GUWonder

It's been a long while since I've been to ABZ -- my last trip there was when flying between ABZ and SVG -- but whatever lounge food there was at ABZ definitely was not anything memorably good. Rather it was memorably poor. I didn't check out the drinks, but you know what they say about drinking alcohol on an empty stomach.

I wouldn't be surprised if some Priority Pass lounges try for new methods of reducing their alcohol provisioning costs too.

USA_flyer

Hi. I acquired a PP with my Amex Gold and plan to use the Aspire Lounge at Heathrow T5 in December around the Christmas holidays. I'm guessing it's going to be mad busy and I should probably prebook (I am ok with ponying up the £6 fee) but what I want to know is, will it be too busy to really get any benefit from it? Or am I just better off roughing it out in the terminal.

BBLAND

Quick question for those with American Express Priority Pass. I thought they removed all Restaurant Access. Flying out of Detroit next week and noticed Anita's Kitchen is listed in the app with the $28/person credit. Don't see any other restaurants listed at other airports. Does anyone know if this is an error on the app or if this restaurant is actually included?

centrifuge41

Amex Priority pass doesn't include restaurants. The app doesn't know any better - it just lists out all of the Priority Pass locations without filtering out Amex-excluded ones.
What if you went to the Lufthansa terminal? (I'm assuming you're not flying Skyteam, in which case you're bound to McNamara terminal).

BBLAND

Thanks for the response. Your Priority Pass App should only show the clubs your particular membership is tied to, it actually does know where you can go based on type of membership. When they removed restaurants for American Express, all of those came off my app. I double checked today and all of the other restaurants aren't showing when I search the airports that have them (SFO & DEN for example). I checked with a friend that has it through Chase and the restaurants all show in her app. That's what had me confused. I'm unfortunately not flying on Delta and the Lufthansa lounge is closed to Priority Pass members during the time I'll be there.

mraju99

Actually, lots of airlines and companies want to setup new lounges. But airside space at busy airports is limited and very difficult to rent. When new terminals are built these days, they almost always have more space dedicated to lounges and retail than older terminals, simply because people get to the airport earlier and so spend more time in the terminal than before. I don't know exactly how the costs stack up, but if taking in PP customers wasn't at least somewhat profitable, they wouldn't do it. And if lounges were not in demand, new terminals wouldn't dedicate so much space to them. That said, I do think that PP itself is devaluing its brand by overselling its subscriptions and not having enough lounges under contract to provide a reasonable service to all of their members.

earthshine

I’d be interested to hear about recent experiences at miami airport in Priority pass lounges

8MiHi

Turkish Airlines has 2. Both show pre-book available.
These are very good lounges that are also accessible to those with *A Gold status.

LoungeGuide

I have visited all of the PP venues in Miami (MIA). There are two Turkish Airlines lounges, one in Concoruse E and one in Concourse H. I will say the lounge in Concourse H is much nicer, has a bar, and has better food. If you only have time to visit one of the lounges,

I recommend making the effort to get the one in H. I did a full review of both lounges on my blog with photos and more, see my review of the Turkish Airlines Lounge (MIA) Concourse H.

izint

Does anyone know if we can use two different priority pass restaurant credits for the same restaurant?
Mainly, both my sister and I have our own priority passes. It is possible for me to use my Card + guest (her) for the 2x restaurant credit and then another purchase with her Card + guest (me) for the next set of 2x restaurant credits?

Boraxo

Just used PP at both SFO Giants Clubhouse and Lark Creek today. Before you jump on me this is the first and maybe last time we will use PP restaurant perk in 2024. Will be missed. Both checked BPs.

sfvoyage

At SFO a couple of days ago at around 14:00, I was refused entry at all of the following:

Virgin lounge: no entry for PP after 12:45, contrary to what PP app shows (until 14:00) or the SFO electronic info board at the lounge entrance area says (until 15:00), and existing PP guests are kicked out at around 14:30
China Airlines lounge: PP is allowed when no conflict with their contracted airlines flight schedule, so hours vary
Golden Gate Lounge: PP allowed early (8am) or for a couple of hours (between 10ish-12ish) only

sea_jeff

Visited the L lounge and the Matina lounge at ICN in T2. Very happy. Food was fine - actually good at the Matina Lounge.

Nice cold draft beer at both locations. No waiting either. the L lounge is right next to the Nap area upstairs which was great since the Transit Hotel was fully booked.

Really helped on a 9 hour layover. I have PP access via Amex Platinum so felt it was a real value add.