Are you passing through England this summer? Here's how to book lounge access and not get bounced
Entering a lounge, especially if you are not traveling in business or do not have status, is becoming increasingly [...]
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Entering a lounge, especially If you are not traveling in business or do not have the status, it is becoming increasingly difficult and given the levels of passengers traveling this summer it will be a real jackpot.
As travel resumes and in response to space constraints, some lounges have launched advance booking, allowing passengers to reserve their slots and thus avoid queues at the entrance.
Crowded lounges
The United States is a real hellhole: too many traveling passengers are holders of one or more credit cards that give away as a benefit the ability to enter thousands of lounges in the U.S. and around the world. Photos of queues of dozens and dozens of people waiting to get into lounges are shared daily on forums and facebook pages.
Delta modified the rules of access to its Sky Clubs, locking out even status holders, a situation currently unique in the world.
Booking lounge entrance
England, and London especially, is a classic destination for Italian travelers. Not only London Heathrow, but also "secondary" airports such as London Gatwick, Birmingham and others. The service is active for Priority Pass and Lounge Key holders, obviously charged at a cost ranging from £6 to £15 per passenger.
Which lounges you can book in advance
ABirmingham Airport are two bookable lounges. Clubrooms cost £15, while No. 1 costs £6.
In London Gatwick as many as 5 lounges can be booked in advance, and included in the payment is fast track access. In the north terminal Clubrooms cost £15, while No. 1 costs £6. In the south terminal instead are three: Clubrooms cost £15, while No. 1 and My Lounge cost £6.
At London Heathrow there are 3 lounges. Terminal 5, the one where British Airways flies, there is the Aspire Lounge. This is the only Priority pass lounge in the terminal and booking access here also costs £6.
The other two bookable lounges are in terminal 3, The one where American Express' Centurion Lounge is. this is the terminal with the most lounges at all in this airport. The two bookable lounges are the No. 1 that I have already visited and reviewed in the past and the Club Aspire also already reviewed. Both have a reservation fee of 6 pounds.
How to book
Just go to the dedicated site choose the mode of access, date and time of flight and number of passengers, children pay the same as adults. You complete the booking process with payment and that's it.
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