manchester airport lounges Help!

walks

Hello everyone,

Could anyone help! we are flying twice from manchester and once from eastmidlands this yr and thought for a treat we would use the airport lounge especially when we go to mexico as we have to book in 3hrs before our flight, would be realy grateful to any one that could help with codes or vouchers, We dont have this many holidays normaly but we are celebrating our 50ths this yr.

many thanks to you all

pip
x

Amba_Gambla

you can get 10% back via quidco, although it might take a while by the looks of it!

Cat72

We have a royal bank of scotland premier account which gives us a free PRIORITY PASS to the airport lounges. Some people do not know that the royal bank offers this and you need to get them to registeryou for your pass.If you dont have a royal bank account you could join PRIOIRTY PASS details here .It does cost £69 a year and £15 everythime you visit a lounge but if you travel a lot it might be worth it.

IM just glad we get ours free as I love the airport ounges- especailly when you are abroad in a ramshack airport !! Hope this helps someone.

freccle

Travelcare's holiday extras sometimes do deals on airport lounges too.

ely

Recently used the one at east midlands and was very disappointed not as good as others that I have used at larger airports. Small and limited choice for snacks and drinks. used Manchester ones before and well worth it.

freccle

Yeah, I think the ones at heathrow are disappointing too. Last time we couldn't get a seat! Birmngham is good though

walks

Hi folks
its very good of you to get back to me, Like the one about the bank account but we are with barclays ! we get the free insuarance but not the lounges at airports is there any other bank accounts that do the free pass into airport lounges might be worth changing my bank account lol, Having said that just checked on manchester lounges and it seems if they dont open till 9 0`clock our flight leaves at 10 on both hols tut tut, but still worth findig out for nxt yr .

many thanks again

pip

xx

freccle

The RBS account costs £15 per month and, for us, that certainly wouldn't be cost effective as we wouldn't make much use of anything else other than the airport lounges if we had a long flight

Cat72

The RBS account costs £15 per month and, for us, that certainly wouldn't be cost effective

A lot of people have this account and never realise that you get a priority pass and are only aware that you get free holiday insurance with the account. You also can book your holiday at a discount as RBS will price match any high street branch and less 10 % .Plus we get discounted tickets for most concerts and theatres ( and priority - got our robbie tickets no problme before anyone else ):D ,Also you get 20% off some restaurants which is good as we like our nosh !

checked on manchester lounges and it seems if they dont open till 9 0`clock

I know we had the same problem - stupid is'nt !However as I said most foreign airports are really too busy and chaotic.Plus we were in the airport lounge a man was helping himself to a lot of small bottles of wine for on his flight. He said he was trying to re-coup the cost of the lounge .He put them in his wifes Prada bag and she was NOT happy :rotfl:

submike

Hello there,

if you go on to manchester Airport site it says they open there lounge at 5.00 till 19.30 hope this is of some use.

penyffordd

Hi Walks,

I have just been into the Airport Lounge at Manchester. It is run by Servais. I have a corporate credit card (Diners Club), which means I have free access to BA lounges. I can take a guest in for £15.00. As BA do not have a dedicated lounge, the general one in Manchester is Servais.

This is the lounge that anybody can get into, even if you are flying with Virgin, Monarch, BMI etc.

The lounge itself is quite small. There are todays papers to read, a television and some current magazines. If you go in at breakfast, there is cereal, toast, juices, fruit, water, muffins, tea and coffee. To get to the lounge it is in Terminal 2, and you have to go up a flight of stairs to this lounge. It is very quiet, and if someone is on the nervous side about flying, you do get away from the hussle and bussle.

One thing to remember, keep an eye on your departure. They do not annouce when flights are about to depart, or when gates become open. That is up to you to do, but there is a screen of flight departures, if I remember, just as you are entering the lounge.

Hope this is of help to anyone flying from Manchester.

Though I must say, the United lounge at Heathrow, is fantastic. Televisions, papers, magazines, food and free internet access. Although my colleague says that the upgraded Virgin lounge knocks spots off the United one!