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Update: Today is the final day to use your AMEX issued Priority Pass card at airport restaurants.
I’ve taken advantage of this benefit at Tel Aviv’s Schmoozy Bar for free bottles of kosher wine:
And Cleveland’s Bar Symon for free bottles of beer and snacks:
Luckily I’ll still be able to take advantage of this on my Chase Sapphire ReserveĀ® and Ritz Carlton card!
What are your favorite Priority Pass airport restaurants?
Ā Originally posted on 5/28:
The Business Platinum CardĀ® from American Express and the The AMEX Consumer Platinum Card offer some pretty incredible benefits, including some of the best lounge access benefits of any card:
- Centurion lounge access
- Delta SkyClubĀ lounge access
- Priority Pass lounge membership
- Airspace lounge access
- Escape lounge access
Once upon a time, Priority Pass included access to airlines lounges like United. That fell by the wayside, but over the past few years Priority Pass has made up for airline club losses by adding airport restaurants to their portfolio. Typically you can get a $28 credit for yourself and each of your guests. You can lookup participating restaurants and lounges on their site.
In Cleveland I stop at Bar Symon and pickup a to-go bag full of beer, granola bars, drinks, chips, and fruit for free thanks to my Priority Pass card.
In Tel Aviv you can get a 100 Shekel credit at Schmoozy Bar instead of going to the overcrowded Dan lounge.
Sadly, starting on 8/1, Priority Pass memberships issued by all AMEX cards will no longer allow restaurant credits, though they will continue to work at traditional lounges.
This is certainly a devaluation of the Priority Pass program offered by AMEX cards. In Cleveland I can still access the Airspace Lounge, but in Fort Lauderdale for example there are no lounges other than the $28 credit you can get at Kafe Kalik.
Here’s hoping that theĀ Chase Sapphire ReserveĀ® and Citi Prestige cards continue to allow airport restaurant and lounge access…
HT: Shopsam, via DDFĀ
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Which airports have kosher restaurants in the Priority Pass program?
(CSR user here, so I’m unaffected by this Amex change unless Chase follows suit.)
Which airports have kosher restaurants?
(Besides TLV if you call rabbanut kosher)
In some restaurants you can find packaged kosher items.
Yes I do call that kosher. Thank you Rabbi yochai
No problem
I purposely left it open to your decision. Wasnāt being sarcastic at all.
lots of non kosher restaurants offer kosher drinks coffee, gondola bars.
I’m not sure there is a need for that tone? It is of course everyone’s right and choice to choose not to accept any particular hashgacha, but it is also reasonable to recognize that there are many good people who do accept the Rabbanut hechsher, and it’s highly inappropriate to disparage them for that. There are many opinions out there (of course there are, we’re Jews), and there is no need to put a different opinion down.
I have been using this perk when I am traveling via the chase card. I also have the platinum card. Is there any point to use both, for this benefit same dayāor only one works per day per airport? Either way, I know at least one of them wonāt work until we know more as of August ..based on your article. I know this is a side question, it seems Amex Plat signup issued me a different Priority Pass card number than the Chase one., So is it a one per day either or thing for now?
Also. Iām Heading to tlv Israel via San Francisco from LAX next week.. is your israel use above the best way to use for that trip?
Thanks
Have CSR and PT and in the past have been able to double dip, Note: I tip with cash and then would immediately use other PP card and ring up items (i.e. PDX Caper’s market RIP). But YMMV.
SFO hit Amex Centurion lounge (better food than Giants clubhouse imho not sure about fish restaurant) .
Interesting. Thanks for the answers!
In Tel Aviv you can get a 100 Shekel credit at Schmoozy Bar IN ADDITION TO going to the overcrowded Dan lounge.
(FTFY, at least until 8/1).
Thank you, can you catch it on your arrival day in Israel, once per day inbound, or only the day you are traveling outbound- out of tlv?
The lounge doesnāt exist for arriving flights. Neither does the restaurant.
ATM 1X @ each restaurant/lounge ( i.e. one could triple dip in PDX per PP account but one location is no longer offered as a PP venue).
Sure, but why bother with a lounge where you can’t get a seat?
we used it in TLV shmoozy bar we were very happy with refreshing drinks, we will miss it..
Get a Chase or Citi card?
how do i get into the centurion lounge if i have the consumer plat just show them the credit card and boarding pass? with piority pass you have a special card
Yes.
how do you get the restaraunt credit in the lounges? and anyone know the best lounges in heathrow?
You swipe your Priority Pass card.
yasher koach
If I have 2 priority pass cards can I swipe both at 1 restaurant to double up on the credit
If the waiter lets you, PP is ok with that.
Aspire lounge at MAN T1 now offers Kosher breakfast and snacks on the days that ElAl fly
Thanks dan.
I have Priority pass memberships from AMEX, CSR & CITI PRESTIGE. How Can i tell which priority pass membership is from which cc account ? How can i tell them apart ?
Call PP and ask them, then write on the card with a black marker.
I use the membership dates on physical cards.
Digital app, my Samsung Notes secure folder allows me to have two PP accounts without having to log out and then enter sign-in data (same with CC/bank apps like having a second phone/device)
Amex platinum product is becoming far inferior to chase sapphire reserve, my now go to and i will eliminate after my upcoming trip to europe and before my increased renewal kicks in. The rewards gold will do along with my Sapphire, Ink (and liking my new Capital One card which keeps adding benefits and airline promos). The chase products are just better values now in too many ways to pay $595 for the “privilege” of platinum.
Agreed.
I think a huge key is to start complain in by chat to Amex, everytime a PP listed lounge is closed to PP members.
As well as being the reason for closing a card, or asking for a retention offer, as no access to lounges and no restaurants makes it a non-benefit. Hopefully Amex will do a 180.
Maybe this is by design an Amex new ownership of lounge buddy will open access to PP closed lounges or offer a lounge buddy membership to replace PP
is PP usually restricted to only one lounge (at a particular airport) per day or can i visit multiple lounges within the same airport during my transit?
You can visit multiple.
Probably would have been better from AMEX to just make a policy that you could only enter 1 lounge or restaurant per airport per day.
That way they could get around people abusing the $28 credits multiple times before a flight, without killing off half of PP value (certainly domestically).
So to me it looks like the Barkley Black Card is pulling ahead they donāt have a limit on how many guests you can bring into the lounge and they have yet to put a block on the restaurants
Got a bottle or Recanati Rose at Schmoozy but United took it away from me before getting on the flight since it wasn’t in a sealed duty free bag. Gate supervisor stated “TSA regulations.,,,,”
That’s why I also got a bottle of water from Schmoozy to give to them when asked if I had any liquids š
Just did this on Sunday,
Got 600 SHEKEL for free !!!
Bought 3 bottles (Recanati Rose, 2 Yarden)
They confiscated 2, and I asked nicely if I can have one back, and she relented.
So I got 2 free bottles !
BTW, please point out (or not:)) that it will still work with the PP you get from Chase Reserve… no ?
I did point that out.
So i can use my CSR pp card for 3 swipes of 100 shek at shmoozy even if I’m the only 1 there bc ur allowed 2 additional guests? Or they need to be present and when he swipes the pp does he need to do it 3 sep times Dan u rock
Just requested my chase PP. Since the PP from Amex isn’t useful any longer.
I was in Kafe Kalik in FLL and was not allowed to use PP for grab n go items; only for sit down. Any workarounds for kosher observers?
I wonder why they care?
In CLE and TLV they were more than happy to do grab and go.
Agreed! It should be better for them than to have me take up a precious table. However it does say so clearly in t & c in āloungeā description for Kafe Kalik ā not valid for grab n goā. Same experience at a restaurant in LAX.
Ye kafe kalik in fll was nasty to me when I tried to use pp
Another reason to dump the Amex Platinum and keep only the Chase Sapphire Reserve. I cancelled my Amex Business Platinum few months ago after annual fee went up. I wonder how many others did the same…
Random q. Why isnt wifi on board free for business class flyers
Used PP for drinks on several occasions at pasta house in STL, no issues
same at Boston Logan very nice and courteous they were very surprised i did not want to have a full lunch…
my last few flights I was denied lounge access due to “its full” in TX, NY (all 3″), LAX. don’t know if this is a deal brake but if you are opening a card just for the PP perk , read up on it as its a hit miss