[Premium] : LoungeKey and Mastercard World Elite

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So I’ve rejoined Premium. I also have a Curve Metal which I use for the added protections/cashback and the other features.

I note that both say they’re Mastercard World Elite cards. My business card (also Monzo) says ‘World Business Debit’. Both cards also provide LoungeKey access.

  • The Monzo x LoungeKey website says £24 for discounted lounge access whereas I remember seeing somewhere it’s cited as £20??? Is there really a £4 difference between the two and if so why is this the case?

  • I’m also looking at going to AMS next week and saw that the BA Galleries Club lounge on the Monzo x LoungeKey website and wanted to clarify if you could actually get into airline lounges on a Monzo card/ if anyone’s experiences getting into this lounge has been particularly smooth with LoungeKey? Usually I’d get in flying Club Europe but sadly not this time! (EasyJet)

  • As for the World Elite… what does this actually mean in real terms/ do for us? I’ve seen that there’s a raft of different benefits and protections but it’s all offered on an issuer/bank by issuer/bank basis. Is there any instance, say where travelling, that the World Elite Debit would be treated differently.

I remember seeing somewhere that Revolut Metal cards were all World Elite but that in real world terms it didn’t mean sod all…

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Depends where you saw it was £20. Was it somewhere to do with Monzo?

This is an explanation of world elite

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Really? That would be surprising. I’ve never come across a way to get into an airline lounge without flying with them or being an alliance member.

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Not this specific lounge, but this will probably still be relevant:

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I was shocked too because aside from the exception such as Virgin (Atlantic and Australia) - I’ve never heard of paying to get into an airlines’ lounge!

And as you say… you still have to be flying with VS (albeit Premium) for paid access.

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This feature seems largely useless then haha

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Thank you for that! Also I’m not sure, I need to have a good proper look again but remember seeing £20 in relation to Curve.

Was wondering why there would be a price difference. Even if it’s only four quid.

So far I’m struggling to log into the LoungeKey account I just got with Monzo which is a bad start lol

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I don’t know if that still applies - the last few times I’ve flown I’ve just shown my Monzo card and both Escape and Aspire and had no problems.

In fact in September that’s how I noticed a bug where we weren’t charging people correctly. I reported it while on holiday, should have waited until I was back in the UK and I might have had free lounge access on the way back too :wink:

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No1 lounges are evil. They failed to negotiate higher fee from the lounge access schemes (Priority pass, Lounge Key, etc) and charging a fee to “pre-book” a slot is their way around it. Thus yeah, No1 costs more on top of access key.

About airline lounges - from time to time individual airline lounges join the Priority Pass / Lounge Key / etc networks. I.e. sky team lounge in Heathrow (now closed), Swiss, united, SAS, KLM are all known to have been part of pay-to-access lounges.

Btw do note that one can buy i.e. priority pass membership direct if you need it. It might be more cost efficient than having a Premium banking card product.

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The BA lounge in Amsterdam was outsourced a few years ago. While it remains BA branded, it is effectively now a third-party lounge that accepts a lot of the usual schemes.

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Good info. I’ve just checked LongeKey - via Monzo Premium - and it gives the Terminal 1, Terminal 2 AND BA lounges at Schipol. Now planning to use the :monzo: Premium offering there (if it actually stacks up!)

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A rarity then! I’ve never used that lounge tbf.

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