My review of the Plaza Premium lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 2
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This is my review of the Plaza Premium lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 2.
It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here.
Full details of all of the Plaza Premium lounges at Heathrow are here.
EDIT: A more recent review of the Plaza Premium lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2 can be found here.
Ever since United Club left Priority Pass, this has been the only lounge option for Priority Pass and Lounge Club members in Terminal 2. I reviewed the lounge soon after it opened, and gave away some passes in a HfP competition, and I was very positive about it.
I’m pleased to say that very little has changed – in fact, as they now have real cutlery, things have got better.
The bar area is still very classy:
The alcohol situation has also been cleared up. It was confusing with different people getting different deals depending on how they got access. Alcoholic drinks (served from the bar, not self service) are now all free except for premium spirits, prosecco and champagne which is charged.
Given it was mid-afternoon on the Friday before half term, it was surprisingly quiet.
The food offering remains excellent and will be a wake-up call for anyone who things the British Airways Galleries Club lounges are the peak of lounge cuisine!
My other issues with the lounge are the lack of natural light (which they have dealt with by taking using dark Asian-themed materials and architectural styles) and the weak magazine and newspaper selection (which could be easily fixed). In general, though, it is an impressive facility.
My review of the other Plaza Premium lounge, in Terminal 4, is here.
If you don’t have access via Priority Pass or Lounge Club, you can buy access via the Plaza Premium website here.
If you don’t have a Priority Pass, you get a free one with an American Express Platinum card. Alternatively you can buy one here.
Alternatively, if you apply for a free (in year on) American Express Gold card you will receive two free Lounge Club lounge passes which are also accepted here.

How to get FREE airport lounge access via UK credit cards (December 2021)
As a reminder, here are the three options to get FREE airport lounge access via a credit or charge card:

The Platinum Card from American Express
30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review
The Platinum Card from American Express comes with two free Priority Pass cards, one for you and one for a supplementary cardholder. Each card admits two so a family of four gets in free. You get access to all 1,300 lounges in the Priority Pass network – search it here.
You also get access to Plaza Premium, Delta and Eurostar lounges. Our American Express Platinum review is here. You can apply here.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold
Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is FREE for the first year. It comes with a Priority Pass card loaded with two free visits to any Priority Pass lounge – see the list here.
Additional lounge visits are charged at £20. You get two more free visits for every year you keep the card.
There is no annual fee for Amex Gold in Year 1 and you get a 20,000 points sign-up bonus. Full details are in our American Express Preferred Rewards Gold review here.

HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard
A huge bonus, but only available to HSBC Premier clients Read our full review
HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard gets you get a free LoungeKey card, allowing you access to the LoungeKey network. Guests are charged at £20 although it may be cheaper to pay £60 for a supplementary credit card for your partner.
The card has a fee of £195 and there are strict financial requirements to become a HSBC Premier customer. Full details are in my HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard review.
PS. You can find all of HfP’s UK airport lounge reviews – and we’ve been to most of them – indexed here.
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