As you would know some premium credit cards like AMEX Platinum Travel and Standard Chartered Ultimate come with a Priority Pass card which can be used for international lounge visits.

The visits using the Priority Pass however could be chargeable based on the credit card that you hold.

There has been an announcement regarding the revision to the charges regarding the same. Continue reading for more details.

American Express

With Amex Platinum Travel card, you can apply for complimentary membership of the Priority Pass program. While you get complimentary “membership” to Priority Pass for international lounge access, you do not get any complimentary “access” with it, unfortunately i.e. for access to lounges, you would have to shell out $32 per Cardmember/guest per visit.

Effective 1 October 2023, as per updated Priority Pass policy, the lounge visit will be $35 per Cardmember/guest per visit.

To enroll into the AMEX priority pass program membership (if you hold any of there premium credit cards i.e. the Platinum series cards) use this link.

There is no change to domestic lounge visits policy for the Amex Platinum Travel card. You can continue to enjoy 8 complimentary lounge visits per year (limited to 2 visits per quarter) with lounge access program available across 10 cities and 10+ lounges. Check out the latest list of lounges for Amex Platinum Travel. Almost all major cities are covered which are listed below.

• Ahmedabad
• Bangalore
• Chennai
• Cochin
• Delhi
• Goa
• Hyderabad
• Kolkata
• Mumbai
• Pune

There is an exciting offer going on for the Platinum Travel card. If you would like to apply for this premium card then use the referral link to get this card free for first year (otherwise joining fee is Rs 3500 + Taxes) and 2000 bonus reward points!!!

Standard Chartered

With Standard chartered Ultimate credit card, you get 4 complimentary Domestic airport lounge visits per quarter via card (Access via Priority Pass is chargeable) & 1 complimentary international visit/month via Priority Pass given that 20000 spend is done in previous month. Over that $27 is charged per visit per person.

Effective 1 October 2023, as per updated Priority Pass policy, the non-complimentary lounge visit will be $29 per Cardmember/guest per visit. Check out the terms and conditions here.