People who frequently fly, familiar procedure tedious waiting flight in the waiting room.Overcrowding and long queues at the diner did not arrange each.Make waiting more comfortable will help card Priority Pass.What is it and what are the advantages of its owner, you will learn from this article.
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card holders can change their lives for the better.Priority Pass - an international program access to one of 600 VIP-lounges of airports all over the world.Regardless of the airline and class which will fly a pass in the lounge area (lounge enhanced comfort) is a map and flight of the day.Card holders are guaranteed peace and quiet in a separate waiting room, as well as low prices, provided the acquisition of the annual subscription.Separately provided range of business-class rooms in over 300 cities worldwide.
Opportunities card holders
Owner Priority Pass card may invite a waiting room increased comfort friends, free to eat, drink, take a shower before the flight.But in some VIP-halls imposes restrictions on the number of guests and their age (not allowed in all children).The fee (if any) for the use of telephone, Internet, Wi-Fi, fax paid directly to staff VIP-hall.The list of free services available including televisions, newspapers and magazines, the ability to charge the popular phone models, smartphones and tablets.
Accounting visits conducted in one of two ways: through an electronic terminal, which is installed at the entrance to the hall, or the card holder issued a "Voucher for a visit."In the second case, the card holder should check the correctness of the information specified in the coupon with respect to himself and all the people accompanying him.
Administration VIP-lounges can limit the maximum time (usually no more than 4 hours) to prevent overcrowding.To increase the residence time in the comfortable Lounge, will have to pay twice for the visiting room.The fee for visiting VIP-rooms will be charged for each visit, per person, based on the conditions for participation in the program.The program provides access to rooms for meetings.
access to the hall are the person with the air ticket of the same day, provided that it was purchased without the discount.Outside the United States must be at the entrance to the hall and provide a boarding pass for the current flight.In some European countries, access to VIP-lounges only open to tourists traveling in the countries of the Schengen Agreement.
of membership
great opportunities open to participants in the program Priority Pass.How to access it?This card is not a means of payment, valid until the expiration date printed on the front side, and with the holder's signature on the back side.Priority Pass Card is an annex to the maps Gold, Platinum, Infinity, Selective.Sometimes it is given along with the classic credit cards.But each bank's own rules.
Sberbank may get a card only members of the "Savings-Prime", that is, customers who have issued the card Platinum American Express.Annual service fee - 15 thousand rubles.Provided predodobrennogo order will have to pay 10,000 rubles for annual maintenance Priority Pass.Uralsib Bank and Vanguard draw up a map for free.The first maintenance fee for 365 days is 6,000 rubles, and the second - 3000-5000 rubles, depending on the type of the basic payment kata (GOLD or PLATINUM).In some cases, employees Avangard Bank can offer to issue Priority Pass free if turnovers Mastercard Standart big enough.Raiffeisenbank issues a card by connecting the package "Premium", and a monthly charge 3,000 rubles.
How much is it
Priority Pass card in Russia also give Rosbank, Absolut, Unicredit Bank, SNGB.In Ukraine, the card can be issued in Privatbank, OTP, VTB, VAB, Russian Standard, and recently joined the program Delta-Bank.Before placing the card in any bank you need to specify a service charge.Practice shows that banks often make out customers first category cards Priority Pass.What it is?There are three main categories of payment:
- € 100 annual fee per visit of the owner or his guest paid 24 euros a time.
- 250 euros - included 10 visits, each subsequent 24 euros per visit per person.
- 400 euros per year - unlimited access to the card holder and 24 euros for a one-time visit to the guest.
But if you spend the time and place the card in the "right" bank, it is possible to find the tariffs that issue cards and all visits will be free.This is the best option for large families.
An alternative method
second way to get the card - via the Internet, on the website Priority Pass.But, besides online registration, payment of the membership fee and the cost of delivery, will also have to attach a new card to conventional banking, which will be written off funds.This whole procedure takes about 30 days.The membership fee depends on the tariff:
$ 399 a year - without any restrictions.
$ 249 a year - $ 27 for all the visits from the eleventh.
$ 99 a year - $ 27 for all visits to the owner and his guests.
Scope
At registration card bank employee is required to provide a list of reference of airports around the world, which operates the program.Availability of reference significantly reduces the time to find the correct airport with VIP-hall.But even if the hand was not the directory, a list of airports can be found in two ways.The first - the official website of the service to the plate "Find you lounger" in the left column you need to enter the country, the city and the airport.Second - through application of gadgets with the operating system iOS, Android, and more recently as BlackBerry.
Interestingly, the application can set yourself anyone.Many airports provided the opportunity to enter the lounge area at the rate of $ 10-20, on a "fee for use" applications.When you first run the program does not require the input of any member data.And you can use the app without an active internet connection.As part of the application, you can save your favorite bookmarks and view the search history.
practice
obvious advantages of the card - a chance to rest between flights in the Lounge high comfort level.But there are some nuances of the program Priority Pass.User reviews on forums confirm this.Firstly, each VIP-hall its own rules: in some limited number of admissions in the lounge area, in the other - you need to pay separately for the guests.You can draw two cards of different banks in their own name, then the guest will miss free.The second option - to draw the map of Raiffeisenbank.When connecting to the package "Premium" guests in the lounge area can be carried out free of charge.
Second, Russia's capacity cards can only be used at the airports of Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Pulkovo.In Ukraine - Kharkiv airport, Boryspil and Zhulyany.Much more opportunities opened at international airports.Members forums actively share useful information.At the airports of Dubai, Barcelona and Hong Kong in the lounge areas and a complimentary meal, a hot shower, drinks, access to the Internet.In the VIP-hall Nairobi airport air conditioning, unlike the airport itself.Ideal card usage - when traveling with children.In such cases, guaranteed free space in the rooms with food and drinks.
Summary
If tourists travel more frequently than three times a year, and also with a family with two children, the design of the card is significantly save the budget and allow comfortably pass the time between flights.
