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rajchat1265 Dec 20, 2022 1:06 pm

Have a question on PP Select that came with AMEX. It has 10 lounge visits and then paid afterwards. Can I use the free visits to bring multiple guests in - meaning can I use 4 of the 10 visits in one time to enter with 3 guests ?

8MiHi Dec 21, 2022 11:44 am


Originally Posted by rajchat1265 (Post 34850722)
Have a question on PP Select that came with AMEX. It has 10 lounge visits and then paid afterwards. Can I use the free visits to bring multiple guests in - meaning can I use 4 of the 10 visits in one time to enter with 3 guests ?

That's the way it worked when my daughter purchased the Standard Plus membership. It is also the way I thought it worked when I got that membership though the Hilton Surpass Amex except that I was unable to try it out with more than 1 guest due to a late arrival for a connecting flight. I was actually going to use it for 6 of us at the Plumeria Lounge in HNL. I don't see why that shouldn't work but check your CC benefits description page, the answer may be there.

lowfareair Dec 24, 2022 5:33 am


Originally Posted by rajchat1265 (Post 34850722)
Have a question on PP Select that came with AMEX. It has 10 lounge visits and then paid afterwards. Can I use the free visits to bring multiple guests in - meaning can I use 4 of the 10 visits in one time to enter with 3 guests ?

I last did that in 2019 with the Surpass, but keep in mind that you can only use 1 PP card at a lounge entrance (so if you also had an Amex Plat, you can't use that for you+2 and then your Surpass PP for the remainder) and some lounges may cap the number of guests you can bring with you.

lamphs Dec 31, 2022 5:22 am

Just a wondering...

Now that I can't use by C1 card anymore for PP restaurants, I wonder if a PP lounge would be opened at DCA, especially now that B and C are combined.

Kagehitokiri Jan 1, 2023 1:22 pm


Originally Posted by mia (Post 33574192)
Priority Pass's USA coverage has been weak since they lost access to all of the domestic airlines' clubs (except Alaska Airlines which is also gradually leaving)

and priority pass does deals with credit card companies (some full rather than select version) but may be very dependent on where one is traveling

while credit card companies are opening their own lounges, and i think that will continue to increase dramatically, for marketing purposes

amex is adding guest fees in feb, may have some impact

re lounges being at capacity interesting centurion cardholders may get exempted from that

TGarza Jan 1, 2023 2:44 pm


Originally Posted by lamphs (Post 34879236)
Just a wondering...

Now that I can't use by C1 card anymore for PP restaurants, I wonder if a PP lounge would be opened at DCA, especially now that B and C are combined.

Supposedly a more streamlined Capital One Landing Lounge is in the works for DCA and LGA

Capital One Landing Lounge

CMK10 Jan 3, 2023 6:22 am

It helped me out big time in CMN last week. I was flying AF and the lounge I had access to was in a different terminal and no one could give me directions. Across from my gate was a PP Lounge and I got right in.

TWA884 Jan 15, 2023 5:36 pm

I primarily fly on American and have an Admirals Club membership. I am not a Priority Pass member nor do I have any credit cards that grant Priority Pass lounges access. On occasion, when I fly on United, I use the guest passes that come with the MileagePlus Explorer card.

The only occasion in the past few years that I could have benefited from PP membership was in November, at Puerto Maldonado, Peru, Padre Aldamiz International Airport (PEM).

There is a small, one room lounge in the departure area, Andes Salon VIP; it is included in the Priority Pass program. There was no free Wi-Fi at the airport, however, it was available in the lounge. I was not about to spend $14 pp for internet access and self-serve soft drinks from 2-liter bottles for the two hours that we had to kill at the airport, after we were dropped off there too early by our Amazon lodge driver.

Ausriver Jan 16, 2023 3:39 pm

Can I enter multiple lounges at one airport?
Also what will happen is I entered the same lounge twice(long layover and only one lougne at the terminal), is a second swipe allowed by priority pass?

mia Jan 16, 2023 6:11 pm

I know you would like a current response, but both topics were discussed before the pandemic:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/airp...s-one-day.html

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/airp...ay-visits.html

mtofell Jan 16, 2023 10:03 pm


Originally Posted by Ausriver (Post 34931072)
Can I enter multiple lounges at one airport?
Also what will happen is I entered the same lounge twice(long layover and only one lougne at the terminal), is a second swipe allowed by priority pass?

I'm not sure about the same lounge 2X in a day but have used my PP multiple times in a day and at the same airport without a problem. For example I've read many reports of people at PDX getting food at Capers and then going for the Whiskey Flight at the store in the C terminal.

Civet Jan 23, 2023 1:57 pm

Easiest answer here is to talk to the reception. I have left and returned hours later once in a PP lounge, and once a Centurion. Both times I had a very long layover, and wanted to get some food before heading out into the city for a few hours, and then returning to my flight.

Tweed Jet Set Jan 25, 2023 2:55 pm

Does any one know if the Alaska lounge at JFK Terminal 7 still takes Priority Pass? It did when I was there a few months ago, but now it's no longer listed on the Priority Pass website.

hyedmd Jan 26, 2023 8:57 pm


Originally Posted by Tweed Jet Set (Post 34957203)
Does any one know if the Alaska lounge at JFK Terminal 7 still takes Priority Pass? It did when I was there a few months ago, but now it's no longer listed on the Priority Pass website.

I was there about a month ago or so, and there was a sign that PP users weren't allowed.

hyedmd Jan 26, 2023 9:00 pm


Originally Posted by Ausriver (Post 34931072)
Can I enter multiple lounges at one airport?
Also what will happen is I entered the same lounge twice(long layover and only one lougne at the terminal), is a second swipe allowed by priority pass?

Short answers are:
1. Yes, you can. I often go to several PP restaurants located at the same airport (SEA, SFO, etc).
2. Based on my experience, it isn't allowed. Once I did that, and I was told that I already came to this place today ;) I think you may try to use another PP card if you have more than one. But I'm not sure if this is allowed.


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