The Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse in Washington Dulles is now a Priority Pass lounge. A nice one at that.
For Priority Pass members, it is available daily from 6:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. Your membership card technically gives you three hours in the lounge, though I don’t think they’d throw you out if you wanted to stay a bit longer.
During the Priority Pass hours, the lounge amenities are very much scaled down. I was there at 7:00 A.M. and counted eight others in the lounge. Rather than an elaborate buffet and a la carte menu, a more modest buffet is available featuring cold cereal, oatmeal, fresh fruit (including delicious peaches and plums), vanilla yogurt parfaits, croissants, bagels, and finally egg sandwiches made to order. Beverages include coffee, tea, orange juice, cranberry juice, beer, seltzer water, and ginger ale. I asked for a cappuccino (and even offered to make it myself), but was denied.
That’s not a bad breakfast spread and far better than what is offered at the British Airways lounge nearby.
The lounge has plenty of seating (even though the upstairs seating is closed) including a mix of chairs and couches.
A pinter with wireless printing is available.
The restroom does not have showers. If you need a shower, the other three Priority Pass lounges in Dulles have them.
CONCLUSION
Dulles has four Priority Pass lounges all within a short walking distance of one another: British Airways, Turkish, Air France, and Virgin Atlantic. Tomorrow, I will compare and rank these four lounge. Just note the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse is a nice lounge and well worth a visit, especially if you want a hot breakfast.
Seems Virgin is getting the leftover bagels and catering from Skyclub. 🙂
I really like the Turkish Lounge for its good food and cozy atmosphere.
I used this lounge around lunch time recently. The best thing going for it are that it was uncrowded. The food choices were minimal and disappointing. I was asked to leave at 1:30. Even though it was uncrowded and I had only been there 90 minutes. They admitted it was because they were going to be putting out better food. It’s unnecessarily rude policy if the lounge is empty.
The Korean lounge at JFK also kicks PP members out at a certain time to refresh the lounge for the “real” passengers. The airline opens for PP when it would otherwise be closed due to a lack of departing Korean Air flights. It then closes for an hour to refresh and opens again for the evening departures. This practice seems to be becoming more common as airlines look to monetize their lounge spaces in low periods during the day. They offer a minimal service for PP passengers while reserving the full service for their departing business class and elite members.
Crumbs, it’s a long way from the LHR Clubhouse. Just looking at the pictures of that hideous patterned room divider is giving me a headache.
looks like AF’s lounge is no longer priority pass available
You’re right! That’s too bad.