co-pays are on the way....after all, PP is an insurance company and health insurance companies get you to take less care by charging co-pays, so perhaps this is PPs way of getting people to stop at Starbuck's and pay for their morning coffee instead of popping in the lounge for 5 minutes with PP, if that lounge visit would now be subject to a co-pay?
But the same operator has been doing this is the No. 1 in London https://www.executivetraveller.com/t...-priority-pass
https://thepointsguy.com/news/priori...lounge-access/
Sep 15, 2019, 2:58 pm
#475
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I have my PP through Amex Plat. In DEN it’s allowed me to stop at a restaurant in C terminal. When I tried to double check if that was still an option using the app it showed a click for C terminal. I clicked it, but no restaurants is showing. Is there anywhere in DEN that still has PP?
Sep 15, 2019, 8:30 pm
#476
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The Priority Pass website only shows the one restaurant which I gather is no longer available to you due to the AMEX changes.
Sep 15, 2019, 8:37 pm
#477
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
Posts: 5,512
Anyone noticed the 2 new lounges in Australia require a co-pay? I guess more co-pays are on the way....after all, PP is an insurance company and health insurance companies get you to take less care by charging co-pays, so perhaps this is PPs way of getting people to stop at Starbuck's and pay for their morning coffee instead of popping in the lounge for 5 minutes with PP, if that lounge visit would now be subject to a co-pay?
Sep 16, 2019, 3:44 pm
#478
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Anyone noticed the 2 new lounges in Australia require a co-pay? I guess more co-pays are on the way....after all, PP is an insurance company and health insurance companies get you to take less care by charging co-pays, so perhaps this is PPs way of getting people to stop at Starbuck's and pay for their morning coffee instead of popping in the lounge for 5 minutes with PP, if that lounge visit would now be subject to a co-pay?
A co-pay to enter a lounge is 100% non-starter for me. I would rather pay $20 at an airport bar or restaurant that offers much better food selection and quality than pay $20 to enter some of these marginal lounges. 4x so when traveling with family. Now there are some third world airports where the value of the lounge provides is a safe, comfortable waiting space with refreshments. But most US airports that I personally frequent have several decent restaurants or food-to-go options.
Hopefully this will be limited to Australia though apparently there is some testing of a similar concept at Escape lounges where non-Amex PP holders are being offered discounted admission (similar to the Groupon deal)
Sep 16, 2019, 7:39 pm
#479
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
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$20AUD = $13.71USD.
The number of lounges routinely rejecting PP altogether is infuriating, This is a rational offset.
Sep 16, 2019, 8:41 pm
#480
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Fair enough on the value for these specific lounges. But does not bode well... like resort fees and cockroaches these will expand and multiply and not in a good way...