Hidden Operators of Airport Lounges
00:00:00.000 | I think you'll find that there are a few companies that tend to operate lounges on behalf of
00:00:04.740 | airlines, but they won't put their branding on it.
00:00:07.480 | So for example, Plaza Premium operates lounges for a number of airlines and things like that
00:00:14.400 | around the world.
00:00:15.020 | The club operates the Chase Sapphire lounges, for example.
00:00:18.100 | But a lot of times they won't make that really well known.
00:00:21.240 | The Virgin Atlantic Lounge, for example, Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse, a lot of them are operated
00:00:25.480 | by Plaza Premium.
00:00:26.220 | And you can actually get into those with Plaza Premium.
00:00:29.780 | If you have a car that offers Plaza Premium access, you can get into a Virgin Atlantic
00:00:33.180 | Clubhouse.
00:00:33.940 | But they don't really do a lot of advertising.
00:00:36.200 | It's not very common to buy access to it directly or something like that.
00:00:40.980 | So it's not the same as like a priority pass.
00:00:42.720 | But there are definitely networks of companies out there that will operate lounges on behalf