Sep 14, 2016, 8:49 pm
Last edit by: OverThereTooMuch
Basic Entry Information:
If you have never used a Priority Pass lounge click HERE to read how it works.
philemer's PP card arrived 20 days following approval of CSR. Others have reported an even quicker delivery. Yes, it comes via USPS.
Authorized User will receive their own PP card.
The PP Select membership offered through the CSR now includes digital pass access. Sign up in advance here: https://www.prioritypass.com/chasedmc
Note: Some lounges may not accept the digital pass. Make sure to check the PP lounge directory details for the specific lounge you plan on visiting.
To sign up for Priority Pass Select, as soon as the account shows up online:
1. Click on Go To Ultimate Rewards.
2. Scroll down to the very bottom left and click on "Card Benefits"
3. Activate Membership to request card.
4. Card can't be expedited. Some members have reported success in charging the lounge access to their CSR account and requesting a refund from Customer Service. However, others have reported that the lounge access was refunded via the travel credit.
Priority Pass website: https://www.prioritypass.com/#
Ongoing FT discussion about Priority Pass value: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...rth-money.html
Here are some other links where you can discuss other bank perks, since PP does not have a definitive home in the FT forums:
Ongoing FT discussion about Priority Pass benefits offered via American Express Credit Cards: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...s-benefit.html
Ongoing FT discussion about Priority Pass benefits offered via CitiBank Credit Cards: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/citi-...=priority+pass
Entry denied thread (housed in the Citi forum): http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/citi-...unge-full.html
Entry denied thread, Alaska Board Room lounges. (housed in the Alaska Airlines forum) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...l#post28524751
Non-Lounge Benefits (see post 853 for details)
If you have never used a Priority Pass lounge click HERE to read how it works.
philemer's PP card arrived 20 days following approval of CSR. Others have reported an even quicker delivery. Yes, it comes via USPS.
Authorized User will receive their own PP card.
The PP Select membership offered through the CSR now includes digital pass access. Sign up in advance here: https://www.prioritypass.com/chasedmc
Note: Some lounges may not accept the digital pass. Make sure to check the PP lounge directory details for the specific lounge you plan on visiting.
To sign up for Priority Pass Select, as soon as the account shows up online:
1. Click on Go To Ultimate Rewards.
2. Scroll down to the very bottom left and click on "Card Benefits"
3. Activate Membership to request card.
4. Card can't be expedited. Some members have reported success in charging the lounge access to their CSR account and requesting a refund from Customer Service. However, others have reported that the lounge access was refunded via the travel credit.
Priority Pass website: https://www.prioritypass.com/#
Ongoing FT discussion about Priority Pass value: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...rth-money.html
Here are some other links where you can discuss other bank perks, since PP does not have a definitive home in the FT forums:
Ongoing FT discussion about Priority Pass benefits offered via American Express Credit Cards: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...s-benefit.html
Ongoing FT discussion about Priority Pass benefits offered via CitiBank Credit Cards: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/citi-...=priority+pass
Entry denied thread (housed in the Citi forum): http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/citi-...unge-full.html
Entry denied thread, Alaska Board Room lounges. (housed in the Alaska Airlines forum) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...l#post28524751
Non-Lounge Benefits (see post 853 for details)
- US$28 towards restaurant bill (DEN, LGW, PDX, SYD)
- Minute Suites (ATL, DFW, PHL)
- Sleep ’N Fly Pods (DXB)
- Bliss Spa/Aspire Lounge & Spa (LHR)
- 30% at IHG Hotels by logging in through the Priority Pass membership portal
- AVIS Preferred Plus
Chase Priority Pass memberships (2016 - 2022)
Jul 11, 2019, 9:24 pm
#1216
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 679
With the CSR I can only bring in two guests at a time. If I wanted to bring in three people, could I enter with two guests and then leave and check in again with a different guest after a few minutes will Chase consider that a single visit and charge me for the extra guests? Or will I be OK since I'm checking in again? What time frame would be acceptable? Could I do it after 15 minutes?
Jul 11, 2019, 9:37 pm
#1217
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,840
With the CSR I can only bring in two guests at a time. If I wanted to bring in three people, could I enter with two guests and then leave and check in again with a different guest after a few minutes will Chase consider that a single visit and charge me for the extra guests? Or will I be OK since I'm checking in again? What time frame would be acceptable? Could I do it after 15 minutes?
Jul 11, 2019, 11:18 pm
#1218
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
Programs: :rolleyes:, DL DM, Mlife Plat, Caesars Diam, Marriott Tit, UA Gold, Hyatt Glob, invol FT beta tester
Posts: 18,886
With the CSR I can only bring in two guests at a time. If I wanted to bring in three people, could I enter with two guests and then leave and check in again with a different guest after a few minutes will Chase consider that a single visit and charge me for the extra guests? Or will I be OK since I'm checking in again? What time frame would be acceptable? Could I do it after 15 minutes?
This is why we can't have nice things. Just pay the guest fee.Apparently you can check in again every 2 hours, at least at some locations, or at least a Google search for this will turn up a few blog posts (one with a comment from the owner of a PP-eligible restaurant). Whether that's still current I don't know.
Jul 12, 2019, 12:44 am
#1219
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Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
With the CSR I can only bring in two guests at a time. If I wanted to bring in three people, could I enter with two guests and then leave and check in again with a different guest after a few minutes will Chase consider that a single visit and charge me for the extra guests? Or will I be OK since I'm checking in again? What time frame would be acceptable? Could I do it after 15 minutes?
This is why we can't have nice things. Just pay the guest fee.Apparently you can check in again every 2 hours, at least at some locations, or at least a Google search for this will turn up a few blog posts (one with a comment from the owner of a PP-eligible restaurant). Whether that's still current I don't know.
It is restaurant specific. It seems the restaurant can set its own rules on how many times a card holder can visit during a certain time frame, as well as like in PDX whether the cardholder can visit both restaurants owned by the same company... On top of that, any DPs older than a couple month probably would not be reliable in the current development.
Jul 12, 2019, 7:47 am
#1221
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: MSN
Programs: AA, BAEC Gold
Posts: 3,921
With the CSR I can only bring in two guests at a time. If I wanted to bring in three people, could I enter with two guests and then leave and check in again with a different guest after a few minutes will Chase consider that a single visit and charge me for the extra guests? Or will I be OK since I'm checking in again? What time frame would be acceptable? Could I do it after 15 minutes?
Jul 12, 2019, 8:41 am
#1222
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,840
This is why we can't have nice things. Just pay the guest fee.Apparently you can check in again every 2 hours, at least at some locations, or at least a Google search for this will turn up a few blog posts (one with a comment from the owner of a PP-eligible restaurant). Whether that's still current I don't know.
abuse it.
Jul 12, 2019, 5:13 pm
#1223
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Berkeley, CA USA
Programs: Piggly Wiggly "Shop the Pig!" Preferred Shopper
Posts: 57,040
Chase Sapphire Reserve cardholder here. I ordered a Priority Pass card online on 7/2 because of the changes to the PP card I have via Amex Platinum (no more airport restaurant/bar credits after 8/1). I wasn't sure that I did it right, so I called Chase. Agent confirmed that the card is on its way -- takes 2-3 weeks. She also was very familiar with the PP changes coming for the Amex-PP cards and told me that her understanding is that Chase will not be following suit (i.e., your PP card via a CSR card will still be good for the restaurant/bar credits going forward).
It's not a big deal to me either way, but it's nice to see we'll still get this benefit via CSR, at least for some time.
It's not a big deal to me either way, but it's nice to see we'll still get this benefit via CSR, at least for some time.
Jul 13, 2019, 9:20 pm
#1224
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 679
This is why we can't have nice things. Just pay the guest fee.Apparently you can check in again every 2 hours, at least at some locations, or at least a Google search for this will turn up a few blog posts (one with a comment from the owner of a PP-eligible restaurant). Whether that's still current I don't know.
On our recent flight, other cruise friends had PP lounge access thru their Canadian credit card but only had 4 passes a year so they had chosen not to use it since their flight was earlier than ours. I got friendly with someone in the lounge who had the AMEX Platinum card (he had just graduated West Point -- I did not realize that the card is free for active duty military) and he offered to bring guests in if I wanted since he still gets unlimited guests. Went out for a walk in the terminal and quite by chance ran into them. Their flight had been delayed so I brought them back to the lounge and he got them in.
Last edited by MisterBill; Jul 13, 2019 at 9:32 pm
Jul 13, 2019, 9:30 pm
#1225
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 679
Or maybe unlimited access for yourself but a limited number of guest passes. That would certainly work for me.
Jul 14, 2019, 4:57 am
#1226
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American Express Platinum's Priority Pass rules are the same as Sapphire Reserve. The lounge sets the maximum number of guests. The credit card offsets the cost for the first two, fee paid by member for excess. (I do not know if American Express absorbs guest expenses for active military cardholders.)
Jul 14, 2019, 10:48 am
#1227
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Danville, CA, USA;
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She also was very familiar with the PP changes coming for the Amex-PP cards and told me that her understanding is that Chase will not be following suit (i.e., your PP card via a CSR card will still be good for the restaurant/bar credits going forward).
It's not a big deal to me either way, but it's nice to see we'll still get this benefit via CSR, at least for some time.
It's not a big deal to me either way, but it's nice to see we'll still get this benefit via CSR, at least for some time.
Just don’t abuse the privilege like the Amex cardholders did - taking multiple meals a day to take home etc.
Jul 14, 2019, 1:07 pm
#1228
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Blogger Joe Cortez confirmed this with a Chase spokesperson. And I agree, I hope we don't see this abused. Just because you can do something doesn't mean it's fair for you to do it -- even when you're doing it to a large corporation.
Jul 14, 2019, 3:48 pm
#1229
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
Yeah, that was what I meant.
I'd be bringing in a couple of cruise friends of ours, in addition to my wife. I'm not interested in paying $27 for the extra person and they probably won't think it's worth paying but it would be nice to have them killing time with us before our flights. Of course if I had a CSR card for my spouse she'd have her own PP card and we'd be able to bring in 4 guests between us, but I have no interest in paying $95 for that.
On our recent flight, other cruise friends had PP lounge access thru their Canadian credit card but only had 4 passes a year so they had chosen not to use it since their flight was earlier than ours. I got friendly with someone in the lounge who had the AMEX Platinum card (he had just graduated West Point -- I did not realize that the card is free for active duty military) and he offered to bring guests in if I wanted since he still gets unlimited guests. Went out for a walk in the terminal and quite by chance ran into them. Their flight had been delayed so I brought them back to the lounge and he got them in.
I'd be bringing in a couple of cruise friends of ours, in addition to my wife. I'm not interested in paying $27 for the extra person and they probably won't think it's worth paying but it would be nice to have them killing time with us before our flights. Of course if I had a CSR card for my spouse she'd have her own PP card and we'd be able to bring in 4 guests between us, but I have no interest in paying $95 for that.
On our recent flight, other cruise friends had PP lounge access thru their Canadian credit card but only had 4 passes a year so they had chosen not to use it since their flight was earlier than ours. I got friendly with someone in the lounge who had the AMEX Platinum card (he had just graduated West Point -- I did not realize that the card is free for active duty military) and he offered to bring guests in if I wanted since he still gets unlimited guests. Went out for a walk in the terminal and quite by chance ran into them. Their flight had been delayed so I brought them back to the lounge and he got them in.
AMEX Plat card PP has changed to 2 free guests pretty much the same time Chase stopped paying unlimited guests.
This Airforce officer featured in the Forbes article supposedly to be a good example of being frugal but it probably just shows how he abuses the system and eventually contributes to the elimination of the benefits.
In 24 Hours, This Airforce Officer Snagged Nearly $200 In Free Food With Priority Pass
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexand.../#170b32eb59b8May be the banks should no longer granted annual fee waiver to military personnel.
I know it may sound harsh, but if you are not willing to shell out for your friends on the extra guest charge, but still want to bring them in "for free" - what is the point? To show of you have better card?
Really, if they are friends of enough meaning to you that you can treat them just like buying a lunch or dinner for good friends, for the additional guest. If you do not value the "friendship" worth enough for the casual bucks, then why even bother, other then to show off?
Last edited by Happy; Jul 14, 2019 at 3:55 pm
Jul 14, 2019, 7:57 pm
#1230
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 679
I know it may sound harsh, but if you are not willing to shell out for your friends on the extra guest charge, but still want to bring them in "for free" - what is the point? To show of you have better card?
Really, if they are friends of enough meaning to you that you can treat them just like buying a lunch or dinner for good friends, for the additional guest. If you do not value the "friendship" worth enough for the casual bucks, then why even bother, other then to show off?
Really, if they are friends of enough meaning to you that you can treat them just like buying a lunch or dinner for good friends, for the additional guest. If you do not value the "friendship" worth enough for the casual bucks, then why even bother, other then to show off?
This Airforce officer featured in the Forbes article supposedly to be a good example of being frugal but it probably just shows how he abuses the system and eventually contributes to the elimination of the benefits.In 24 Hours, This Airforce Officer Snagged Nearly $200 In Free Food With Priority Pass
Last edited by MisterBill; Jul 14, 2019 at 8:04 pm
