Priority Pass: How to Invite as Many Guests as Possible to Airport Lounges? (2024)

Here is the list of credit cards that provide a Priority Pass account in Canada:

Here is the list of credit cards that provide a Priority Pass account in France:

Begin by asking yourself these questions:

• How many total lounge accesses do you estimate you’ll need (counting yourself and each guest)?
• Are you looking to have access to lounges in every airport you visit?
  • Will your stopovers be long enough to get to the lounge?
  • Is it necessary/desirable to go to the lounge at your final arrival airport? If so, is there an arrival lounge (most lounges are only accessible for departures)?
  • Is it necessary/desirable to go to the lounge when departing from your city of residence?
• Will you have Business or First Class tickets on certain flights? If so, lounge access is included in the ticket (generally, airlines offer it even with award tickets).
• Will you have access to non-Priority Pass lounges via credit cards you own, such as the National Bank Lounge in Montreal or a Centurion lounge?
• Do any of the targeted lounges offer free access to children? If so, until what age?

This list does not need to be accurate down to the decimal point! The idea is to estimate your needs realistically, so as to apply the right strategy to optimize your lounge access while minimizing the associated costs. This requires a certain amount of preliminary research, of course, but the aim is to optimize subscriptions and their benefits over time.

As you’ve read in our previous articles, we don’t usually recommend taking out the extra card for your spouse. It is often preferable that everyone take a card in their own name, both for the welcome bonus and, in this case, for lounge access.

If everyone subscribes to one of American Express’s top-of-the-line cards, for example, the “pair” will be able to hold four unlimited lounge accesses. This could be useful in the case of a family mini-tour of the world. Plus, if one of the partners sponsors the other to obtain the second card, he or she will also have earned points for the sponsorship.

To be able to invite as many people as possible to the airport lounge, you could take out several credit cards

A Canadian could, for example, apply for the Platinum CardMD from American Express and the Scotiabank Platinum American Express® Card to obtain two separate Priority Pass accounts. The American Express PlatinumMD Card would allow him to invite one guest for free, while the Scotiabank Platinum American Express® Card would give him ten free annual admissions. So he could invite up to eleven people with him.

What you could do to make managing your different accounts easier, for example, would be to use a simple coding system.

• FIRST NAME+LAST NAME_SCOTIA-10: For a Priority Pass account earned with a Scotiabank Platinum American Express® Card (10 for 10 access)
• FIRST NAME+LAST NAME_AMEX-ILL: For a Priority Pass account earned with an American Express Platinum Card® in Canada or American Express Platinum Card® in France (ill for unlimited).

After creating each of your accounts, we recommend that you download the Priority Pass application(iOs, Android) to your smartphone.

When you launch the application, you’ll be able to log in to each of your Priority Pass accounts and display the digital membership card that gives you access to airport lounges.

Only one account at a time can be displayed in the app. So, if you wish to use several accounts when accessing a lounge, you must:

1. Login to the first account
2. Show the digital membership card for this account
3. Log out of the first account
4. Reconnect to the second account
5. Show the digital membership card of the second account

This of course requires an Internet connection. If you don’t think you’ll have Internet access at the airport where you’ll be, take a screenshot of each of your cards and save it in your phone before you travel.

On your iPhone, the solution is to add the cards to the Wallet app. To do this, simply go to the Priority Pass app, connect to each of your accounts and add each card to the Wallet. It will then be possible to display all your Priority Pass cards simultaneously.

Unfortunately, if you use the Wallet app, you won’t be able to identify which account is which, either the one with unlimited access or the one with six accesses per year. You’ll have to memorize it to make sure you choose the right Priority Pass account.

With a minimum of preparation and planning, it’s relatively easy to estimate the number of lounge accesses you’ll need over the next twelve months. Based on this calculation, we’ve shown how simple it is to obtain and manage multiple Priority Pass accounts simultaneously, in order to invite the maximum number of guests to airport lounges and maximize your visits. All that’s left to do is plan your subscription requests carefully, and you’ll be able to travel with ease, enjoying the magnificent privilege of airport lounges.

In addition to the undeniable relaxation provided by lounges, as opposed to communal waiting areas, this also results in significant savings on meals and drinks. Have a good trip!

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