Alaska Lounges Affiliated With Priority Pass (Only JFK as of 7/26/2021)
Mar 1, 2021, 7:19 am
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Alaska Lounges Affiliated With Priority Pass (Only JFK as of 7/26/2021)
Guess when traffic drops you'll go after whatever revenue you can! ANC, LAX, JFK, PDX, and SEA (North Satellite) lounges are back on Priority Pass. Limit two guests, limit three alcoholic beverages, "premium" booze may come with a charge, and waitlists apply if the lounge is busy.
Found the details here: https://loyaltylobby.com/2021/02/28/...-after-exodus/. The Priority Pass site is giving me grief so I'm having trouble directly linking to the lounge pages.
Neil
Found the details here: https://loyaltylobby.com/2021/02/28/...-after-exodus/. The Priority Pass site is giving me grief so I'm having trouble directly linking to the lounge pages.
Neil
Mar 1, 2021, 8:34 am
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Guess when traffic drops you'll go after whatever revenue you can! ANC, LAX, JFK, PDX, and SEA (North Satellite) lounges are back on Priority Pass. Limit two guests, limit three alcoholic beverages, "premium" booze may come with a charge, and waitlists apply if the lounge is busy.
Found the details here: https://loyaltylobby.com/2021/02/28/...-after-exodus/. The Priority Pass site is giving me grief so I'm having trouble directly linking to the lounge pages.
Neil
Found the details here: https://loyaltylobby.com/2021/02/28/...-after-exodus/. The Priority Pass site is giving me grief so I'm having trouble directly linking to the lounge pages.
Neil
Mar 1, 2021, 9:02 am
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LAX never formally went off PP access, they just kept the sign out for extended periods. I've been able to go in a few times in the past several months. PDX was removed from PP for a while, but has already been back for a few months. Neither is open very late right now, so they're not particularly useful for evening flights.
Mar 1, 2021, 10:02 am
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Lol, I'm sure there will still be overzealous lounge agents that don't let PP in. Also, I have a feeling that when load factors start to get back up and things return to some semblance of normalcy they'll just boot PP from access.
Mar 1, 2021, 10:53 am
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I don't know how they keep track in other lounges, but SEA N there's no realistic way to keep track of the 3 booze limit (I'm a lightweight so that's plenty for me but FWIW). I decided to enter with priority pass to give AS the visit charge instead of my paid F ticket and there was no difference in service
Mar 1, 2021, 1:01 pm
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They will do that in a heart beat.....
Mar 1, 2021, 1:12 pm
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I don't know how they keep track in other lounges, but SEA N there's no realistic way to keep track of the 3 booze limit (I'm a lightweight so that's plenty for me but FWIW). I decided to enter with priority pass to give AS the visit charge instead of my paid F ticket and there was no difference in service
Mar 1, 2021, 1:38 pm
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In other lounges (not Alaska Lounges unfortunately) I have hit the 3-drink limit in a single glass 
I have found that as long as you tip the bartender, they won't cut you off (for this reason, at least).
This is great news for PP holders. I am looking forward to using the SEA N lounge this month. Will the JFK lounge ever reopen?
-J.
I have found that as long as you tip the bartender, they won't cut you off (for this reason, at least).This is great news for PP holders. I am looking forward to using the SEA N lounge this month. Will the JFK lounge ever reopen?
-J.
Mar 1, 2021, 2:04 pm
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In other lounges (not Alaska Lounges unfortunately) I have hit the 3-drink limit in a single glass I have found that as long as you tip the bartender, they won't cut you off (for this reason, at least).
This is great news for PP holders. I am looking forward to using the SEA N lounge this month. Will the JFK lounge ever reopen?
-J.
I have found that as long as you tip the bartender, they won't cut you off (for this reason, at least).This is great news for PP holders. I am looking forward to using the SEA N lounge this month. Will the JFK lounge ever reopen?
-J.
Didn't realize N rejoined PP. Wait, was N ever part of PP?
Have been using ANC for a few weeks now, and PDX last month ^
Mar 1, 2021, 3:18 pm
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Mar 2, 2021, 1:54 am
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Now that said, this is still good news even if it's just for the year!
Mar 2, 2021, 9:00 am
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How much time do you have to get into the lounge once your name comes up on the waitlist? Wondering if I put my name on the list in the Uber on the way to the airport and then the timing winds up being off and I'm still 15-20 minutes away from being able to be in the lounge, how long they'll wait before just dropping me and saying I need to get back on the waitlist again.
Mar 2, 2021, 9:01 am
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Mar 2, 2021, 9:12 am
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Mar 2, 2021, 9:14 am
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That is correct. Note that other domestic US lounges are staffed at the front desk by airline employees, and the entire F&B operation is contracted to another company. AS lounges are staffed by AS employees, with (I believe) a management classification. Tipping creates a potential payroll nightmare. Where tips are a regular part of employment / total compensation, the payroll systems are designed to handle them.