Airport lounges

brettles

There has been some discussion on this before.

It seems to me that unless you are a very frequent traveller the subscription access companies are very expnsive. ...typically £250 pa

Those where you pay an annual fee (typically £60-70) and then an entry fee (typically £15 per person) each time look a con...the entry fee is the same as you can just pay without the annual fee.

The 'best' value looks to be the lounge benefit that comes with Diners Club which ,if I,ve worked it out correctly is ,£69 a year (for a couple)..but with the drawback that only 80 lounges...annoyingly none in Paris (which I use as a hub to get to SA, nor Birmingham from where I tend to fly)

What I'd like to know from someone who uses it, before is does it work...do you get in, do you get treated as a 'second class' citizen etc.

thanks

richardw

Servisair have some lounges

http://www.executivelounges.com

arealhighlander

Once you get in the lounge - whether that is with a FF card, DIners card, or pay your money on entry - you are just another person in the lounge, there is no difference, you can all do the same as each other, same services etc. so there is no "discrimination"

I have paid to enter the Holodeck at T4 at Heathrow which is also the KKM lounge, I use my BA Silver card for BA lounges, and I have used KLM points to buy vouchers for lounge access at Schipol.

I looked at the Priority Pass card (https://www.prioritypass.co.uk) for my wife, and as she travels to London once a month but doesnt get enough Tier points to get a Silver card, this card would get her access. If you buy the mid-card that included 15 lounge visits it works out cheaper (I think about £10 an entry) easily paid for with a few eaten sandwiches and one drink!

Servisair also do a card but they only cover UK lounges. Priority pass is worldwide.

PS an update (I will post this as a seperate message for others as well). KLM/Air France have a card called the Petroleum Club.

It is aimed at people in the oil/gas industry, have a look at http://www.af-klm.com/one/en/corporate_travel_solution/servicing/corporate_card/petroleum_club.jsp?ComponentID=61186&SourcePageID=46842#1

If you can come up with a job that looks like you work in oil/gas (maybe a service company that could look like it has something to do with it) you will get a card which will get you FREE access to Schipol or Charles De Gaul as long as you are flying KLM/AF