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A good airport lounge is a big factor for comfortable travel. To help with that, here's a list of the best airport lounges around the world in 2024, as determined by the Priority Pass Excellence Awards.
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Best Airport Lounges in 2024
Travelers have thousands of airport lounges worldwide to relax in before or after a flight. Just the Priority Pass lounge network has over 1,500 lounges. Most offer great food, drinks, and other amenities. But some lounges sit above others with their quality and offerings. The Priority Pass Excellence Awards named the best airport lounges in 2024 specifically among Priority Pass lounges.
The winners this year are based on nearly 380,000 reviews from Priority Pass members. There are four categories: regional winners (including an overall global winner), highly recommend lounges (a.k.a. runners-up), Pioneer of the Year winners focusing on innovation, and All-Star of the Year winners focusing on customer service.
Overall global winner
Winner: Vienna Lounge, Terminal 1, Vienna Airport, Austria
The recently-renovated Vienna Lounge sits as the best airport lounge for 2024. Covering 27,000 square feet, the lounge has 450 comfortable seats overlooking the runways and beyond, an outdoor terrace, a central buffet catered by Do & Co, a “Vienna Coffee Shop,” showers with hair dryers and fluffy towels, workstations, works of art by Klimt and Schiele on loan from the Leopold Museum, and other amenities you would expect to find in the world's best lounge.
Regional winners
- Asia Pacific: Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club, Terminal 1, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Advantage VIP Lounge, Curitiba Afonso Pena International, Brazil
- Middle East and Africa: Petra Lounge, Amman Queen Alia International Airport, Jordan
- North America: VIP Lounge Aguascalientes, Jesus Teran Peredo International, Mexico
Highly commended lounges
- Asia Pacific: Oriental Club Lounge, Terminal 2, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan
- Europe: Marco Polo Club, Venice Marco Polo Airport, Italy
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Macondo Lounge, Barranquilla Ernesto Cortissoz International, Colombia
- Middle East and Africa: Primeclass Lounge, Muscat International Airport, Oman
- Middle East and Africa: Bidvest Premier Lounge, International Terminal A, Johannesburg O.R Tambo International, South Africa
- North America: Escape Lounge, S Terminal A, Syracuse NY Hancock International, United States
Pioneer of the Year winners
- Asia Pacific: The Coral Finest Business Class Lounge (Cocoon), International Concourse C, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand
- Europe: Primeclass Lounge, Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport, Turkey
- Latin America and the Caribbean: AMAE Lounge, Argentina
- North America: Hacienda Santa Lucia by The Grand Lounge Elite, Felipe Angeles International, Mexico
- North America: Gameway, Terminal 3, Los Angeles CA — LAX International, United States
All-Star of the Year winners
- Asia Pacific: Miss Phatsalawan Narapornkitirat, Miracle Lounge, Domestic Concourse D, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand
- Europe: Anita Ganska, Preludium Lounge, Terminal A, Warsaw Frederic Chopin, Poland
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Daniela Potes Flechas, W Premium – 5th Avenue, Terminal 3, Sao Paulo Guarulhos International, Brazil
- Middle East and Africa: Ghulam Sarwar, The Lounge, Sharjah International, United Arab Emirates
- North America: Silvia Villatoro, Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse, International Terminal A, San Francisco CA International, United States
What Makes the Best Airport Lounge?
Many factors go into the perfect airport lounge. The most common things travelers look for are comfortable seats, good food and drinks, showers, quiet work locations, and overall convenience. Some other things to consider are the overall lounge layout, views from the windows, temperature control, bathroom and shower amenities, overcrowding preventions, quality of dishes, cocktails, noise level, etc.
Furthermore, the artistic presentation of the lounge or art installations, the food and drink displays, and of course the behavior of the staff all go toward a relaxing and comfortable experience before or after your flight.
Our Take
Of course, great lounges aren't the only benefits of a Priority Pass membership. The membership also gives access to great restaurants, complimentary terminal hotels, swimming pools, and even golf. Just to recap, the Priority Pass costs $99 to $469 annually, depending on the tier. However, there are plenty of ways you can get a discounted or free Priority Pass membership.
Some of the best airport lounges for 2024 are in rather remote or unusual airports. However, that makes them even more fun to visit if you happen to pass through that airport. There's certain competition for the best lounge, considering each lounge has its pros and cons.
What factors do you think go into a good airport lounge? Did you visit in any of the lounges that won an award in 2024?
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