Priority Pass
 

I've been using Priority Pass (www.prioritypass.com) for a while and it's pretty good but I usually find myself envious of other lounges that I can't enter. Does anyone have a better program than this?

As there is no other universal lounge membership like Priority pass, you will have to pay for day passes, buy memberships or earn alliance status to enter other lounges. Sorry.

Many credit cards like Diner's Club, Amex Platinum, or Visa Black have their own programs.

For example, Amex Platinum gives you priority pass select + AA Admiral Clubs + US Airways Clubs + Delta SkyClubs. You need to be flying on those airlines to use those lounges (except for US Airways). Priority pass is going to have a big devaluation at the end of this month when they lose the Continental/United lounges.

Only the members who received Priority Pass through a financial institution will be affected by the lounges changes. If you buy your membership through PP directly, you will still have access to all the lounges.... there are some pretty good coupons around the internet for new members too

This legend thread might help:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...am-merged.html

I was flying jetblue and showed my amex in the US airways lounge and they let me in. So you don't have to be flying that airline to use the lounge with the platinum card. or else, i got lucky.

Unless you are talking about the high-end lounges of certain European or Asian carriers, you have absolutely no reason to be jealous!