Priority Pass is losing all its airline lounges in Bangkok

If you’re planning to fly out of Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport from next month onwards, there’s a major lounge shake-up you should know about.

Priority Pass has announced that all seven of its existing airline lounges will be leaving the network, effective 1 April 2025. These lounges have already been removed from the DragonPass network, and rumour has it that this is a directive from the Airports of Thailand (AOT), rather than the result of a dispute between the lounge networks and airlines themselves.

While lounge pass members can continue to visit the Coral and Miracle contract lounges, these are generally not as good as the airline lounges which are being removed, and it’s a big blow for passenger choice.

All airline lounges in Bangkok are leaving Priority Pass

From 1 April 2025, the following lounges at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport will be leaving the Priority Pass network.

It was originally believed that the Turkish Airlines Lounge would survive the cull, but a notification on the Priority Pass app confirms that it too will be leaving the network on the same date.

If you believe the rumours, the departures are due to a new AOT rule stipulating that airline lounges can only receive their own passengers as guests. Why that’s the case, I’ll leave you to decide, but whatever the reasons this is a passenger-unfriendly move. The Coral and Miracle Lounges aren’t terrible by any means, but more choice is always better than less choice. 

I personally am a big fan of the Oman Air Lounge, as it’s one of the few Priority Pass lounges that serves champagne (and the food’s not too bad either).

Another fun one to visit is the Turkish Airlines Lounge, which offers a complimentary 15-minute massage and a proper boardroom for getting work done.

It remains to be seen whether these airline lounges are even sustainable without the business from lounge pass members, and some may have to reduce their operating hours. I certainly hope this doesn’t lead to permanent closures, especially since I wouldn’t be surprised if a few months down the road we see another policy U-turn!

What lounges remain at BKK?

Priority Pass members won’t exactly be starved for options at Bangkok, because even with the removal of the airline-operated lounges, there’s still a Coral or Miracle lounge close by no matter where your flight is departing from. 

As I said earlier, these lounges are perfectly decent, and I can think of much worse places to wait for a flight. All the same, I do wish that Priority Pass and DragonPass would look at adding some restaurants or non-lounge experiences to their repertoire in Bangkok, just to keep things interesting.

Conclusion

Priority Pass members have long been spoiled for choice when it comes to lounges at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, with more than two dozen options to choose from including numerous airline lounges.

Unfortunately, that will change from 1 April 2025 as seven airline lounges leave the network, leaving the Coral and Miracle lounges as the only remaining options.

Which airline lounge at Bangkok will you miss the most?