Flight Delay Return: No Problem!

September 4, 2017 by edwinandlisa

Our Southwest Airlines flight from SFO back to PDX was originally scheduled to depart at 5:45pm, but the plane we are on left Denver about an hour and fifteen minutes late, which means our flight has been pushed back to 7:00pm. No problem! Lisa’s mom’s flight on Alaska doesn’t leave until 6:55pm, which means that we’ll both arrive to Portland at about the same time, so we won’t need to wait around for each other. The flight delay also means more time to enjoy our lounge, courtesy of Priority Pass, which is a credit card benefit for the Chase Sapphire Reserve and my Citibank Prestige card. We entered at 3:45pm and have enjoyed the free flowing alcohol, comfortable seating, free WiFi, and plenty of filling food options. Yet another lounge to cross off our list!

Lounge entrance

Hot and cold food choices

Dessert items, hot drinks and fruit

Alcohol selection

Lisa and her mom enjoy the amenities

Just in time too, because they started limiting the number of Priority Pass members shortly after we arrived

JFK Airport Priority Pass Lounge: Wingtips

July 8, 2017 by edwinandlisa

While we are on tour in Italy there may be times where we do not have any internet or WiFi connection, so in this case here are some previous unpublished posts from our current adventures…
Priority Pass provides airline lounge access to many airports around the world. This is one of the perks at Lisa and I get from our I priced credit cards. It has come in handy and we have certainly gotten a lot of value out of them since we have flown so much over the past year. This is a quick look at the wingtips JFK Lounge in New York City. Wii ended up hanging out there for about 4 hours before our flight left, taking advantage of the wifi, food, free drinks, and comfortable surroundings.

Located in terminal 4, just past the security gate on the second level

Comfortable seating with plenty of plugs to recharge electronic devices. Also nice big windows to gaze out at the runways.

At both ends of the lounge are men’s and women’s restrooms. There was no dedicated Business Center, just lots of seats with a few tables and stools.

Self serve hot beverages as well as cookies and trail mix available

Self-service chilled beverages included sodas, bottled beers common and various juices. Interesting Li, there was no bottled water, only a spigot with cups to drink from

Self-service Spirits are, Lisa took advantage but I stuck with the water and sodas

For food offerings, they had a bread station and two kinds of soup. There was also some cereal, available now but more likely for the morning service

The salad bar was extensive, with hummus, tomato, cucumbers, tuna salad, chicken salad, and more.

On the Hot Food Line was rice, mixed veggies and some sort of baked chicken pieces that were a bit dry.

Priority Pass Lounge Review: DXB Terminal 3, Lounge at B

April 25, 2017 by edwinandlisa

We own the Citibank Prestige and the Chase Sapphire Reserve credit cards, and both cards allow us access into select airport lounges around the world. It is a perk that we’ve utilized extensively over the past year and we’ve taken full advantage, including on our return flight from Dubai to Seattle.

We had a 3:10 a.m. flight departure and we arrived to the airport around midnight, allowing us plenty of time to enjoy the amenities and free food. Located on the second floor, the lounge had different seating areas from recliners to couches and eating tables to bar stools at the bar.

Bar with free drinks

Lisa goes with the healthy options

Hot food buffet

Desserts!

Priority Pass Lounge Review: LAX Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge

April 22, 2017 by edwinandlisa

We own the Citibank Prestige and the Chase Sapphire Reserve credit cards, and both allow us access into select airport lounges around the world. For our 3 hour wait at the Los Angeles Airport, we had the opportunity to hang out at the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge, even though we were flying on Southwest Airlines and in a completely different terminal. It was spacious, clean, and had a nice variety of simple lunch snack items to tide us over until dinner time.