You have to be a Platinum or Centurion card member to be eligible; people who otherwise
buy access to the lounge aren't eligible
Not exact matches
Buy access to an airport
lounge, which provides free Wi - Fi, snacks, full meals, drinks and sometimes even spas and showers.
As with
lounge access, these cards allow you
to forego the tickets you'd have
to buy or the nights you'd have
to stay by acquiring a premium card that's co-branded with the airline or the hotel chain.
The card's most valuable benefits include a 50,000 - point sign up bonus (that you can use
to buy an American Airlines $ 800 ticket); a $ 250 annual travel credit that you can apply
to all airline - related expenses; a $ 100 Global Entry fee credit; and
access to hundreds of AA Admiral Clubs, as well as Priority Pass airport
lounges all over the world.
The card's most valuable benefits include a 50,000 - point sign up bonus (that you can use
to buy an American Airlines $ 800 ticket); a $ 250 annual travel credit that you can apply
to all airline - related expenses; a $ 100 Global Entry fee credit; and
access to hundreds of AA Admiral Clubs, as well as Priority Pass airport
lounges all over the world.
Access to the
lounge costs $ 35, and you can
buy passes online or at the club.
Given that the cards offer significant other benefits in additional
to lounge access and for the same $ 450 annual fee, I see no reason
to buy an Individual Membership.
The $ 450 annual fee
buys you a lot of perks, including
lounge access and airline credits and discounts, but it's really only going
to be worth getting if you travel a lot and plan take advantage of the benefits.
And if you wanted
to buying unlimited
access to Priority Pass
lounges without this card, it'd cost a whopping $ 399 a year.
He went on
to point out that Marriott Platinums didn't get executive
lounge access as a benefit at Ritz - Carltons (which I already knew) but that I could
buy lounge access if I wanted
to.
Some folks don't travel enough
to airports for it
to become worthwhile for them
to shell out $ 450 for
lounge access since they may only visit a
lounge once or twice a year (in that case you should probably just
buy day passes).
But more importantly, because we
bought cheap economy flights
to connect between Cape Town and Johannesburg, they offered us a nice
lounge to relax in for a few hours that we wouldn't otherwise have had
access to.
If you were
to just
buy a
lounge membership, only the member would have
access.
While worth more than $ 100
to buy the same, I lower the value because a) I can live without
lounge access and b) I get it from other Premium cards.
It may also be possible
to buy day passes (à la carte
access)
to certain airport
lounges with the Amex Premier Rewards Gold card and get reimbursed via the annual $ 100 airline fee credit.
They could use the credit
to buy lounge access, or for any of the other fees which have quickly blossomed over the last few years as airlines attempt
to wring every last dollar out of customers without actually raising airfares.
You'd likely save money by just
buying a club membership than mileage running for miles on OneWorld partners
to get
lounge access.
If your spouse is traveling by herself she does not have
lounge access, but for $ 175 you can
buy a spouse card which will give her
access to the American, Delta, and US Airways
lounges.
Usually, when you
buy an annual membership or have the right plastic, you have
access to the airline's
lounges and those of its partner airlines abroad.