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Here are some pictures of the new Plaza Premium lounge at Edinburgh airport

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Following our story earlier in the week about the opening of the new Plaza Premium Edinburgh lounge, we have been sent a few official photographs.

We hope to get up to take a look in a few weeks, once the festival is out of the way.

Here is the bar:

Plaza Premium lounge Edinburgh Airport bar

Slightly bizarrely, there is a climbing wall for children:

Plaza Premium lounge Edinburgh Airport climbing wall

…. and a shuffleboard table:

Plaza Premium lounge Edinburgh shuffleboard table

Plaza Premium is not part of Priority Pass or its sister scheme Lounge Key. It is part of DragonPass, if you have one of those via your Barclays or NatWest bank accounts or have bought one direct.

You can also enter Plaza Premium lounges with an American Express Platinum card. You need to show your Platinum card (not your Priority Pass card) at the entrance. You are allowed one free guest.

If you don’t have an Amex Platinum or DragonPass card, you can prebook for cash here.

The lounge home page is here.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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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  • David says:
    18 Aug18 August 06:32

    Does anyone know if Virgin will be using this lounge for their Upper Class / Gold passengers ?

    • Rob says:
      18 Aug18 August 07:15

      Almost certainly, given that Plaza now manages Virgin’s portfolio outside London.

      • Peggerz says:
        18 Aug18 August 09:25

        Is there any history of Qatar using PP Lounges as the previous iteration of this space was used by Qatar and Emirates (when are Emirates coming back to EDI?). At present Qatar only offer the rather drab BA Lounge at EDI with views of the car park.

        • Rob says:
          18 Aug18 August 09:51

          Even that Qatar owns 25% of IAG/BA and the two are doing what they can to support each other at the moment, I doubt Qatar will want to voluntarily hand over a few thousand pounds per day to Plaza Premium if it can pay BA the same amount.

        • Numpty says:
          18 Aug18 August 13:19

          Qatar dont even pay for Biz class passengers at EDI to get fast track access, never have. QR staff told me they dont think its ‘worth it’!

  • Rob H not Rob says:
    18 Aug18 August 06:41

    Do Hyatt stays / nights at M LIFE destinations count towards Brand Explorer and elite tier status ?

    • Gordon says:
      18 Aug18 August 10:02

      Can’t see it on my app on Brand explorer at the bottom so I guess not?!

  • Gordon says:
    18 Aug18 August 07:45

    Hyatt actually purchased the Apple leisure group, Which AMR are within….. I stay at a Hyatt Ziva/Zilara AI at least once a year in the Caribbean.Hyatt also has a promotion on these properties in the form of 20% off, Book by 26th September 2022, Stay up to January 31st 2024….

  • David says:
    18 Aug18 August 09:30

    The climbing wall looks random and dangerous! right next to stairs?

    • dundj says:
      18 Aug18 August 12:46

      The climbing wall is about six feet high. Not huge at all and definitely only for children.

    • Mike Hunt says:
      18 Aug18 August 14:27

      Do the stairs actually go anywhere- they seem to lead into a wall !!

      • dundj says:
        18 Aug18 August 17:17

        If you look closer they are seats on one side, like bench seating. They have similar in the non-Schengen lounge at the KLM Crown in AMS.

  • JandeW says:
    18 Aug18 August 10:36

    Any idea if existing Hyatt bookings (through Bon Vivant) will be included in the Double Points promotion?

  • Nathan says:
    18 Aug18 August 10:59

    I just noticed that the Amex Platinum Upgrade page has appeared with 40k points to upgrade from the Gold Credit.

    They seem to explicitly say that the existing charge card upgrade will continue to be available, which is a bit surprising.

    If I currently have the Gold charge card, what would be the best way to take advantage of the upgrade offer? Would it be to make a fresh application for a gold credit card, then immediately upgrade it to Platinum?

  • Malcolm says:
    18 Aug18 August 12:51

    Re the plaza lounge. If I have an AMEX platinum and my wife has a supplementary card does that mean we can get 4 people in?

  • dundj says:
    18 Aug18 August 12:52

    Was in the Plaza Premium first thing this morning. You have the main area which was the No1 Lounge including the Edinburgh Gin bar. At the back right is the interactive room with the shuffleboard and climbing wall.

    As you walk in on the left is the VIP room which is for the airline contracts they have or will have. Looks very smart and the seating is better than what was there during the No1 period.

    I’ve only heard people scoff at the cost at £44 for two hours so I can’t imagine it will ever be too full.

    Overall, a very good lounge which I imagine will be rather well perceived during the review.

    • Peggerz says:
      18 Aug18 August 13:14

      Thanks for this @dundj. Acknowledging @Rob’s comments above but I can only hope QR take a look at that VIP room before my upcoming flight!

    • Mike Hunt says:
      18 Aug18 August 14:28

      At a cost of £44 I would be doing plenty of scoffing during my two hours

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