Priority pass avant-garde. All about Priority Pass. How to get to the Priority Pass business lounge

Priority Pass- This special program, which allows users to relax in VIP lounges at airports. You can become a participant after filling out an application on the program website. However, today many banks offer their clients an alternative to the Priority Pass electronic card.

Read more about debit cards with Priority Pass

Debit card with Priority Pass option is usually a plastic card with which you can pay for your purchases. But thanks to the Priority Pass feature, customers can use the card for free lounge access at participating airports around the world. Thus, a bank card can replace a plastic and electronic card of a registered Priority Pass participant.

Main features of cards with Priority Pass

Debit cards with Priority Pass have advanced functionality. With their help you can:

• withdraw money from ATMs;
• pay for purchases and services via the Internet or terminals in stores;
• access to high-comfort lounges at airports, as well as taking guests with you at no additional cost.

Various banks may offer additional features. For example, interest on an account balance. Also, in most cases, users of debit cards with Priority Pass receive service from a personal manager.

Conditions of receipt

Debit cards with Priority Pass cannot be found and ordered in the section with others plastic cards jar. They are issued individually when connecting to a whole package of services. Depending on the bank, service packages within which the client receives a card with Priority Pass, will be called differently:

• Premier at Sberbank;
• Premium at Otkritie Bank and B&N Bank;
• Maximum+ at Alfa-Bank.

You can find out which specific package will contain the required option at your bank branch. An agreement for connecting services and issuing personalized cards also takes place there.

Terms of use of a debit card with Priority Pass and cost of service

The conditions of Priority Pass will differ depending on the bank in which the client opened the card. Also an important attribute is the user’s financial well-being and his monthly expenses. Many banks provide the opportunity to use the option Priority Pass only if certain requirements are met:

• monthly expenses more than 50-55 thousand rubles;
• account balance is from 1 million rubles and above.

Depending on the amount of the account balance, the bank may improve conditions. For example, in Unicreditbank citizens receive 2 free visits to airport business lounges if the account balance is 1.5-3 million rubles. After reaching a balance of 4 million, clients receive 4 passes per month, and for users whose balance is not lower than 6 million, they are given the opportunity to enter VIP rooms 2 times a day.

Subject to compliance with the conditions, users not only receive free access to comfortable lounges, but they are also not charged a fee for servicing the card.

In other cases, citizens receive the minimum set by paying 1.5-3 thousand rubles per month.

Benefits for Priority Pass members

Debit card holders with option Priority Pass receive the same range of services as program participants who independently registered and received a plastic pass. However, bank cards often provide free passage on more favorable terms.

Airports

The card holder can use the services of business lounges at the airport only after checking in for the flight. You will also need to present your boarding pass when visiting. In the VIP area itself, visitors have the opportunity to use for free:

• light snacks;
• soft drinks;
• fresh newspapers and magazines;
• WI-FI;
• shower cabins;
• couches for sleeping;
• conference rooms.

Note! List available services depends on the airport. Also, some features will be paid. Most often, there is an additional charge for the use of a shower and a couch for sleeping.

In addition to the free pass for the cardholder, the program Priority Pass implies the opportunity to host guests. Their number will be limited either by the terms of use of the debit card or by the administration of the premium lounge.

Additional features

The remaining options available to the debit card holder are not related to the Priority Pass option. The program itself operates in more than 1,000 airports around the world. Banks that issue such cards can, among other things, offer clients:

• rental of safe deposit boxes;
• life insurance;
• bonuses for purchases and miles;
• arrange deposits at a more favorable rate;
• get line of credit with a lower percentage.

The list of possibilities depends on the bank's policy.

How do I get a debit card with Priority Pass?

A debit card is issued at a bank branch if you have a passport. In some banking organizations require an additional document confirming your identity. Cards with the Priority Pass function are personalized, so after opening an account the card itself can only be received within a few days. You can use the account itself and all services immediately from the moment the contract is concluded.

Some banks offer to pre-submit a request to connect the package via the Internet. In such cases, the personal manager calls back within a few minutes and invites the client to the branch for a personal meeting and signing of an agreement.

His Majesty Priority Pass... In the last days of March, almost all airlines in the world switch to summer schedules. New flights are gradually opening and additional flights are being introduced to the most popular tourist destinations. Carriers are starting to experiment with tariffs. We are waiting for a lot of good sales at promotional rates and hundreds of incentives. The time is coming to plan your summer vacation, many guys are already at a low start. My advice to you: renew your subscriptions to airline and ticket aggregator newsletters.

Six months ago, I tried to put together financial life hacks that would allow me to travel a little cheaper than the rest of the guys (updated post). Today I’ll share how to get a Priority Pass and not be left without pants.

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Guys! I would like to vehemently remind you that Priority Pass is a completely stupid and unnecessary toy that is not worth your money. Look at the advertising brochures for premium banking packages and notice how you are lured into premium service - “Priority Pass gives you the opportunity to feel in a world of comfort, privilege and luxury.” I specifically underlined and highlighted the word “feel” in red. There is all the homespun truth in this word, Priority Pass gives you the opportunity to feel like a VIR person, in an environment where all luxury comes down to a free bun with sausage and a plastic cup of tea.

In fact, in 95% of business lounges that accept Priority Pass or Lounge Key cards (for convenience, I will combine them with one abbreviation - PP), the comfort is slightly less than zero. Well, yes, you can sit in a leatherette chair, fuck a cheap singer and flavor a boiled egg with mustard. But for these “privileges” you will need to compete with hundreds of other holders of “prestigious” Priority Pass.

Not a single advertising brochure will tell you about fat women from Krasnodar who piled on free beer at 10 in the morning and began to sort things out with neighbors who reprimanded them. The booklets do not contain information that it is prohibited to steal bottles of wine from the business lounge and this could result in being kicked off the flight. There are no beautiful photoshopped photos of a broken toilet with a vomited dude in the booklets. I witnessed all of this.

Of course, the remaining 5% of businesses (Asia, Turkey, the Middle East) are great, but many European and almost all domestic lounges are permeated with the spirit of meaningless freebies a little more than 100%.

The airlines understand the ruthlessness of the majority of owners of free PP, so for elite participants bonus programs and holders of business class tickets, lounges are open to which ordinary guys are not allowed to enter. That's bullshit, kids.

Guys! I’m not a prude or a snob, I just fly a lot, a lot and I know what I’m talking about. You can only go to a crowded business in two cases: for free newspapers and free slippers.

Microlifehack. Showers are available in many business lounges. Usually shower rooms are equipped with a toilet. If you want to crush the mango in cleanliness and splendid isolation: demand the key to the shower room. The point is that after each visit, the shower and toilet are thoroughly washed, and the cleaning lady only looks into a regular toilet in a business a few times a day. Well, steal disposable slippers for the road.

Free Priority Pass should only interest you if it is truly free. In cases where there is no need to bang on tambourines to maintain the required balance or account turnover, or pay for a package of services (God forgive me)! Abstract yourself from these non-financial services. Premium banking packages, first of all, access to financial services of a different order, and everything else is the rustling of the cerebellums of bank marketers. It’s as if, when you buy a four-room apartment in the center of Moscow, you are forced to give a mug or a branded baseball cap as a gift. Interested in this offer? I think no. You need to treat passes to the business lounge in the same way, allegedly at the expense of the bank.

Okay, what if I haven’t convinced you and you still want to “feel” like a special person?

Firstly. You need to choose a premium banking package with Priority Pass that suits you. First, count how many times a year you fly, how many people fly with you? For five to six flights a year, an unlimited Priority Pass from Sber is not needed, even at the cost of “only” 2,500 rubles per month! If you still want to surprise your friends with the breadth of generosity, then a good show off more expensive than money, It's right. Just remember that showing off will result in the loss of your money and a bun and sausage.

If you fly a lot and only with your wife, Otkritie is for you. If you fly a lot alone, you go to the City; if you fly a lot with the whole family or a gypsy camp, you go to TKB. If you fly a lot with or without your family and know how to plan your trips a little earlier than two months in advance, go to Alpha. If you fly a little, it’s better to buy a business class ticket and don’t fool yourself with this Priority Pass.

Secondly, free cards Priority Pass with payment for the passage itself

The fact is that PriorityPass is like a closed club for particularly demanding people. You can’t just get into its elite depths; an annual membership can only be purchased for $99! Do you understand the incredible depths of this elitism? 99 dollars and you are no longer a Yandex.Food courier, but a member of the PriorityPass club, hello. Idk, guys, but it seems to me that the rescue card from Pyaterochka is a much more meaningful product than a paid membership in PriorityPass.

Do you fly 1-2 times a year and are ready to pay for your stay in business class? Go to the bank, not the PriorityPass website. Many banks issue PP cards to their customers free of charge, but without paying for the passes themselves. Free Priority Pass membership without a premium package can be obtained with the AlfaTravel Premium credit card, with some Interprogressbank cards (including the legendary Income card), bank debit cards (there are conditions in accordance with the types of cards), probably a hundred more large and small banks, in the depths of which you need to delve.

In a situation where you don’t want to bother and fly a little (once, maximum twice a year), I would recommend the Alfa travel-premium credit card. Firstly, this is a credit card, which means you can use the bank’s money for free as long as your money is stored on cards with a high PNO. Secondly, 5% cashback in candy wrappers on everything. With a spending level of 50,000 thousand rubles per month, you can quite realistically accumulate 30,000 miles for your only trip. Thirdly, free insurance with coverage of 50,000 euros. Fourth, a free PriorityPass membership ($27 per pass).

Thirdly, free passes depending on account balances (turnovers)

This category of bank cards (packages) is where all the fun begins. Here you already need to turn on your search skills and simulate your account balances (turnovers) before your future trip.

The most common maps with limited runs:

1. Premium bank cards Opening. Subject to the minimum requirements for the bank’s “native” premium cards (Opencard, UTair Debit Card, Travel Card (Premium)), Otkritie provides unlimited passes to business class for the cardholder and one guest. Complying with the minimum requirements in Opening is not easy, but very simple. The worst option is to top up your bank card monthly with 200,000 rubles (you can pull it from other cards or top it up interbank) and maintain turnover on the card from 50,000 rubles per month. Considering that Opencard offers 3% cashback on almost everything, the most simple circuits increasing the speed makes it very easy to get an unlimited Priority Pass just like that.

6. For solo travelers, I would highlight the Citi Ultima credit card. Annual maintenance on the card is 15,000 rubles (until the end of March the promotion is 9,000 rubles), the card comes with an unlimited RR for the card owner.

7. A lot of other big and small banks are ready to offer you several free business entrances per year. The main thing is to dig deep into the depths of the PDF.

Fourth, unlimited free passes

Unlimited PP is not a card, but a dream! Type in “Unlimited PriorityPass” into your Internet and your browser will sparkle with all the colors of Luhari. Guys, the harsh truth is that in 99% of cases you need unlimited PP exactly as much as a goat needs a button accordion. Let's turn on our most important skill - logic. Let's say you fly very, very, very much and have flown on some airline's gold/platinum card (for example, 50 flights with Aeroflot). Why do you need unlimited PP? You and your accompanying persons (usually 1-2 people) will go to the lounges at the expense of the airline. Another example is unlimited passage for the whole family. How many times do you fly with your whole family? Once, two or three times a year? Maybe it’s enough to increase the turnover on bank cards with limited passes before the trip itself?

The entire marketing component of unlimited PP is to force something on you that you will never use. Unlimited PP is the classic free pies with shit from one famous joke.

- Son, take the pies from me! Very tasty!
- What’s wrong with you, grandma?
- Well, things are different here now. With potatoes, with cabbage, with meat, with shit!
- What? How is it with shit? Why are you selling them?
- I don’t sell them, they are free...
- What's the difference! Who will eat shit? I don't argue, it's free! But this is shit!
- Take them, son, delicious pies... And these are completely free!
- Well, let’s... I’ll take from you one with cabbage, one with meat, and... well, okay - and four with shit...

Unlimited RR is offered by the following banks:

If conditions are not met free service– 5,000 rubles per month.

3. Alfa Bank as part of the Premium package

RR without restrictions with an average monthly balance of 6,000,000 rubles (including investment accounts) OR with a balance of 3,000,000 rubles and a turnover of debit cards from 200,000 rubles in the previous month, OR admission wages from 400,000 rubles per month.
If the conditions for free service are not met in the current month, the PP card turns into a pumpkin next month.

4. “Ultra” service package from Rosselkhozbank. Unlimited RR (up to 10 passes per day) with a balance of 7,000,000 rubles or the equivalent in currency (including NSZH and ILI, metals) on the date of conclusion of the contract for a package of services or on the last working day of the contract period (when determining the amount of the service fee package).

If the conditions for free service are not met – 19,900 rubles per year.

Theoretically, you can use unlimited RR by placing 7,000,000 rubles in your accounts for just a few days (the day before purchasing the service package and then the day before the extension). 2-3 families chipped in and passed the total 7,000,000 through the accounts of all adults. Hmm, why not. I personally am not premium client Kolkhozbank, but this possibility was confirmed to me by two collective farm marinas.

5. Promsvyazbank’s Orange Premium Club card, as part of the OrangePremiumClub service package, offers unlimited RR while maintaining an average monthly balance of 2,000,000 rubles OR while maintaining an average monthly balance of 1,000,000 rubles and making purchases with premium cards in the amount of more than 50,000 rubles per month. Valid for the first month of service Grace period(two welcome free passages in the first month. Valid until termination of the contract!).

Note! Promsvyazbank includes in the turnover required to receive unlimited RR, transactions made through PSB-Retail (including replenishment of mobile phones :-)). In fact, Promsvyazbank gives you an unlimited RR for placing 1,000,000 rubles with it. Provided that 1,000,000 rubles can be placed in the PSB at 7.5% for a year or 7% for six months (an alternative to hamster Benefit!), then a free version of a free RR with minimum threshold entrance.

6. The icing on the cake of unlimited RR is the card and premium package of services from TKB Bank. Annual Visa service Infinite is only 15,000 rubles. A bonus for the card includes insurance with coverage up to $3,000,000, all sorts of concierge crap, pseudo privileges from Visa and unlimited Priority Pass for the cardholder and his accompanying persons.

With a turnover of 1,000,000 rubles in the first year of service, the cost of an unlimited Priority Pass will be only 5,000 rubles in the next year of service.

Taking into account not the worst bonus programs: “ Golden Mile"(5% miles for air and train tickets and 10% for hotel bookings) and "TKB. Club" (5% - in the categories: auto, health, beauty, entertainment, home and renovation, travel) Visa Infinite can become a full-fledged means of payment (unlike bank cards in the Premier package from Sber) and pay for itself through cashback .

7. Any other premium banking packages that are worth digging into.

Fifth: If you have managed to earn cashback from 10,000,000 – 20,000,000 – 30,000,000 rubles, then welcome to Private Banking. Free RR cards will be issued to you, your family, your mistress/lover, all your Thai friends with Adam's apples and all your corgis.

Private Banking is a very interesting thing. In the same “First” from Sberbank, everything that is paid for ordinary clients becomes free for premium ones (for example, interbank). One of my friends is served in a similar private club of one large bank, according to him, there are no bank cards with super-duper cashbacks, but there are one-day foreign currency deposits from 10% per annum with an entry threshold of 100,000 USD and other cuteness.

Personally, I chew free sandwiches with plastic cheese at Aeroflot’s expense; for all other cases, I have an unlimited RR from Alfa-Bank (I maintain balances at the expense of valuable papers at Alfa Capital Management Company). For my wife, I issued, now default, AIRMILES from B&N Bank (unlimited passes for the card owner). When this card finally dies, I will transfer it to a premium Opencard. In cases where my family flies without me, I use a combination of AIRMILES, Citi Priority and my wife’s premium package at Alfa-Bank with the selected turnover for a specific trip. Of course, you can get a Visa Infinite from TKB Bank for 15,000 rubles (by the way, this is exactly two times cheaper than in Sberbank), but I’m terrified of paying for something that I can use for free.

Guys! I hope I was able to awaken your doubts about the advisability of buying unnecessary premium packages for the sake of a “free” Priority Pass. Setting a goal to get a Priority Pass at any cost is as stupid as an understated white Lada Priora with Dagestan license plates, tinted windows at night and a plastic exterior.

Take a look around. Unlimited RR does not end at Sberbank, and you don’t have to pay for limited passes. Combine with cards, dig into PDFs, use the top head for its intended purpose. Although, it seems to me that tomorrow everyone will go to City, Promsvyazbank or TKB.Bank......:-)

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• stay in the luxury waiting area
• free wifi
• drinks and snacks
• newspapers and magazines
• discounts and gifts in partner stores, restaurants and spa centers
• couches for sleeping
• shower cabins
• conference rooms

When registering for the program on the official website, the cost of the service (as of February 2019) is:

• 89 € per year for the Standard package (one visit 28 € + 28 € per guest);
• 259 € per year for the Standard Plus package (10 free visits, then 28 € per visit + 28 € per guest);
• 399 € per year for the Prestige package (all visits are free + 28 € per guest).

When registering you will need to indicate:

• last name, first name and gender of the participant
• date of birth
• number mobile phone
• E-mail address
• country of residence
• shipping address

After filling out all the data, you need to pay for the service by bank card. After confirmation of payment will be available electronic card(you can start using it, but not all gyms accept it). 2-3 weeks after registration, a plastic card will be sent to the specified postal address.

When you issue a card at a bank, the Priority Pass service is provided free of charge, but, as a rule, the tariff conditions for such cards provide for a high monthly turnover (from 50-100 thousand rubles) and a large account balance (from 1 million rubles). If these conditions are not met, banks charge a service fee of about 1,500-3,000 rubles monthly. Each bank independently sets the number of free visits.

Visit the VIP room at Priority program Pass is available after check-in for the flight, upon presentation of your boarding pass and card. Also, a program participant can invite guests with him (the service is paid), their number is regulated by the terms of the tariff.

If you register and purchase the program on the website, you can also purchase the “Standard Partner” tariff for a family member with a 50% discount. Any citizen over 18 years of age can become a participant in the program.

How does Priority Pass work?

The program was founded in 1992 by the Collinson Group. The principle of its operation is based on concluding partnership agreements with existing business lounges. The airport charges Collinson Group a price for visiting the VIP zone, and the Priority Pass member purchases this service at a higher price. However, for frequent flyers, being a Priority Pass member is still more profitable than paying for business lounges yourself, because airport offers Collinson Group more low price through massive customer acquisition. For example, in 2019, one visit to the VIP lounge within the program costs 28 €, while the average cost of a service from the airport itself is 40-50 €.

It is worth noting that Priority Pass only provides the service of visiting the business lounge and privileges on its territory. However, program participants do not receive priority service during customs control, free transfer services, insurance or baggage packing.

Also, due to the fact that Collinson Group is not the direct owner of the business lounges, but is only an agent, sometimes Priority Pass members may be denied access to the VIP area (due to overcrowding or other reasons), as well as use additional privileges (drinks, newspapers) only for an additional fee. Degree of comfort provided and availability free services depends on the specific airport lounge.

The international Priority Pass program has been operating for more than 23 years. The conditions for purchasing membership are simple and clear; anyone can become a member of the program and visit luxury lounges at airports for free.

Participation in the program is not cheap, but there are discounts with Priority Pass. Thanks to promotional codes and some manipulations, you can buy a Priority Pass card much cheaper than what the bank or the company itself offers.

Promo codes

You can get a discount on the Promo Codes website. The team of this site has embodied many years of experience in shopping abroad. New promotions appear every day, where you can get a slight reduction in the cost of service on the Priority Pass.

With a promotional code, you will spend less on purchasing a tariff plan of an international company, and will also receive additional discounts in business lounges.

When you go to the site, valid promotional codes will appear.

For example:

1. Minus 10% on “Standard”, “Standard+” and “Prestige” tariff plans.
2. 10% discount on any tariff plan.
3. Free snacks and drinks for Priority Pass holders.
4. Free access to VIP lounges in 160 countries.
5. Free showers for a month and Wi-Fi for all Priority Pass holders.
6. $10 discount on the “Prestige” tariff plan + all visits are free.
7. $10 discount on the Standard tariff plan.
8. Free newspapers, magazines and drinks for all service clients.

The promotional code is valid for 3–4 weeks. Many people use this service to receive discounts on Priority Pass. Offers appear monthly.

For example, to get minus 10% of the cost for any tariff plan, you need to click on the “View code” button. The code that appears must be copied and pasted into a special field when placing an order on the official Priority Pass website.

You can also follow the link indicated next to it, and the website of the international company will show the price for annual service packages with a 10% discount. All that remains is to register and pay.

— 15% for 12 months + 90 days as a gift

Typically, a Priority Pass card is issued to program participants for 12 months. But there is an opportunity to purchase it for the 15th month, and even with a 15% discount.

How to do it?

Step-by-step guide to getting a discount:

1. Go to the site
2. Three will appear in front of you tariff plan, which are usually offered by the international company Priority Pass. But their cost annual maintenance much lower. The “Standard” package will cost the client 58 dollars, instead of 99. The “Standard Plus” tariff plan can be purchased for 135 bucks. The “Prestige” package costs $220 when you follow the link provided. And passage for 1 accompanying person will cost 15 dollars, instead of 27.
3. Next, you need to select the desired tariff plan and click on the “Register” button. Payment should be made not in dollars, but in GBP.

After payment is made, the client will receive a program participant club card within a month.

— 50% on membership with coupon

The German website groupon.de offers to become a member of the Priority Pass program with a 50% discount.

You must purchase your membership on the Groupon website. This service is available to persons over 18 years of age. Membership includes access to more than 1,200 airport lounges worldwide.

Details:

• $7.95 for annual membership with 50% discount;
• for $9.95 you can buy an annual membership for 50% less in service costs (plus you can visit the business lounge for free once);
• $12.95 is a 25% discounted membership (plus 10 free business classes).

To receive a discount of 7.95 euros, you must register on the website prioritypass.com.

On German Groupon you can almost always use a coupon. Coupon is good and cheap way obtaining membership in the program.

Access to business lounges will cost $59, $63, or $186. All this is much cheaper than buying a tariff plan on the website without any discounts.

Topcashback

Become a VIP client and participate in international program, and you can also get a discount using cashback.

First you need to register via the link topcashback.com, find the Priority Pass company and click on the red button.

Then select the UK country, its currencies and enter the code DAMBCA1108ST. The currency will be indicated in pounds, but it will be debited from the card in dollars. Also, 20% will be returned to your previously registered cashback service account.

Other bonuses

You can receive discounts and bonuses under the program if the card is issued through financial institution. For example, Sberbank, Unicredit, Raiffeisen and others.

They can be obtained if you purchase goods and services from partner companies of the financial institution itself.

Clients of the financial and credit structure are provided with discounts on foreign exchange transactions, rental of safe deposit boxes at the airport and other services.

The Priority Pass card is not payment card, intended for payments for goods or services, and a club card certifying membership in the international Priority Pass club. Having this card allows a person to use the services of business and lounge facilities at airports in many countries.

The Priority Pass service began its existence in 1992. Since that time, the network of airports where you can gain access to individual lounges using the Priority Pass card has exceeded 1,000, and the number of members has long crossed the mark of several million people who live in 130 countries around the world.

Business lounge Blues at Sheremetyevo

The main and only function of the card is to provide its holder with access to Priority Pass VIP lounges at airports. A traveler, in order not to wait for his flight among a crowd of people, can go to the lounge and relax there from the hustle and bustle, as well as take advantage of all the benefits of premium service:

• comfortable chairs, air conditioning;
• newspapers magazines;
• free drinks and snacks;
• free alcohol (in some rooms);
• free Wi-fi;
• TV;
• computer, printer, fax;
• chargers for gadgets.

The Priority Pass card is a convenient accessory for travelers who value peace of mind and want to wait for their flight away from crowds. Convenient if you travel with family and children. The maximum age of children admitted free of charge varies depending on the specific hall (usually 2-3 years). Some rooms have a children's room, shower, massage chairs, and a room for smokers. All this will help while away the wait for your flight in comfort and convenience.

The quality of each VIP room varies significantly: from luxurious to squalid.

How to use the card

To access the lounges, you just need to show your Priority Pass card at the entrance. The card holder has the right to invite guests as well. The maximum number of accompanying persons depends on the rules of the VIP room (no more than 10 people).

The hall employee makes an imprint from the card or immediately reads information about the owner from the card. After which he issues a visit ticket or enters information into a special journal. Next, the holder must sign on the slip or in electronic terminal. The cardholder is recommended to keep a copy of the “Cardholders Copy” slip. The cost of the service is determined on the basis of the receipt for the visit voucher or in the registration log.

For each personal visit and for guests, a fee is charged in accordance with the service tariffs. The commission is deducted from the client's main payment card by the issuing bank of the Priority Pass card.

Some VIP lounges may also allow people with a Digital Membership Card to enter. This is a special barcode. It is valid only for a certain period of time and can only be used by the card holder.

Also, Priority Pass users can install a special application on their phone that performs the function of an electronic club card.

It is worth considering that people who have plane tickets in their hands, the departure of which is scheduled on the day of the visit, are allowed into the VIP lounges. In addition to documents for the flight, passengers must have a boarding pass with them (not required in the USA). It is also typical for Europe to place VIP lounges in the Schengen areas of the airport. This means that only people with a Schengen visa can get there.

The list of airport lounges where you can use the Priority Pass card is listed on the club’s official website https://www.prioritypass.com.

Tariff plans

The Priority Pass card provides three tariff plans for its members:

• standard - its price for a year of use is 99 euros. For this money, the holder receives the right to use the services of business lounges at airports around the world for 24 euros and to accompany a guest, for whom he will also have to pay 24 euros;
• standard plus— will cost the client 249 euros per year. The advantages of this tariff are 10 free visits to the card holder, over this number you must pay 24 euros for each visit;
• prestige— an annual subscription for this tariff is 399 euros. Having Priority PassPrestige gives the user the right to free access to VIP rooms, but for each guest you will have to pay the same 24 euros.

How and where can I get a Priority Pass?

The card can be issued in two ways:

• independently on the official Priority Pass website. Flaws this method: expensive, long wait for receipt, you will have to pay for delivery;
• free from your bank. The Priority Pass card is not presented in banks as a separate product, but comes as an addition to or to a premium package of services.

The number of times you can use the VIP lounge for free and the number of guests is determined by the issuing bank of the card to which it is linked. Priority card Pass.

You can apply for a card at many banks. The most popular offers in the following banks:

Sberbank

Sberbank issues a Priority Pass card free of charge when you sign up for a package of services.

To become the owner of this package, you need to pay a monthly service fee of 2.5 thousand rubles. (30 thousand rubles per year). The commission for Sberbank Premier is not paid if all accounts, cards, deposits in total on the last day of the month have a balance of at least 2.5 million rubles.

There is no fee for the first 2 months of service. The service can be terminated at any time at the bank office.

Sberbank provides completely unlimited and free visits to lounges. The limit for visitors per 1 card depends on specific VIP room.

Is the most popular and advantageous offer. It is also available to holders of the Sberbank First package, on the same terms as Sberbank Premier. is a premium service for very wealthy clients.

VTB 24

The VTB24 Priority Pass card is issued within the framework. It will cost the client 2500 rubles. per month. To avoid paying a commission, the user must ensure that one of the following conditions is met:

• conduct non-cash payments for all debit cards on total amount from 55 thousand rubles,
• provide cash receipts to the card’s master account in the amount of 120 thousand rubles,
• balances on absolutely all bank accounts must be at least 2 million rubles.

For fulfilling these conditions, the client is given 8 free passes to individual rooms or 4 with a companion.

Promsvyazbank

The bank offers its users a premium program “Orange Premium Club”. Clients with a Priority Pass card have access to services in VIP lounges at international airports.

The monthly fee for the premium service package is RUB 2,800. from the second month of service. You can avoid expenses provided that the total monthly balance for all bank accounts 2 million rubles. or 1 million rubles, but the amount of settlement transactions with payment cards is at least 50 thousand rubles.

As a bonus, in the first month the client receives the right to 2 free visits to the lounges. If in the future the user fulfills the above conditions for free service, then he and his guests are given complete unlimited access to business lounges for free.

Gazprombank

Gazprombank for holders of premium cards Mastercard World Elite / World Signia / Black Edition or Platinum issues a Priority Pass card.

The cost of the first year of card servicing is 15,000 rubles, the second – 25,000 rubles;

Bank Avangard

Avangard Bank provides the card as additional service To Mastercard cards(except Cash back) and Visa (except Visa Electron).

The cost of an annual subscription to service classical credit cards 600 rub. / 25 dollars / 25 euros, premium Platinum class costs 5,500 rubles. / 200 US dollars / 200 euros, and MasterCard World Elite.

You can get a card for free by making average monthly payment transactions worth more than 20,000 rubles. Users elite cards receive Priority Pass for free.

The cost of visiting the hall for one person is 27 US dollars.

UniCredit Bank

Unicredit Bank issues a Priority Pass card to holders of the Prime package. Its cost is 3000 rubles. per month. The client can save and not pay this amount if the average monthly balance of balances on all his bank accounts and mutual funds exceeds 2 million rubles.

Unicredit Bank also provides clients with additional bonuses:

• if his accounts contain from 2 million to 4 million rubles. – 2 free visits to the hall,
• from 4 million to 6 million rubles. – 4 free visits,
• more than 6 million rubles. – 2 free visits to the hall per day.

Rosbank

Rosbank issues a Priority Pass card free of charge for Premium package holders. The monthly service fee is RUB 2,500.

You can avoid costs if:

• the average monthly balance on all accounts is more than 2 million rubles;
• or monthly salary receipt in the amount of 150 thousand rubles;
• or the amount of average monthly balances on all accounts from 750 thousand rubles. At the same time, the average monthly expense transactions on the main card amount to more than 50 thousand rubles.

The package includes 12 free passes to airport business lounges throughout the year.

Alfa Bank

The Priority Pass card is issued free of charge to those who have issued an Alfa-Miles Signature card. At the same time, visits to the VIP room will be paid ($27).

4 visits per month to the business lounge are free for those who meet the following conditions:

• 3 million rub. on accounts;
• or 1 million rubles. on accounts + purchases were made for goods and services in the amount of 50 thousand per month.

Without restrictions, those who have:

• 6 million rub. on accounts;
• or from 2 million rubles. on accounts + purchases were made for 100 thousand per month.

Receiving club card Priority Pass from the bank, remember that the bank can change the terms of service for the card at any time. Before using the card, you need to look at the current tariffs so that you don’t have to worry about the commission charged later.