Lounge Club membership from Chase credit cards

I think you will need a new membership for the new card. I got my first LC membership in August 2012 in connection with my Ink Bold card. In May 2013, my wife and I both got Fairmont cards, which come with LC membership. We signed up for accounts in connection with those new Fairmont cards. Now we have 3 LC membership cards. This weekend I was approved for the Ink Plus card, so I suppose I'll be signing up for a 4th LC card.

I signed up for the LC membership last July and was expecting to be able to use my second year's two free passes on a trip I'm currently on. However, when I pulled out my card I noticed that it was set to expire in a week. I sent a secure message to Chase based off some of the discussion in this thread asking about how to renew and whether I had another pair of visits. Below is the response (bolding mine):

Obviously reps can give different answers, but the answers I received don't seem to contradict others' experiences. Seeing as the membership was for one year only, and you seem to get free passes for each year, then it seems that each time you apply for a year membership you'll get two free passes. Essentially, use the card for the two passes, then toss it and reapply when eligible.

Then I started thinking about "when eligible". Should that be after the membership expired? Mine expires in 5 or 6 days, so I went ahead and went through the process again to check. I was able to sign up and received confirmation that my membership card was in the mail. No mention of my existing membership. I'd love to hear if someone whose membership is set to expire farther off is successful getting a new membership card. Even with limited locations, unlimited lounge visits would be sweet.

If you used the CHASEINK code to sign up with your Bold card can you use the same one to sign up with your Plus card?

It's my understanding that the CHASEINK code just gets you to the signup screen and lets LC know where you're coming from. They take down your CC# and other info, and I believe that's how they judge if you're eligible. MMS indicates here that the same code is used for all the Ink products (http://millionmilesecrets.com/2012/0...e-club-passes/).

What I'm curious to know is whether they lock you out for a year after applying with one CC#, or if you can get multiple memberships for multiple pairs of free lounge passes. I think there's a possibility this will happen, as LC indicates they don't manage memberships coming from their partners, and I was successful applying for a new membership a week before my first expired.

Yes. It is the same. You should get a new membership number and card each corresponding to a different credit card, so you get 4 free visits a year if you have both the Bold and Plus cards.

I can confirm this is the case with me. I got Bold in February and got LC membership in June. I signed up for Plus few weeks ago and immediately applied for another LC membership as soon as I got my card in the mail. I got another LC card with different membership number. Free 4 passes for my upcoming trip, heck yea

For the two free annual lounge club passes you get with Ink Bold, is it tied to the CC owner's name? Or can I give them to another person (or have the lounge club ticket be under another person's name?)

This might be a silly question, but if I'm flying from airport A to airport B, can I stay in the lounge at airport B, or are the lounges usually located at terminals and are mostly used for departing flights? I've never been in an airport lounge before.

I don't think so because I think you need to present a boarding pass, but maybe you can show them the one you just used. I never tried this.

It also depends if the lounge at airport B is before or after security. If it's after you won't be able to go through security without a valid boarding pass that hasn't been used yet. However, if it's before security then maybe you can try using the pass from the flight you just got off on. Perhaps someone with better lounge experience can chime in.

First, perhaps a bit of clarification: When you sign up for the Lounge Club, you don't receive physical passes. You receive a membership card that looks like a credit card, with your name, account number and expiration date embossed on it.

My wife and I have used our cards for a total of 3 admissions so far and the admission policy has been consistent. The member whose name is on the card gives the card to the attendant at the front desk, who then swipes the card. The attendant's machine then prints out a slip of paper similar to a credit card receipt which the member must sign, acknowledging the admission(s). That's it.

No physical pass involved. But the Club member whose name is on the membership card must sign a receipt, so I don't think it's a good idea to give your card to a friend. We haven't been asked for ID or boarding passes, but you never know.

Sorry for the long-winded response. I hope it helps.

My wife and I just used two of our admissions at SEA. We were flying out on American and the participating lounge is Alaska's, which is in the same concourse as the American gates.

So, in our case, SEA was airport A and even though we were flying on a different airline, we were able to conveniently use the lounge. We had already gone through security and the lounge was on our way to our gate. We were not asked to present any boarding passes at the front desk.

If we were coming into SEA, then that would be airport B in your question. We would still be able to use the lounge, since we pass right by it before we exit the secured area of the terminal.

Unless some lounge attendant decides to ask for boarding passes (which we never have been) you should have no problem getting into the lounge whether you are departing or arriving, no matter your airline.

It should go without saying that you DO need your Lounge Club membership card to get in.

If more than the two free admissions were used on the card, does that mean I will be billed for the extra visits?

Per the terms, yes. You still swipe your LC membership card, but your Ink CC will be billed.

Thank you for the clarification and info. I believe this will answer things that lots of us were wondering about.

So, here is the deal. I signed up for Chase Ink Bold and received the Lounge Club Card. But also signed up for Amex Platinum and received Priority Pass Select. Priority Pass Select allows unlimited entries, but charges for a guest. If I am traveling with my wife, and the lounge in question is a member of both programs, can I swipe the Priority Pass card for myself, and then use the Lounge Club card to "pay" for my wife's entry (Lounge club card gives 2 free entries per year). Or is that really dependent on the lounge allowing this? Anyone experience or try this?