Priority Pass pre-booking now allowed at Stansted, Manchester, Bristol and East Midlands

Manchester Airports Group, which owns London Stansted, Manchester and East Midlands Airports, will now allow you pre-book airport lounge access via a Priority Pass card. It is also offering it at Bristol Airport when it manages the two lounges.

DragonPass is also supported. Whilst LoungeKey is not named, the logo does appear so I assume this is also accepted.

This will, I’m sure, appeal to many readers who complain about the difficulty of using Priority Pass cards at these airports.

You need to prebook your lounge slot via the relevant airport website. There is a fee per guest, similar to the one that No1 Lounges and Club Aspire charge at Heathrow, Gatwick and Birmingham for a reservation.

London Stansted

Click here to make a booking and to check lounge opening times. Scroll to the bottom of this page and there are separate links for Priority Pass and DragonPass holders.

The only lounge available is the Escape lounge. This costs £6 to reserve.

Our last review of the Escape lounge at Stansted airport is here, albeit from 2019.

Reservations can be cancelled up to 24 hours before arrival.

Manchester Airport

Click here to book and to check opening hours. Scroll to the bottom of this page and there are separate links for Priority Pass and DragonPass holders.

Your options are:

Terminal 1

• Escape lounge – £6

Terminal 2

• Escape lounge – £6 (review)
• 1903 lounge – £21 (this is a premium lounge, review)

Terminal 3

• Escape lounge – £6 (review, albeit from 2017)

You are not guaranteed to able to make a pre-booking. Reservations do not seem to be available at times when airlines have contracted large parts of the lounges for their own use. Reservations can be cancelled up to 24 hours before arrival.

East Midlands Airport

Click here to pre-book and to check lounge opening times. Scroll to the bottom of this page and there are separate links for Priority Pass and DragonPass holders.

The only lounge available is the Escape lounge. This costs £6 to reserve.

Our last review of the Escape lounge at East Midlands Airport is here, albeit from 2019.

Reservations can be cancelled up to 24 hours before arrival.

Bristol Airport

Click here to pre-book and to check lounge opening times. Scroll to the bottom of this page and there are separate links for Priority Pass and DragonPass holders.

Whilst the website says that both the Escape and 1903 lounges can be prebooked, the only lounge that I could bring up was the Escape lounge. This costs £6 to reserve.

Our last review of the Escape lounge at Bristol Airport is here, albeit from 2017.

Reservations can be cancelled up to 24 hours before arrival. Reservations do not appear to be available during peak morning hours.

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How to get FREE airport lounge access via UK credit cards (April 2025)

Here are the five 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 1,500 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

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 £290 and there are strict financial requirements to become a HSBC Premier customer.  Full details are in my HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard review.

Got a small business?

If you have a small business, consider American Express Business Platinum which has the same lounge benefits as the personal Platinum card:

You should also consider the Capital on Tap Pro Visa credit card which has a lower fee and, as well as a Priority Pass for airport lounge access, also comes with Radison Rewards VIP hotel status:

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