Priority Pass
 

Wasn't sure if this was the appropriate forum or not so my apologies. Anyhow, has anyone ever subscribed and used this? I'm an HP flyer and considering for $100 more I can have access to just about any club vs. HP where I would only have access to HP (2) and NW clubs.

Any comments --good or bad?

Thanks

I make use of a Priority Pass provided by American Express. I don't really use it anything like enough to call it good value for money but it is a convenience I enjoy having and intend to keep.

Priority Pass is good if you use it regularly and dependant upon the lounges you use. You should be aware that some lounges (particularly in Europe) will let you in for a charge of approx £15.00 in which case Priority Pass may not be good value for money unless you use it an awful lot. I understand that US club lounges can be a lot more expensive than this though.

You also need to be aware that while Priorty Pass covers a lot of airports, it can occasionally be quite useless depending on the airline you're flying with, terminal you're departing from and so on. For example, if I get a BA flight out of MAN or a KLM flight from AMS to MAN, the Priority Pass is quite a useless piece of plastic.

What AMEX card do you get it with? How do I get it through AMEX?

Hi aa4ever,

The UK Platimum Amex card ( £275 pa) offers the Priority pass free of charge ( not sure about the US Amex)

It does depend on your route but I do loke the PP card especailly in the states on some internal routes ( the HP lounges in PHX and LAS are good)

Regards

TBS

I just got one and they sent me the book with the airport listings. I really think they'd sell more memberships if they made this info available to people browsing the Web site.

In short, I'm happy. They include many Presidents' Clubs, NW Clubs and Crown Rooms. There are lounges in cities I've never heard of and I'm pretty good with geography. When I leave Delhi on a 3:25 AM flight Saturday I have access to a 24/7 lounge. A decent selection at ORD and EWR, in multiple terminals. The one at MCI, my home airport, is a Crown Room which I'll probably never use- I rarely fly Delta and MCI is set up so that you really can't use Airline A's club if you're flying Airline B.

I migrated to PriorityPAss after I left me President's Club membership expire and THEN found out they no longer waive the $50 initiation fee for Silver OnePass members. I'm doubly happy with the decision now.

Do a search on PriorityPass- there some other threads on it here.

Hi,

I have a PP as part of NatWest Black, I think I've used it about five times in the last year, so I would never consider paying for it - I find it most useful in the USA (I have KLM and BA top tiers) - it seems that most clubs accept a PP and it saves time moving terminals to find an appropriate airline-linked lounge.

Of course, it does provide additional choice - and the servisair lounge in LHR/T1 is so much quieter in the evenings.

S.

Heck, at MCI you can hardly use Airline A's club when you are flying Airline A! http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...m/rolleyes.gif Not that I don't love MCI - it's a great place for O/D pax - but it isn't really set up well for connecting pax.

I remember using the Admiral's Club when it was in an odd location - upstairs, outside security. On my last flight however, I did see a sign saying that they'd redesigned it and moved it (presumably inside security now that the AA section of the terminal has been renovated).

I think for the US Amex card, it is just the CO, DL, and NW clubs, not the PP which enables any clubs on the list. Am I correct

Yes, that is correct. AND, you HAVE to be flying on the respective airline or you cannot use the club. Raw deal - a direct Priority Pass membership is better than getting a US AMEX Platinum, IMHO.

www.prioritypass.com

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Just wanted to report on my first access to a PriorityPass lounge. I'm at the Servisair in LHR, which is directly across from the Kuwaiti Airlines lounge- also accessible with PP. Very nice lounge here- the guy next to me is sipping wine (at 9 AM) and Bombay Sapphire is among the offerings out on the shelf. I do have to feed coins into the computer!

Disappointing that wherever the one in Delhi was, it was not available to me after I got into the gate area Saturday. I'm wary of using a club unless it's beyond all the hoops they make you jump through. If there was any place that needed an airline lounge, it's DEL. Nice to be here, though.