6 Ways To Access The Dan Lounge In Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport

Be aware , if you cancel your card ( AMEX platinum, united club. ) you lose your lounge access.
Thank you Dan and DDF.

What’s the din if you have more than one ink card, does one get 2 entries per card?

Now I understand why this lounge is usually so packed!

skyteam elite+ wont get me in when flying klm?

I will can confirm that you do indeed get Lounge Club for each card holder on a single account!! Just got cards in the mail.

I have question about ways to get star alliance gold status. I don’t have any airline status yet but have united and AA miles and recently used up over 120k united award miles on my asia round trip with my wife.

What Do I have to do now to get gold status with star alliance? Please show me easy and simple steps.
Thanks

great post! thanks dan!

flying thru cdg on AA/el al is there a lounge there i can access with my amex platt, or club card

do the united passes you get when you sign up for the explorer card work as well?

can u plz explain me how to get a free club card (option # 3)? i dont understand the difference between option 3 & 4 ??

Just an FYI….I was there 2 weeks ago. And the lady would not let me in . I had all the above cards. She insisted that I needed an israeli issued card. I remembered that I had an expired Priority pass card and she allowed that one.

Option 7 u could find someone at the airport who has a pass and ask to be his guest

@Anonymous:

Yes – just did it and got into AA Admirals lounge in CDG with my Amex Plat.

If I have 2 Ink cards (with AU on each one), can I apply for 2 free passes on each card? Do I need to change address or something or just email?

Achieving gold status on aegean is not as easy as you make it sound since most economy tickets do NOT qualify for full mileage credit, while on United for example, those same fare classes would.

Is there any way to get lounge access without the Chase Ink card? On the link you provided, once you put in the code CHASEINK it doesn’t seem to ask for anything more of the Chase card.

@love this blog:
People that have cancelled their United Club card have been able to use their membership until it expires some 15 months later.

And I wrote about canceling the Platinum card in the post.

@Meir:
The Ink card itself doesn’t get you in, the lounge club card you get for having an Ink card does.
With an Ink card you can add additional users and then your whole family can have lounge club cards.

@yossi:
😀

@netzih:
Not that I know of.

@JohnnieD:
Well done!

@Dan’s Fan:
Fly on paid tickets.

@avi:
No, those only work at United lounges.

@chaim:
3 is a credit card.
4 is a paid club membership with no credit card.

@was just there:
What airline were you flying and exactly which clubs or lounge memberships did you have?

Did she swipe your Priority Pass or just write down the info from it?

Priority Pass may send you a bill in the mail, but if the card is closed there’s technically nothing they can do to make you pay the bill.

@s w:
Camp outside the lounge and ask to be guested in…oh wait a second 😉

@2 Ink Cards:
Yes.

@sam ness:
But on USAirways all classes get full mileage.
And on United you can get double or triple miles for flying in premium classes.
It’s often worth paying a few bucks to upgrade a deep-discounted United ticket to a non deep-discounted fare class to get full miles on Aegean.

@Shmilfke:
It asks for it during the signup process.

Why not get the Ink card? 50K miles and 5 miles per dollar spent is hard to beat!

I was flying El Al to Amsterdam. I have the United club, amex Platinum, Both INKS. She wrote down the number for the priority pass. I doubt I will get a bill since the priority pass account was cancelled a couple days earlier since I cancelled my platinum. Yes I verified the Priority pass was cancelled prior to going to the lounge.

A quote from the *A website “Paid Lounge Membership Customers are not entitled to use any contract lounges.” ?

thanx, but with a credit card u only get 2 day passes free,no? 0r Im I missing something

@was just there:
As I wrote,
-You need to be flying Star Alliance to use United Club membership.
-The Ink card itself doesn’t give you access, it allows you to get a Lounge Club membership.
-Priority pass has your info and may bill you if the card has been closed. I’m not saying they will, but they may.

@chilzech:
It’s wrong. I’ve used it at this lounge.

@chaim:
With the cards in this post you get acces, just read the post.

Thanx, BTW I know someone who used a club (one time) pass at the dan lounge a few weeks ago.

@chilzech:
Nice!
That kind of stuff will always depend on the agent on duty.

diners club cards should also work. if the rep says it needs to be an israeli issued card, show them a printout from the diners club website which does list tel aviv as a participating lounge.

Are there any other CC’s (Discover, Bank of America, Citibank) that offer access to airport lounges?

If I have 4 people in my group, can we all get in with 2 lounge club cards under same name (2×2) ?

if I’m flying next Wed is there time to get the card?

i have a priority pass card from my Amex platinum card, will that be good for my wife too?

What benefits are available in the lounge? Glatt Kosher food?

just an aside, i am starting a catering business , what is the best card to use to rack up points?

Thanks for the info, and Cool pic!

hey dan thanks so much,

great job!

i know a bit OT but ill be in cdg, is there a lounge there that i can use my platt (im flying AA) or my club card?

@yechezkel:
I don’t think people can get that card currently though?

@kivabb:
YMMV.

@avi:
Which card?

@mendelthemouse:
No. But you can make her an AU or get her her own Plat card.

@Mark:
You have to ask to see the hechsheirim.

@freddy:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/

@rots:
There’s only 1 T in Platinum=Amex Plat.
Anyway see comment 12.

From what I hear, it is a crappy lounge anyways!

@Dan what about my question?

@Jason:
There’s free wifi, newspapers, soda, beer, snacks, and seating that’s not in the terminal.

There may not be 3 floors of club with showers where they press your clothes while you shower like in the Houston United Club, but it’s better than nothing.

@Jeremy:
There are other cards that give Priority Pass and Lounge Club, try asking on DDF.

An Israeli Mastercard gold or platinum will do as well

Any reason why not to put children under 18 on Ink Bold as AU being that they ask for SS# so everyone in family can get 2 passes?

@Dan: Thanx dan

Was today in the tlv airport Dan lounge with Amex platinum card n they told me they are a private lounge n if I didn’t open the card in Israel they can’t let me in there

@2 Ink Cards:
I just did and it went through

Just know that the agents are extremely fickle at Ben Gurion and they don’t know all the rules or all the cards. Saying NO is often the simplest way out.

Lol. Thanks dan. If you’d only know how i spell my first name…:-)

An Israeli “Visa Business” card works as well.

The PenFed Premium Travel Rewards American Express® Card offers FREE Lounge Club membership when you spend $15,000 on the card in a year. FYI You get 5x on airfare with no foreign transaction fees.

@Was there:
If you would read the post you may figure out what you did wrong.

Are there any free lounges for the Chase Freedom card?

Is this the only lounge in tlv?

@ari:
No.

@mmmizme:
There’s also a King David lounge, but that’s just for El Al premium class passengers/elites.

Thanx dan, ur the man.

Thanks Dan Enrolled, We all love free stuff.

Dan,

You missed two ways that I know of.

1) Delta Sky Club Membership (Check Delta’s website)
2) SkyTeam Elite Plus members travelling on a SkyTeam Flight (Check Delta’s or KLM/Air France’s websites)

I’ll be flying out of TLV on DL next week so I’m going to try getting access with my Flying Blue gold status to test this out before moving on to one of my Priority Pass cards.

@dan I have 60k Amex points 30k Starwood, and 12 delta. I need to turn that into 25k united miles but figure out how 🙁 can you tell me if it’s possible and the best way to do it? P.s. I dont like bothering you but I tried for a while and cant do it… Thanks for your time!

Dan with option 1 you mentioned “2 free visits per year” but when you go to the link you provided it just says 2 visits and does not mention per year. Are you sure it is 2 visits PER YEAR???

also regarding option 1 and the other options what about children under 18 are they considered additional guests that would incur the $27 fee

i flew through tlv this past sunday night flying with skyteam platinum medallion
The agent gave me a pass to the dan lounge for me plus one guest who was flying with me
(with my priority pass i would have needed to pay 27 for him to come)

Delta platinum

If you are Israeli – the “Anashim uMachshevim” Gold Business American Express card has no annual fee and gives unlimited free entry to the Dan Lounge at Ben Gurion Airport.

The gold Aegean statues is that good for international flights also, do I get three suitcases on international flights or only in the USA?
Thanks for all the great posts on every subject under the sun

@dan, I think your last name has to be dan to be allowed in with special access without any cards.

if i have 3 ink cards plus the fairmont card does that mean i can get 8 passes ?

bc when i spoke to someone at chase they said 2 per person per year not per card ?

can i just sign up for the lounge card via the link and access lounge, even though i dont have a Ink card?

Hi @Dan,

You say you can access the lounge with Chase Ink Cash (the free card), but when I go to Chase’s card benefits it only says that offer for the Chase Ink Bold and Plus?

@Miri:
Did you try signing up?

@Dan No, but when I read the rules that’s what is says?

@Dan See here https://www.chase.com/online/business-credit-cards/compare-cards.htm

I just tried to get in to the Dan Lounge using my United Club card and was turned away. I was flying Lufthansa.

Here’s a tip for those of us who have our center of life in Israel and earn in Shekels: the CAL Platinum Diners Club “High Miles” card. It offers unlimited free entry to just the Dan lounge and free expanded health insurance among other random benefits. For those of us that prefer American-style credit cards where you choose what to pay each month, they also offer that as an option called “CalChoice.”
And on top of everything: the card has the best El Al point-spending ratio in Israel (yes better than Amex Platinum Israel) at 300 NIS per point.

Certainly underwhelming by USA card standards, but earning in Shekels makes it tough to keep Dollars in the US bank for paying off US cards. I’ll take what I can get 🙂

Oh I forgot to mention about the High Miles card: it costs 12.90 per month and there is also an “international” level, which is identical to platinum except you earn a point per 500 NIS instead of 300 NIS. No big deal if you don’t care about El Al points and just want free lounge entry.

@Josh: This is by far the best card for Israelis who travel through BGN a lot without Buisness Class lounge privileges. The Dan lounges are a little primitive, nothing like the standard of the El Al lounge, a bit Eastern European, but certainly better than nothing.

I have American Express platinum business, AA Executive (2-one for husband), AA Platinum, Chase Ink, bold, freedom and Business, and Delta Skymiles. Is there any way my whole family will be able to access the Dan lounge in August? Which card should I present? Thanks.

Does anyone have info for me? Thanks.

Significantly the worst lounge I hace ever used. Dirty, overcrowded, understaffed and all of the cold drinks were warm. I travel s lot and the worst thing about the Dan on concourse B is that I was directex to it because Dan+ was ‘full’!

So I stay in the executive wing at the Dan in Tel Aviv very often and this means I cannot use the Dan Lounge at Ben Gurion ????

Is the club open 24 hours a day?

beware. you can only use the lounge on the Amex Platinum card IF your amex card is an Israel issued card. I felt sure I could go into the lounge but when I arrived early for a flight back to the US, I was told it has to be an Israel derived card. Just another scam of lounges or amex, I dont know which one.

@Andrew Engelman:
No, you can enter with the Priority Club membership that you can get free if you have a Platinum card. Just as I wrote in this post.

@Dan Hi. I am from the UK and so as far as I know I can only get UK credit cards unfortunately we don’t have many credit can cards with free lounge pass and the ones we do are very expensive. But I would like airport lounge access. Can anyone add me as their priority pass 2nd cardholder I heard it’s free.
Or have you any solutions?

Does a United one-time pass issued with the Chase Explorer card guarantee entry if one is flying United?

Thanks!

Hi Dan. Has there been an update to this blog post? Would be great to know this info based on current rules.