Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Here’s how you can get access to airport lounges in India for free!

India has witnessed some really good growth in people preferring flights over other conventionally preferred modes of transport. According to IATA, India is leading growth amongst markets in global passenger traffic by showing 41 consecutive months of double-digit increases.

With a rise in air traffic, air terminals have also faced problems like congestion and overcrowding. According to figures released by the Mumbai International Airport (MIAL), a whopping 34,000 passengers jostle for space in an acre at the International Airport! Overcrowding is also why airlines operating at Delhi International Airport’s Terminal 1 were asked to move their operations to T2.
Overcrowding at airports causes a lot of inconveniences. Unavailability of charging ports, lack of places to rest, queues at food stops and slow Wi-Fi connectivity are just amongst a few of the various problems faced by traveling passengers. Fortunately, airport lounges solve most of these problems. But airport lounges definitely don’t come cheap. Airport lounges in India charge for admission anywhere between INR 800 to INR 5,000 for just a couple of hours. But don’t worry, we have a way to dodge those expensive admission charges (not illegally of course) and get you in lounges all over India for INR 125 only! Yes, you heard it right! So how does it happen? Let’s get right into it.

To get access to airport lounges there are a lot of services that let you access lounges all over the world for a membership fee. Priority Pass is the most popular way to get access to over 1200 lounges all over the world. But the cheapest plan starts from $99 a year apart from a visit fee of $27 to each lounge. If you’re a frequent traveler around the globe and don’t mind shelling extra money for more comfort and convenience then getting a Priority Pass is a no-brainer for you. But for domestic travelers, the hack that we have might just make a lot of sense.

In India, Visa, Mastercard & Diners Club also give access to lounges as an added benefit on selected cards from their portfolio. But for ones who don’t have these cards getting a Paytm card will do the trick. Yes! Paytm’s Payments Bank offers its users a physical Rupay Platinum Debit card as an option. To get a physical debit card issued users have to pay a one-time fee of INR 125 and then a yearly subscription fee of INR 100 every year, thereafter.

Being a Rupay Platinum Debit card, the users are entitled to several benefits, of which, getting access to airport lounges in India is one. A Rupay Platinum Card will gain you access to 47 lounges all over India. These lounges include lounges at both, International & Domestic terminals. You can check the list of lounges involved in the program out here.
23/05/18 Prasham Parikh/Eoto
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