Overcrowding and underwhelming snacks have more travelers asking
if airport lounge memberships are worth the cost.
Not exact matches
If lounge access while traveling is important, you'll value the complimentary Mastercard ®
Airport Experience LoungeKey
membership that comes with the card.
Current bonus: 60,000
Membership Rewards points after you use your new Card to make $ 5,000 in purchases in your first three months (be sure to check the Card Match Tool and alternate browsers to see
if you get a targeted offer of 75,000 or 100,000 points) Earning rates: 1 point per dollar spent Other benefits: $ 200 airline fee credit;
airport lounge access; no foreign transaction fees; Global Entry fee credit; automatic SPG and Hilton Gold status Annual fee: $ 550
Do you know
if the Priority Pass Select
membership allows access to
airport lounges to the member only or are guests flying with the member allow to use the
lounge as well.
For example,
if your corporate card is an American Express Platinum, you can enroll online to receive a complimentary Priority Pass Select
membership card, which you can use, along with your boarding pass, to access more than 600
airport lounges worldwide.
If airport lounge access and elite status are your top priorities, The Platinum ® Card from American Express provides access to Centurion
Lounges and Delta Sky Clubs (when flying Delta) on top of a Priority Pass Select
membership.
So,
if access to United's
airport lounges and participating Star Alliance - affiliated clubs is what you're after, the card might suit you better than a standalone United Club
membership.
Well, providing you actually remember to actually bring it with you to the
airport, flashing it at the
lounge entrance (and paying a fee,
if appropriate for your
membership level) results in access to comft seats, a spacious, quiet environment frequented by business types, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks (in selected
lounges), snacks (including bacon rolls at breakfast time in some of them!)
There are three levels of
membership; the basic level is targeted at the casual traveller and allows
airport lounge access but it comes at a cost (a reasonable # 15 per visit, which
if you think about it, you could easily spend on newspapers / magazines, food and drink on a typical three hour layover).
You'll get two free nights at a Ritz - Carlton as a sign - up bonus, which can be quite valuable
if you choose the right hotel, plus an annual $ 300 travel credit, $ 100 hotel credit with any two - night Ritz stay and Priority Pass Select
membership for free
airport lounge access.
The best way to work out
if Priority Pass
membership would be any use to you is to see which
airports you travel through most often and then check them against the list of available
lounges here.
If you're a frequent visitor to Cyprus it may be worth looking into a Priority Pass membership if you don't have the airline status to get you in, but I'd only seriously consider it if there's a Priority Pass lounge at your home airport to
If you're a frequent visitor to Cyprus it may be worth looking into a Priority Pass
membership if you don't have the airline status to get you in, but I'd only seriously consider it if there's a Priority Pass lounge at your home airport to
if you don't have the airline status to get you in, but I'd only seriously consider it
if there's a Priority Pass lounge at your home airport to
if there's a Priority Pass
lounge at your home
airport too.
The best way to check
if Priority Pass
membership would be something that you would use is to consider which
airports you travel through most often and then check those
airports against the list of available Priority Pass
lounges via this link.
For example,
if I found myself spending hours at
airports during delays, then I would definitely need a business
lounge membership.
The best way to figure out
if membership would be any use to you is to see which
airports you frequent the most and then check them against the list of available
lounges here.
If you use
airport lounges, this card's free
lounge access to Amex's very nice Centurion
lounges and the free Priority Pass Select
lounge membership can go a long way to paying for the annual fee.
The 100,000
Membership Rewards offer (or even 75,000) that roll out would definitely make me consider taking the Platinum Card over the Prestige, especially
if I were likely to visit
airports with Centurion
Lounges and valued Gold status with Hilton and SPG.
With airline club
memberships costing several hundreds of dollars annually, and a single
lounge visit running $ 50 at most
airports,
if you pick a card that gives you
lounge benefits you'll make use of, the card will quickly pay for itself.
As
if all that wasn't enough for the modest annual fee, you'll also receive 10
airport lounge visits each year after you enroll in a complimentary Priority Pass ™ Select
membership.
The Citi ® / AAdvantage ® Executive World Elite ™ MasterCard ® also offers Admirals Club
lounge membership, meaning you can access over 90 American Airlines Clubs in
airports around the world whenever you're flying — even
if you're not flying on American.
If you're an Alaska Airlines customer thinking about purchasing a
membership to the Board Room
airport lounge, you may be put off by the limited number of locations.