Here’s a chart showing the current restaurants, sorted by airport code: Lunch at Bobby Van’s at New York JFK Airport Which US airport restaurants participate in Priority Pass?Īs of now, there are well over two dozen airport restaurants in the United States that participate in Priority Pass. The intention is that Priority Pass ordinarily pays lounges a certain amount for every guest who visits, so instead, Priority Pass pays restaurants a certain amount for every guest who visits, and then guests receive credit for some amount that they can spend at that restaurant.Īs a general rule of thumb, restaurants are reimbursed about ~80-90% of the credit amount, so if you get a $28 credit you can expect the restaurant is getting about $23 of that (the restaurants are giving the discount due to the volume of business they’re getting from this). In these cases, Priority Pass has gotten creative, and the company has partnered with some restaurants. This is especially true in terminals that are largely occupied by one of the “big three” US airlines.Īmerican, Delta, and United all don’t allow any of their lounges to participate in Priority Pass (since they view Priority Pass as competition to their own lounge memberships). However, in some cases Priority Pass has a hard time striking deals with airport lounges. Quito Airport Lounge, which is “traditional” and accessible by Priority Pass members What are Priority Pass restaurants?Ī vast majority of Priority Pass locations are actual airport lounges, which feature plenty of seating, complimentary snacks and drinks, and sometimes showers. Why is Amex excluded? My guess is that Amex wanted to control costs associated with this benefit, and eliminating restaurant privileges was an easy way to do that.įor Priority Pass restaurant credits, I tend to think that the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card ( review) and Chase Sapphire Reserve® ( review) continue to be the all-around best options.

If you want to visit a Priority Pass restaurant, make sure you have a Priority Pass membership not issued through American Express. Note that while all of those cards offer Priority Pass memberships, Priority Pass cards issued through American Express don’t offer credits for restaurants or other non-lounge Priority Pass experiences. In the United States, the following are some of the most popular credit cards to come with Priority Pass memberships (enrollment required), along with their guesting privileges: Which credit cards offer a Priority Pass membership? As I’ll explain below, how you attain your membership could impact the benefits associated with it. In the United States, a vast majority of people get a membership through the latter method. You can either buy a membership directly, or you can often get a membership through a premium credit card. In general, there are two ways to get a Priority Pass membership.

Priority Pass isn’t directly affiliated with any airline, and a majority of the company’s member lounges are independent, and not run by airlines (though there are exceptions). Priority Pass is the world’s largest network of independent airport lounges, with over 1,300 lounges around the world. Are there other Priority Pass restaurant restrictions?.

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