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Priority Pass has launched a new promotion for Father’s Day which runs through 17 June 2018. This year the promotion is offering up to 15% off annual Priority Pass memberships so, if you don’t have membership through a credit card, this may be worth looking into.
Both the US and UK Priority Pass schemes are participating in the spring promotion but, while all three membership options are technically being discounted, I’ll go on to show how only the first two membership options are offering a true discount.
Link to the promotion (UK readers should select “United Kingdom” as their residence to see UK pricing)
In the latest Priority Pass promotion the Standard and Standard Plus Memberships are reduced the most (15%) while the Prestige Membership is only discounted by 10%.
The problem here is that, with the right link, you can get a 10% discount on Priority Pass memberships year-round so the actual additional discounts here are really only 5% on the Standard and Standard Plus memberships.
When it comes to the Prestige membership there isn’t really a new deal here as the 10% discount on offer today is no different to the 10% discount you could have had last week if you used any of my other Priority Pass links.
Still…if you’re interested in the Standard or Standard Plus memberships then the discounts on offer in the Father’s day promotion are probably better than nothing.
What You Need To Know
Membership pricing will vary depending on your country of residence and there are three levels of membership you can purchase – Standard, Standard Plus and Prestige – and the price increases through the levels.
- Standard members pay a low annual fee and then pay a separate fee each time they access one of the lounges in the network.
- Standard Plus members pay a higher annual fee but get their first ten visits free. Any further lounge visits come at the same cost as those for a Standard member.
- Prestige members pay the highest annual fee but can then access lounges without the need for any further payments.
The three tier system works quite well because it allows travelers to pick the membership option that best matches their travel patterns – it’s unlikely an infrequent traveler would want to purchase Prestige membership and it’s unlikely that a very frequent traveler would find the Standard membership economical.
Father’s Day Promotion Pricing
USA
- Standard members and their guests each pay $27/visit
- Standard Plus members get the first 10 visits included in membership with subsequent visits charged at $27. Guests pay $27 for each visit with no free entries.
- Prestige members have all their visits included in the price of membership. Guests pay $27 for each visit with no free entries.
US readers may want to check out this blog post to see if they can save more
UK
- Standard members and their guests each pay £15/visit
- Standard Plus members get the first 10 visits included in membership with subsequent visits charged at £15. Guests pay £15 for each visit with no free entries.
- Prestige members have all their visits included in the price of membership. Guests pay £15 for each visit with no free entries.
Is It Worth It?
Priority Pass has been growing quite quickly recently and now has over 1,200 worldwide airport lounges in its portfolio so finding a lounge is unlikely to be too tricky. The questions to ask are: How often do you travel and will you get value out of a Priority Pass membership based on your travel patterns?
How much value travelers get from a Priority Pass membership will vary from person to person and will depend entirely on their individual travel patterns. The only way to know if a membership is right for you is to work out how often you think you’d use a lounge (based on your planned travels) and to then see if you think you would get your money’s worth out of an annual membership.
Speaking from personal experience, Priority Pass lounges come in most useful when I find myself in one of two situations:
- When I’m at an airport with no airline lounge (or no airline lounge to which my status gives me access)
- When I’m traveling with Joanna and MJ and my airline status won’t allow me to guest two people into an airline lounge (most airline statuses only allow one guest).
The most economical way to get Priority Pass membership is undoubtedly a credit card or charge card – in the US cards like Citi Prestige, Chase Sapphire Reserve and Amex Platinum card all offer memberships while in the UK the Amex Platinum card is probably the best option.
If you don’t have one of those cards then Priority Pass membership is the next best thing as having access to a lounge before a flight can make the world of difference to your trip.
