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LoungesMembershipsBudget

Is Priority Pass Worth It? Work Out Your Own Break-Even

A calculator built on the 24 UK lounge prices we’ve verified ourselves. Put in your trips, your guests and the plan you’re quoted, and see the visit it starts paying off — or that it never does.

LoungesManchester

Manchester Airport Lounges Compared: All Five, Side by Side

Five lounges across two terminals, from £31 to £58. Which one you can use is decided by your terminal — so here they are compared on price, opening hours and who gets in.

LoungesEdinburgh

Edinburgh Airport Lounges Compared: Three Lounges, One Terminal

Edinburgh is one of the few UK airports where you genuinely choose your lounge. All three compared on price, opening hours and where in the terminal they actually are.

LoungesBudget

Are Airport Lounges Worth It? An Honest UK Verdict for 2026

UK lounge passes run from around £27 to £65. We do the maths on food, drink and comfort, share what Which? found, and show when a lounge pays for itself.

LoungesDress code

Aspire vs No1 vs Plaza Premium: Which UK Airport Lounge Should You Book?

A head-to-head comparison of the UK's three biggest pay-in lounge brands — locations, food, drinks, prices, age limits and dress codes — so you book the right room, not just the nearest one.

LoungesFamilies

Which UK Airport Lounges Allow Children? The 2026 Family Guide

Age limits, child pricing and family facilities at every major UK lounge brand — which ones welcome kids, which ban under-12s outright, and how to avoid booking the wrong room for your family.

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Don't Get Denied Entry: Dress Codes for Aspire, No1 and MAG Lounges

The exact published dress code rules for Aspire, No1 Lounges, Clubrooms and MAG's Escape lounges — what each one bans, where they disagree, and how to avoid a no-refund refusal at the door.

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UK Airport Lounge Dress Codes Explained (2026)

What 'smart casual' actually means at a UK airport lounge, what operators publish in their terms, what's genuinely enforced at the door, and what to wear so you're never the one being turned away.

LoungesMemberships

Priority Pass vs DragonPass vs Lounge Pass

Which access route actually makes sense for how often you fly.

LoungesMembershipsFamilies

Every UK airport lounge you can use with Priority Pass

All 44 lounges in one filterable table, with walk-in price bands, family policies and DragonPass access marked.

LoungesMembershipsFamilies

Every UK airport lounge you can use with DragonPass

26 confirmed lounges in one filterable table, with price bands, family policies, and the lounges where DragonPass works and Priority Pass doesn’t.

LoungesMemberships

Every UK Lounge on Lounge Pass, With Its Prices

All 40 UK lounges Lounge Pass sells, with its adult and child prices set against the best price we’ve verified elsewhere — plus the six airports it covers that most guides miss.

LoungesFamiliesBooking

The best UK airport lounges for early morning flights

25 lounges with verified opening times, earliest first — which are open at 4am, which welcome children, and the two that shut you out in winter.

LoungesHeathrow

Best Heathrow lounge for a quick coffee

Short layover or an early flight? Where to go by terminal.

LoungesHeathrow

The House at Heathrow T4: what happened, and where to go instead

Etihad’s Terminal 4 lounge is closed for renovation, but some sites still sell it. The status, the story, and what to book instead.

LoungesGatwick

Gatwick North Terminal lounges explained

Five lounges at Gatwick North — No1, Clubrooms, My Lounge, Plaza Premium and Plaza Express — and which one suits your trip.

LoungesGatwickFamilies

My Lounge at Gatwick: make-your-own drinks, a games room and a terrace

Pour your own pint, mix your own cocktail and keep the children busy with table football — in both Gatwick terminals. North vs South, compared.

LoungesCardiff

The 51° Executive Lounge at Cardiff Airport

Cardiff’s only lounge: four drinks included, DragonPass accepted, seasonal hours — and what 800+ reviewers say about it.

LoungesBudget

Cheapest lounge access in the UK

Where the lowest pay-on-the-day prices are, and how to spend less.

LoungesBooking

Do I need to book in advance?

When walk-up is fine, and when you're risking being turned away.

Parking

Meet & Greet vs Park & Ride vs On-Airport

What each parking type involves, and which suits your trip.

ParkingBudget

Cheapest airport parking in the UK

Where prices are lowest, and how to bring your cost down.

ParkingBooking

How far ahead to book airport parking

Parking prices climb as your date approaches — a rough timeline.