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Old Nov 13, 2024 | 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by Boraxo
To update from my last post, the Escape lounge @OAK was vastly improved with the new staff, but still nothing to write home about.
I am surprised that this lounge has not been mobbed by Priority Pass customers, at least not anytime I have walked past. Perhaps the PP members tried the lounge once and discovered that free is not a low enough price.
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Old Nov 13, 2024 | 11:36 am
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Originally Posted by nsx
I am surprised that this lounge has not been mobbed by Priority Pass customers, at least not anytime I have walked past. Perhaps the PP members tried the lounge once and discovered that free is not a low enough price.
It is mobbed at times...I've seen +/- 30 minute waits lately. And you're right, not much to bring anyone back if there's a wait. The cleanliness and attention to restocking food and drinks has fallen off abysmally since the management shuffle several months ago. This location just can't seem to get it right.
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Old Nov 14, 2024 | 12:01 pm
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Originally Posted by Boraxo

To update from my last post, the Escape lounge @OAK was vastly improved with the new staff, but still nothing to write home about.
I can second this was in this lounge 2 weeks at 6AM breakfast was OK, slightly better food then the Hilton Garden I was at, But it was clean and staff was friendly
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Old Nov 14, 2024 | 4:54 pm
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Im at the Aspire lounge at ONT, Im in Term 2, this is a small lounge, they need to turn up the AC!!!!

food is excellent, they need to Barbacoa is the bomb spicey with lots if flavor,, They wings which was good, pasta chicken dish was excellent, meatballs and grilled veggies. Over all impressed with this as I’ll be back to ONT 2 more times this year, I know what to expect…
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Old Feb 5, 2025 | 1:37 pm
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We stopped by the Lufthansa Business Lounge (DC Dulles Intl, Concourse B Airside - the lounge is located near Gate B50.)

We used our Priority Pass for access. We were there around 2:00pm. There was one other person there when we arrived. (More folks joined us soon after).

They served some really nice cold cut sandwiches. A wrap of some sort. Pretzels and mustard. Vegetarian stew (DH said that it was pretty good). They also had some desserts set out, but we didnt try any.

It was a nice quiet space.

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Old Feb 10, 2025 | 4:10 pm
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The Escape Lounge at MCI using Priority pass.
(Opening Hours04:30 - 21:00 daily Location
Kansas City MO International, Concourse A Airside - the lounge is located near Gate A5.)

We arrived at 4:30pm.
I was told they have been operating about a week and a half (soft opening), so they are not serving drinks with Alcohol in them just yet, only have mocktails at this point.
They had the usual soft drinks. They will also make you a coffee. (I had a latte. )

There are several lounge areas. Total capacity of the lounge is 186.
They have separate womens and mens restrooms. 3 private stalls in the womens. (Not sure about mens).

Capacity of the lounge is 186.

menu items:
Nutritics: MCI - Kansas Lunch/Dinner Menu



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Old Feb 11, 2025 | 9:27 am
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Originally Posted by FlightNurse
Now, in PHX, Chase is building a Sashire Club between the Low D gates and High D gates, which I find interesting since no other airline uses that side of the terminal except WN, it would be a long hike for any AA travelers to go to it.
We were in PHX on our last trip and I noticed the Sapphire Club was open according to the Priority Pass web site. We didn't stop by because apparently only the member would get a complimentary pass to go in.
"Members will be able to use one of their inclusive or pay as you go visit entitlements to visit one US Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club location once per calendar year, subject to availability. Guest visits and any additional visits over and above the one entry entitlement will be charged a preferential rate of US$75, payable to the lounge. Chase Sapphire Reserve cardmembers are eligible for ongoing complimentary access and up to two guests per visit at no extra charge."

Also, our connections in and out were in the "C11-19" concourse. (We weren't sure how far the lounge would be from there--it seemed like a long hike for us, too).

Has anyone checked this lounge out, yet?
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Old Feb 11, 2025 | 3:46 pm
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Originally Posted by dc2
We were in PHX on our last trip and I noticed the Sapphire Club was open according to the Priority Pass web site. We didn't stop by because apparently only the member would get a complimentary pass to go in.
"Members will be able to use one of their inclusive or pay as you go visit entitlements to visit one US Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club location once per calendar year, subject to availability. Guest visits and any additional visits over and above the one entry entitlement will be charged a preferential rate of US$75, payable to the lounge. Chase Sapphire Reserve cardmembers are eligible for ongoing complimentary access and up to two guests per visit at no extra charge."

Also, our connections in and out were in the "C11-19" concourse. (We weren't sure how far the lounge would be from there--it seemed like a long hike for us, too).

Has anyone checked this lounge out, yet?
You only get one free pass a year to it. I have read some of the points bloggers liked it, I guess it's very much like the other Sapphire lounges, last time I walked past (1115am flight) there was a wait list to get in. It's not very big, which I'm kind of surprised at.
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Old Feb 11, 2025 | 4:31 pm
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Originally Posted by FlightNurse
You only get one free pass a year to it. I have read some of the points bloggers liked it, I guess it's very much like the other Sapphire lounges, last time I walked past (1115am flight) there was a wait list to get in. It's not very big, which I'm kind of surprised at.
Depends on what card you have. From the earlier post :

Chase Sapphire Reserve cardmembers are eligible for ongoing complimentary access and up to two guests per visit at no extra charge."
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Old Feb 11, 2025 | 9:04 pm
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I was traveling with a friend who has Priority Pass and rarely uses it when flying, but at my suggestion we ended up trying the Club at SEA (S gates) right when it opened at 6 AM and LAS (D Gates) around 9:30 am, so there were breakfast options at both. LAS had additional food and drink options after scanning a QR code and was getting packed such that there was a line for the restrooms. I was told by a friend that the S gates location at SEA was the better of the two (the other is at the end of the A gates) and it was only a short train ride from the B gates WN uses. LAS was a bit more of a walk and train ride, but it was fairly easy to get to the WN gates from the Club. The food was similar to that of a continental breakfast at a 2-3 star hotel.

Overall, it was nice to be able to get a quick snack and drink, but I usually pack some food and thus don't need to buy food at the airport. It would've been useful on my status runs last year though, especially since LAS and OAK do not have very affordable food options and the main affordable food option at SEA is the Wendy's over in the N gates as the McDonald's stopped accepting app coupons.
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Old Feb 12, 2025 | 8:34 am
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The Club LAS (terminal 1) using Priority Pass.
According to Priority Pass:
"Opening Hours 05:00 - 23:30 daily Note: Access may be periodically restricted due to space constraints, in particular during the hours of 11:00 - 16:00 daily.
It is located near D33 and right next to Tumi. "


We visited on Feb 5th at around 1:30pm. We had a scheduled layover of 2+20 hours, so we decided to check out one of the 2 lounges at LAS. We arrived at C21 and started walking towards T1 and followed the signs toward D gates. It turns out that navigating towards Tumi on our iphone map AP was very helpful to get an idea as to where we were going. We took the Blue train to get to the lounge and followed the guidance on the phone. It was pretty straight forward. On our return, we took the Blue train back to T1 and then we took the Green train to the C gates. It turns out our next gate (C2) was very close.

I didn't think to ask the capacity of the lounge, but there were several lounge areas. We went into the main dining room. There, they had salad fixings and soup. There was a QR code to order small plates (vegan lettuce wrap, hot Italian slider, bruschetta and chicken taco and a brownie for sweets) and drinks (assorted beers, wines, signature cocktails, and classic cocktails) off the menu. We tried the hot (as in spicy) Italian sliders and thought they were very good.

There were 6 unisex private restrooms. (IIRC, at least 2 had showers, too. )

We thought it was a very nice lounge.






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Old Feb 19, 2025 | 9:33 am
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The MDW lounge is too small. Only two toilets too.

For that amount of traffic it should be at least 2x size.
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Old Feb 19, 2025 | 2:28 pm
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Originally Posted by uastarflyer
The MDW lounge is too small. Only two toilets too.

For that amount of traffic it should be at least 2x size.
MDW is a small airport that needs a complete redo. I still can't believe they had L10's land there...
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Old May 2, 2025 | 4:19 pm
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We stopped by The Club lounge as SEA near the A11 gate. The lounge was pretty well subscribed when we arrived. DH got a coffee and a couple of muffins for breakfast. It was quite a hike from the SWA "B" gates, but it helped us get our steps in .

We arrived at MDW with about a 2 hour layover. We decided to try to get into The Club. They estimated a 35 min wait on the wait list, but it was more like an hour--by the time the wait-list came up we decided it would be too close to boarding time, so we canceled. I can see where pre-booking a time might work out well here.
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Old May 8, 2025 | 11:56 pm
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How far is the Chase Lounge in T2 from the WN gates in T1? 10 minutes? Looks like it can be done airside.

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