Review: the new No1 Lounge at Edinburgh Airport

This is our review of the No1 Lounge at Edinburgh Airport.

This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here.

I posted some photographs the other day from my visit to the No1 Lounge at Gatwick North.  I was very impressed as I wrote in my review.

No1 Lounges also opened at Edinburgh a few weeks ago and this is our review.  The lounge is on the site of the old British Airways lounge opposite Gate 10 – it is actually more convenient for BA flights than the new ‘official’ BA lounge.

Reader Alan, who posts in our comments on a regular basis, took a few photographs for me.  It does look impressive as you can see below.

As with Gatwick, your first item of ordered hot food is free but you need to pay for additional portions.  Some drinks are free but champagne and premium spirits are charged.

You can access this lounge for free with a guest via a Priority Pass card, either buying one (the Amazon Local deal is still available) or getting one free with an American Express Platinum card.  You can also access it via the two free Lounge Club passes that come with the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card

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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.

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

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.

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.

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