Priority Pass announces a major expansion

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• LEWIS says:

  11 May11 May 09:39

  I wouldn’t be that impressed by lounge access at train stations. They are no where near the same level as airport lounges

  • Dave says:

    11 May11 May 09:52

    True, but the train lounges are now the best part of travelling first class on the railways. The new IET trains are awful with thin nasty seats in 1st.
    Ideally, you’d use older trains eg Scotrail HST and use the LNER/Avanti lounges to get the best of both.

  • Memesweeper says:

    11 May11 May 11:35

    But they are much, much better places to work from than station concourses/platforms. I’d be interested.

    • Rob says:

      11 May11 May 11:46

      Exactly. The gap between airport concourse vs lounge is actually narrower than station concourse vs lounge in my view, especially when it comes to feeling happy pulling out an expensive laptop.

  • MW says:

    11 May11 May 12:23

    I used to travel Euston-Manchester on Virgin in First 2-4 times a month and the ability to get a place to work and have reasonably decent coffee and cold drinks was a “lifesaver”.

    Manchester lounge was always packed but if you could get a booth, it certainly worked well.

  • Lady London says:

    11 May11 May 15:09

    The major station ones in Germany may not be so bad though! Munich 1st Class DB Lounge quite good really, hopeful for others.

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    11 May11 May 16:37

    To be fair, I don’t tend to arrive 3 hours early for a train; it’s fair to say they SHOULD be very different experiences due to differing usage patterns and timescales…

• SammyJ says:

  11 May11 May 10:20

  Max purchase of 80k points (+80k) on my Hilton account too.

  • MiddleEngland says:

    11 May11 May 10:40

    Max 80K on my account too. I got a friend to buy and then gift 80k, so I still got 320k.

  • Louise K says:

    11 May11 May 14:22

    FYI I’ve complained to Hilton on Twitter via a DM and they are looking into it.

    I did get them email with the 160k offer but deleted.

• AJames says:

  11 May11 May 12:49

  On the Corrinthia Hotel: yes I know the hotel well. It is it a wonderful place. And to be fair to the hotel, yes there is the splendid Kerridge’s Bar and Grill at the Corinthia, and the hotel restaurant is the impressive The Northall, run by chef André Garrett. There is also the Northall Bar, the Crystal Lounge, and the Bassoon Bar.

• Lady London says:

  11 May11 May 15:18

  So…Rob… on the vexed question of Dragonpass having cancelled Dufry-origin passes earlier than people’s membrship year, and even cancelled some memberships earlier than previous promises.

  Would it be best for us to leave that alone for now and hope that if you get to chat with Dragonpass you might be able to influence them to a fairer solution?

  Right now for me this is the elephant-in-the-room in issue on lounges.

  • Paul says:

    11 May11 May 16:02

    Yes interested in the best course of action here! It looks as if my purchases visits have been cancelled

• TJ says:

  11 May11 May 19:17

  The difference in quality between PP lounges has always surprised me. A couple of years back I flew from Fiji to Hawaii. The VIP lounge in Fiji was superb. However, I recall setting foot in the IASS lounge in Hawaii, which did not serve any food or alcohol, had no dedicated restroom or announcement board, and a very dodgy wifi connection…it was basically just a waiting room with a number of mouldy chairs. How PP could justify ‘selling’ the place as a lounge experience was beyond me.

  • Rob says:

    11 May11 May 21:08

    But what can they do? The airport gave the contract for the lounge out and oversee the quality. What is the point of PP refusing to list it? If you have an ‘unlimited visits’ card then it costs you nothing and its probably better than the terminal. Members would be angrier if there was a lounge but PP had turned down the opportunity to use it.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      11 May11 May 21:39

      Isn’t the point of de listing it that they are no longer willing to send customers to their sub par facility and fund a crap hole…

      Not everyone has unlimited cards either. I actually stood behind a women with a PP and her guest in Abu Dhabi while the dragon explained any guest was chargeable … at the lounge walk up price AED equivalent of £60 or something at the time. I explained her PP would charge £15 and the dragon is taking the piss.

      The lounge wasn’t worth £15 let alone the £60+ the dragon was trying to extract.

• Ming says:

  26 May26 May 22:41

  Anyone has idea if to avail the benefit of £50 back on £200 spend, does Hilton charge the card on check in or check out as ironically I would be checking out on 1 sept, can I ask hotel to charge my card on check in as I would be checking in on 29 August?

  Also, if I book Honors Stay Longer and Save Rate online, it will require deposit of one night equivalent, does this get refunded at the hotel or does this get deducted from the full amount that will be charged at the hotel? If it goes towards the full amount, my spend will just be under the £200, hope anyone can shed some light perhaps?

  Many thanks.

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