Priority Pass is a network of lounges, a lot of readers will have complimentary access due to many premium cards offering priority pass memberships. Recently they have been adding a lot of restaurants to the network to gain a presence in airports they have been unable to secure lounges in. These restaurants typically give you a credit worth $28 per cardholder/guest. What most people don’t know is that you can actually get an additional credit after a period of two hours, this might be particularly useful for people with long lay overs.
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Another DP, used the restaurant benefit then used it at a separate restaurant in the same airport 2.5 hours later with no issue. Seems like the 2 hour cooldown is accurate
+1 tyvm. flight delayed/ rescheduled, ask small meal funds, $12 or so (YMMV depends on airline) as snackbucks at ticketing agent desk, each 3 to 4 hours can repeat when stuck all day, etc. real helfpulsometimes we need to have the lounge for a meeting but the flights never seem to get off the ground. reschedule for the next day, and you can get some more waffle fries 4x daily, lounge trail mix & coffee when the lounge is superpacked and the airport satellites aren’t keeping up w demand.
P.S. and voluntary bumps get some extras cash, if you can wait another day.
This thread is awfully old but I saw some DPs saying the restaurants lock you out for 24 hours. I can confirm it’s not 24 hours. At at the same exact restaurant twice in a day 5 hours apart and had no issues with Priority Pass
I believe I have multiple priority pass cards from several different credit cards. Has anyone attempted to use multiple priority pass cards in the same day to avoid this restriction?
Edit: I thought I was posting a novel idea. Should have figured everyone else has attempted the same.
Does the rule apply to different restaurants/lounges? If there are more than one restaurants/lounges, do I need to wait for two hours from the moment my PP card is swiped in the first restaurant to use PP in another restaurant?
i was in shanghai prioirty pass lounge with a limit of 2 hrs. does it mean after the 2 hrs i can go back in and use another credit?
Possibly?
Here’s another possible twist…even if you don’t want to eat, if the PP restaurant location has gift cards you can buy, that might be worth a “visit”
What type of giftcards?
there needs to be a disclaimer that this is NO different than hotel loyalty programs. nothing is guaranteed. its 100% up to the property. i fukn hate the YMMV nature of getting benefits esp if ur an elite, buts PP is the same way. and if the establishment doesnt know crap, your SOL.
Sure, I guess I can stretch a tasting at the House Spirits Distillery in PDX out for a couple of hours & get another round.
When I visited back in August, the bartender said the partnership has been great for them.
Once at that distillery was plenty for me. (Also, steer clear of their pre-mixed drinks.)
OTOH, I’ve become quite a cheese, jam, and expensive snack lover….
Piggy back on this, what about centurion lounge? it must be a certain hour limit to allow same day departure and arrival. Also, If I carry 2 plat, can I bring 4 guests for free?
I tried this when I had 3 guests. They officially don’t let you use 2 different plats to bring >2 guests, but they were nice to me and made an exception that one time.
Good to know. Won’t abuse it but just in case needed.
If you have an identical twin or body double, sure!
“it must be a certain hour limit to allow same day departure and arrival. ”
Not as far as I know, beyond the fact that the lounge opens and closes. You have to have a ticket on a flight departing that day to enter. Practically though that’s going to limit most people’s stays. Unless you have a late night flight and show up really early you aren’t going to spend very long. Even then, most airlines will only accept checked bags so many hours before. So yes, in theory you could get a late night ticket, check no bags and show up at 6am and booze for the day. But most people aren’t really going to do that.
FWIW, this did NOT work at the Capers Market in PDX in mid/late Dec. I had a same day turn and stopped by to grab food for my outbound flight early in the morning. When I arrived back in PDX late the same night, they were still open so thought I’d grab a bite for the drive home – the cashier advised that I’d already used the benefit for the day, and showed me the confirmation on the screen with the timestamp from the first use. Any idea if this was rogue employee, a location specific rule, or did the policy recently change?
Most likely location specific, that location in particular has been cracking down.
I have three PP memberships due to my ritz, platinum, and CSR. Can I use all three cards to get $84 in credit at a PP restaurant?
Maybe in separate transactions, but not in a single transaction as it’s one credit per person
I just did 2 visit at the capers market today, once in the morning and one in the evening. Cashier did not bat an eye and also said there are people who redeems the pp benefit multiple times per day hope I won’t get charged since the employee didn’t say that I have used the visit in the morning.