Free airport lounge access through "Visa Airport Companion/DragonPass"???

[Reepicheep]

When I was standing in line at my TD bank branch yesterday, I saw a message on their advertising video screen indicating that my TD credit card now offers free airport lounge access. This was news to me, so I just did some research to find out the details.

It appears that this benefit is new for my credit card (TD Travel Visa), but the program (Visa Airport Companion through Dragonpass) has been available for years for numerous other BMO/CIBC/RBC/BNS/etc. credit cards. Do any of you make use of this benefit?

Alas, it appears that the Edmonton, Orlando, and LA airports are not part of this program, but Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal are. Since we often connect through one of those cities, it would be nice to hop into an airport lounge during our layover (time permitting).

Anyway, are there any posters here who could share their experiences with this program? Thanks.

 

[deedubb]

I have the Scotia Passport Visa which has a similar benefit and allows 6 lounge passes per year. It used to include the lounge at MCO, but now only includes the one in Terminal C which we never fly out of. We can use it at YYZ though. Nice perk but we rarely use it now.

 

[stevelle]

I also have the Scotia Passport Visa and make use of the passes flying out of YYZ quite a bit, also used in Vancouver, and in Edinburgh (I've already used all my 6 for the year and don't get new ones until next May). Nothing useful in MCO though because only lounge is in the terminal we rarely fly out of.

 

[Reepicheep]

Thanks for the comments. Since it won't cost me anything, I guess I have nothing to lose by registering for the benefit. Our recent travel pattern, however, usually results in a very short layover in Toronto on the way to Orlando, so it is unlikely that we'll be able to use the benefit, Oh, well...

 

[Reepicheep]

OK, another question. I just found a list on the VisaAirportCompanion website that indicates that Edmonton DOES have two lounges taking part in the program, one for domestic destinations and one for US destinations.

My question: when departing from Edmonton, would it be possible for us to use the passes in an Edmonton lounge, even though our travel had not yet commenced? I assume (hope) that this would be allowed.