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Did you win in our £560 Plaza Premium lounge competition?

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Thank you to everyone who entered our Plaza Premium competition last week.  We received almost 700 entries which was an excellent response.

There were four winners in the end of the seven passes on offer.  The first three people drawn each wanted two passes so I kept drawing more names for the 4th prize until I got to someone who only wanted one pass.

Each pass is worth £80 and gets the winner free to entry to the Plaza Premium lounge in Heathrow Terminal 2 PLUS a 30-minute ila signature massage in their impressive spa.

Plaza Premium Heathrow 2

The passes will also be valid in the new Terminal 4 lounge opening in the New Year and the Terminal 2 arrivals lounge which Plaza Premium is opening in the next few weeks.

Here are the four winners, who I have contacted by email this morning:

Joel (8LE, 2 passes)

Michael (2ET, 2 passes)

Sean (5SY, 2 passes)

Bruno (1AG, 1 pass)

Once you have confirmed your details I will pass them on to Plaza Premium and they will be in touch directly.

If you didn’t win, remember that you can still visit the Plaza Premium lounge on a ‘pay per visit’ basis – prebook tickets via the Plaza Premium site.   You can also access it for free with the Lounge Club passes that come with the American Express Gold card and the Priority Pass cards that come with American Express Platinum.

As the company itself says:

Sleek, contemporary and accessible to all, the Plaza Premium Lounge offers travellers five luxury shower rooms, five private resting suites, a wellness spa area with an exclusive treatment menu by British organic spa brand ila, a tapas and champagne bar, and a selection of food and drinks.

My review of the lounge can be read here. You will find it in the main Terminal 2 building, not the B satellite. The opening hours are 5am to 11pm.

Keep an eye on Head for Points for more great competitions.  I have a small fun promotion already signed off to run in a couple of weeks and there is another big one ‘under negotiation’.


Getting airport lounge access for free from a credit card

How to get FREE airport lounge access via UK credit cards (April 2024)

Here are the four options to get FREE airport lounge access via a UK credit card.

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with two free Priority Pass cards, one for you and one for a supplementary cardholder. Each card admits two so a family of four gets in free. You get access to all 1,300 lounges in the Priority Pass network – search it here.

You also get access to Eurostar, Lufthansa and Delta Air Lines lounges.  Our American Express Platinum review is here. You can apply here.

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

If you have a small business, consider American Express Business Platinum instead.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is FREE for the first year. It comes with a Priority Pass card loaded with four free visits to any Priority Pass lounge – see the list here.

Additional lounge visits are charged at £24.  You get four more free visits for every year you keep the card.  

There is no annual fee for Amex Gold in Year 1 and you get a 20,000 points sign-up bonus.  Full details are in our American Express Preferred Rewards Gold review here.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard gets you get a free Priority Pass card, allowing you access to the Priority Pass network.  Guests are charged at £24 although it may be cheaper to pay £60 for a supplementary credit card for your partner.

The card has a fee of £195 and there are strict financial requirements to become a HSBC Premier customer.  Full details are in my HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard review.

HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard

A huge bonus, but only available to HSBC Premier clients Read our full review

PS. You can find all of HfP’s UK airport lounge reviews – and we’ve been to most of them – indexed here.

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