Lounge access at Delhi International Airport

[velveteen_queen]

Hi All,

It looks like all the Premium Plaza lounges at Delhi International have been replaced by Encalm. Does anyone know how I can get access to this lounge? It looks like you either have to have an Indian credit card or be flying with a partner airline, but there’s no information on who the partner airlines are.

I can’t get into the Amex lounge as my BA Amex Premium card is not a proper Centurion card, and Dragonpass shows no available lounges, so I can’t use that either.

Thanks in advance!

[can2]

Uhm, for the Amex Centurion lounge you only need a Platinum. Since you mention Plaza, it sounds like you may have it. Plat gets you in to all Encalm lounges too, which you can double check from the Amex app

[shub]

Amex Centurion lounge at Delhi airport is on the Domestic side. Priority pass does give access to Encalm lounge.

[BBbetter]

Even the Amex lounges in India are now operated by Encalm. It’s a monopoly racket and all lounges have gotten worse. You might be better off choosing a good restaurant.

[velveteen_queen]

shub wrote:

Amex Centurion lounge at Delhi airport is on the Domestic side. Priority pass does give access to Encalm lounge.

I don’t have a Platinum Amex :-(. I spoke to Amex customer service and they said that my BA Amex Premium card would not get me into the lounge.

I don’t have priority pass, only dragon pass through my bank

[anuj]

Encalm Lounge (International T3) seems to be in the dragon pass scheme from a cursory look?

[velveteen_queen]

anuj wrote:

Encalm Lounge (International T3) seems to be in the dragon pass scheme from a cursory look?

Thanks but I checked my dragon pass (which I get through my bank) and there are no lounges in Delhi available

[AFKAE]

You’re not missing much. About a year ago I went in the one Virgin use (can’t remember the name) but it was grim. Walked around for a few minutes to find two separate seats (me & mrs). Then a bit later managed to get 2 together. Bar service for drinks very slow. On a par with No 1 lounge in Birmingham!!

[anuj]

velveteen_queen wrote:

anuj wrote:

Encalm Lounge (International T3) seems to be in the dragon pass scheme from a cursory look?

Thanks but I checked my dragon pass (which I get through my bank) and there are no lounges in Delhi available

This might sound silly, but in the dragon pass list I saw they didn’t organise it by city name so D for Delhi but the airport name so it was further down under Indira Gandhi international airport Delhi so maybe just double check !

[velveteen_queen]

anuj wrote:

velveteen_queen wrote:

anuj wrote:

Encalm Lounge (International T3) seems to be in the dragon pass scheme from a cursory look?

Thanks but I checked my dragon pass (which I get through my bank) and there are no lounges in Delhi available

This might sound silly, but in the dragon pass list I saw they didn’t organise it by city name so D for Delhi but the airport name so it was further down under Indira Gandhi international airport Delhi so maybe just double check !

I’ve looked in the app and there is nothing. I looked online and I can see Indira Gandhi Airport but if you click through, all the lounges are unavailable

[supergraeme]

If it’s a domestic flight it will be rammed and there’s only a pay bar. The food was fantastic though – get dosa after dosa.

Priority Pass holders skip the line of Indian credit card holders, of which there are many. Went in October.

[GillyDee]

BA use the Encalm Prive lounge which was quite impressive. Spotlessly clean and huge amount of seating. Can’t speak for the F&B as we only had a coffee but it looked pretty extensive.