YOU don’t need a fancy First Class plane ticket to enjoy a luxurious airport lounge with a free buffet.
In fact, there’s a far easier way you could be chilling in a classy airport lounge on your next trip, without forking out thousands. Click here to find out how.
This travel hack costs less than £5 a month and will get you into glamorous airport loungesCredit: Getty
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We’ve all been there – sitting in a hard plastic chair at the airport gate with a packet of crisps and a bottle of water that cost you an arm and a leg.
Or worse, stressing out that your family meal is taking too long to arrive and you might need to leg it to the boarding gate.
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Instead, with a Priority Pass you could be snuggling into a cosy sleep pod, kicking back on a comfy sofa or tucking into a complimentary meal.
The best part? Sun readers can bag 20% off a Priority Pass right now by clicking here.
Priority Pass members get access to over 1,900 airport lounges across the world. The lounges cover over 85% of the world’s top 100 airports, so you’re basically travelling like a First Class passenger on the cheap (before you reach the plane and turn right).
There’s complimentary food and drink across ALL lounges, which will already save you on having to fork out for an expensive airport meal.
Plus there’s comfy sofas, charging points and free Wi-Fi, making that wait before your flight all the more comfortable.
Some lounges even have showers, sleep pods, desks and quiet spaces – so if you want to squeeze in a nap after your early wake-up, no problem.
A standard membership usually costs £69 per year, but you can now bag 20% off and pay only £55 for the whole year.
This gives you access to nearly 2,000 airports across the world, for a £24 fee each visit.
All Priority Pass member benefits
Priority Pass members get access to the following:
Complimentary food and drinks
Sleep pods to rest at certain airport locations
Be Relax spa treatments (at select lounges)
Bring along a guest (£24 Guest visit fee)
Discounts on more airport dining and spa treatments
The option to re-book selected lounges for a supplementary fee
Free membership to the WithU Fitness app (worth £79.99 per year)
All of the airport lounges offer complimentary food and drinkCredit: Getty
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Members also get extra perks like access to Be Relax spa treatments, including massages, manicures and more at participating airports.
Plus if you want to stretch or get a workout in before or after your journey, members also get access to a fitness app worth £79.99 completely for free.
The WithU Fitness app creates you a personalised training program which can be used in the gym or at home.
It’s also full of audio workouts where you are coached by professional trainers.
Priority Pass lets you into more than 1,900 lounges globallyCredit: Getty
Priority Pass plan options
Standard Plan is on a pay-as-you-go basis – all lounge visits are charged £24 at the time of usage to your payment card.
£69 £55 for first year (20% discount) / £4.60 per month
Standard Plus includes 10 free visits during your membership year, visits after this will be charged £24 to your payment card.
£229 £206 for first year (10% discount) / £17.17 per month
The Prestige Plan is unlimited free member lounge visits. Under all three plans members can take accompanied guests into the lounges for the visit fee stated which is charged to your payment card.
£419 per year / £34.92 per month
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Vigil continues to air every Sunday and Monday night on BBC One as DI Kirsten Longacre (played by Rose Leslie) heads up the latest murder investigation.
But in a complete 180 degrees move to series two which was mostly set in the Middle East, season three takes place in Svalbard, Norway, which is located in the Arctic Circle.
And with Svalbard having an average annual temperature between minus 11 and minus 16 degrees, it wasn’t the easiest of conditions to work in.
Nevertheless, Leslie did pick up a few helpful tips while shooting in Iceland’s freezing temperatures for Game of Thrones.
“Filming back then, I was given a brilliant hack that I also used for Svalbard as well.
“Essentially, if you get a heat pack and you place them on both your kidneys, you are then heating up your blood because your blood is going through your kidneys and then whizzing everywhere else in your system.
“So if you’re heating up the blood going through your kidneys, you’re actually going to warm yourself up.
So I was like ‘Guys, you’ve got to listen to me on this!’ And it works!
“That really helped me on every single day we were filming outside on the mountain tops.”
Vigil season three returns for its third episode tonight, Sunday, September 6, where Kirsten will finally be reunited with DCI Amy Silva (Suranne Jones).
It’s been teased that Amy travels to Svalbard to “clear Kirsten’s name” as she faces the “wrath of the Russians”.
The official synopsis continues: “Together, they dig into the complex motivations within the hub whilst something more sinister bubbles beneath its surface.
“The truth of Hodge’s murder may be closer to home than they thought, but the situation threatens to combust before they can get to the truth.”
Vigil is available to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Not only will you unlock amazing holiday deals in the UK, Europe and beyond, but there’s plenty more benefits such as free airport lounge access whenever your flights get delayed if you’re travelling abroad.
Here’s our pick of the best UK deals we found on Travelzoo, where you can save up to hundreds of pounds on an incredible countryside staycay.
Mount Snowdon two-night adventure – £110 (£217 off)
Stay at the gorgeous Royal Victoria Hotel in Snowdonia for £55 per night with TravelzooCredit: TravelzooTake in the views of the Snowdon mountain railway on your Welsh staycationCredit: Travelzoo
Sitting between two lakes at the base of Mount Snowdon, the grand Royal Victoria Hotel in Eryri is a sight to behold.
The location “cannot be beaten” according to one Travelzoo member.
You can enjoy with lake views from the hotel restaurant and 13th century castle ruins within the hotel grounds themselves.
Whether you’re tackling the mountain on a hiking holiday or simply want to soak up the views of Snowdonia from the hotel with a warm drink in hand, this £55 per night deal is a bargain way to do so.
Claim your £1 Travelzoo trial & book a two-night stay with daily buffet breakfast included from £110
London superyacht stay – £200 (save £141)
Save up to £141 with a stay onboard the Sunborn London Yacht Hotel with TravelzooCredit: Travelzoo
The Sunborn London Yacht Hotel is a one-of-a-kind stay.
Sitting on London‘s Royal Victoria Dock, the 420-foot superyacht hotel offers prime views of the Thames, plus easy access via cable car to Greenwich or the Elizabeth Line into Central London.
Included in this deal you get an overnight stay in a riverview room for two, buffet breakfast, an Afternoon Tea experience (with a cocktail!) and bottomless hot drinks.
Not only that, but you’ll get a complimentary bottle of Prosecco on arrival and some delicious chocolates in your room.
Claim your £1 Travelzoo trial & book an overnight superyacht stay for two with Afternoon Tea, breakfast and bottomless hot drinks for £200
Northumberland National Park two-night break – £89
Visit the World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland for only £89 for two nightsCredit: Getty
You can bag a two-night stay at the Riverdale Hall Hotel in Northumberland for an insanely cheap £89, which works out to £22.25pp per night.
The hotel sits at the edge of the Northumberland National Park in Bellingham, a pretty market town perched along the Pennine Way.
Nearby you can look out over Hadrian’s Wall at the National Landscape Discovery Centre.
Or even visit the forest where the movie 28 Years Later was filmed.
Claim your £1 Travelzoo trial & book a two-night Northumberland stay from £89
Stay in a former royal hunting lodge built for King Charles II with TravelzooCredit: TravelzooExplore the Wye Valley National Landscape on your countryside retreatCredit: Travelzoo
Fancy staying in a former royal hunting lodge once used by King Charles II?
The Speech House is a former royal lodge turned countryside hotel.
Built in 1669, the lodge still has many of its original features, including decor in the hotel restaurant that was originally a small courtroom.
The hotel is based beside the Wye Valley National Landscape. You can catch some spectacular views from Symonds Yat Rock, which is only 15 minutes’ drive from the hotel.
Claim your £1 Travelzoo trial & book a three-night stay with breakfast included from £299
Pembroke Castle two-night break – £159 (save £77)
Visit Pembroke Castle during your stay at the Coach House HotelCredit: Alamy
Stay in the medieval walled town of Pembroke with this affordable two-night break at the friendly Coach House Hotel.
It even includes a bottle of Prosecco on arrival.
The town is home to the incredible Pembroke Castle, where King Henry VIII was born.
After enjoying a full Welsh breakfast each morning, you can set off to explore more local attractions like the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and the seaside town of Tenby.
Claim your £1 Travelzoo trial & book a two-night Pembroke stay from £159
Lake District escape with dinner & Prosecco – £129
Book a cosy Lake District stay with dinner and Prosecco included for £129Credit: Travelzoo
Book a staycation in the stunning Lakes with a cosy stay at the four-star Damson Dene Hotel with this deal.
The hotel is just 10 minutes’ drive from Lake Windermere, the largest lake in England, where you’ll also find The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction.
Your stay includes an overnight stay plus dinner for two, Prosecco on arrival, and even a pair of free tickets to the enchanting Lakeland Model Village.
Claim your £1 Travelzoo trial & book an overnight stay with dinner & Prosecco in the Lake District from £129
THIS travel club can save you a whole lot of money when going on holiday – and Sun readers can try it out for just £1.
Ever wanted to swap those noisy airport cafes and hard airport seats for somewhere a little more comfy and relaxed, where free food and drink is flowing?
Swap the overcrowded airport seating for glam lounges with unlimited food and drinkCredit: Getty
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For £1, you could bypass the airport chaos entirely and kick back in a stylish, comfy airport lounge with ice-cold drinks, super-fast Wi-Fi and somewhere to put your feet up
Travelzoo are a money-saving club where members can bag a load of travel benefits, including free airport lounge access if your flight is delayed.
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The membership costs £30 for the year, which is already a steal.
But Sun readers can bag a 30 day free trial for only £1 by clicking here.
So before your next holiday, you could be chilling in an airport lounge with bottomless food and drinks (including alcohol) in exchange for that quid rattling around in your pocket.
We all know the dreaded feeling. You’ve dragged your bags through the terminal, braved the queues, and finally made it to the gate – only to look up at the screen and see the dreaded words: DELAYED.
Suddenly, you’re searching for a seat in a packed airport terminal, clutching a soggy-yet-expensive airport sandwich.
But if you’re a Travelzoo member, you get access to over 1,600 lounges across 500+ airports in more than 100 countries.
The way this works is simple. When your flight is delayed by one hour or more, you get airport lounge tickets automatically sent to you by email or text.
Inside these stylish lounges you’ll find things like private and comfy seating, free Wi-Fi and charging points, and even showers, desks and sleep pods in some locations.
Complimentary drinks even include alcohol across some of the airport loungesCredit: Getty
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You’ll also get complimentary food and drink, which includes alcohol.
So even if your flight is delayed for multiple hours, you know you’ll have access to good-quality food, drinks and even somewhere to nap.
“As soon as I got the delay notification from Delta, I received an email with lounge pass PDFs” writes one Travelzoo member, Holly.
“Our flight ended up being delayed six times and the lounge pass was a lifesaver.
“This lounge had free food, drinks, snacks, Wi-Fi, showers, etc. It was worth it!”.
Another member, Angela, said she used it at London Heathrow after a delayed flight saga.
She said: “Travelzoo notified me of our delay and sent vouchers to a lounge that was way better than the one my credit card had.”
Usually, access to these airport lounges would require an elite membership status with an airline, or an expensive day pass.
However you can access these lounges with Travelzoo no matter who you are flying with, even with economy class tickets.
Flight delays are made much easier when you have somewhere comfortable to sit and relaxCredit: Getty
Airport lounge day passed typically cost between £30 – £40, whereas a Travelzoo membership costs £30 for an entire year.
That means just one delayed flight would justify the cost of an entire year’s membership.
You could easily spend over £30 on meals and drinks for the family in the airport Wetherspoons, but instead you’ll have your own less-crowded, more comfy zone with access to all the snacks and drinks you’ll need.
Best of all, you can register up to three travel companions on your itinerary for free – meaning your family or mates get the VIP treatment right alongside you.
Travelzoo members don’t just get airport lounge benefits – they also get access to super cheap holidays.
There are members-only sales and hand-picked holiday deals that give members access to some of the best holiday bargains out there.
For example, members can bag Benidorm package holidays for £179pp, a two-night staycation for two in Northumberland for £89, or a charming English inn stay for £59.
Members will be alerted when flash holiday sales go live, and can bag these exclusive discounts before anyone else.
How to register for lounge access
Once you’re signed up to Travelzoo by clicking here, follow these steps:
Visit airportlounge.travelzoo.com and register your flight at least 24 hours before departure
Enter your flight number, travel date, and passenger details. You can register up to 3 travel companions on the same itinerary.
Each flight leg requires a separate registration (roundtrips and connections need individual entries).
If your flight is officially delayed by 1+ hour, you’ll automatically receive QR-code vouchers via email and text with participating lounge options.
Note: Cancelled flights or flights rescheduled to the next day do not qualify.
Sun readers can try Travelzoo for 30 days for just £1 by clicking the button below.