Are the "Guest Passes" you can find on eBay readily accepted by the airport lounges? Are they exactly the same as what you buy for $45 from Continental..?

(exluding possibility of scam/fraud by a dishonest merchant, of course)

Most of them are from Chase. They are single entry to one-club and for one person only. So, that's different from the $45 daypass which is good for multiple PC on the same day.

And don't get the ones WITHOUT expiration dates. I believe they're phased out those and you will be denied entry with a pass WITHOUT an expiration date.

uh-oh. I bid on one of the 'no expiration' ones, b/c of course, that sounds better! Haven't won it yet, though.

I don't have a Chase card, so would buying one of the Chase passes be any problem to use? The ones on eBay for sale are good until 9/30/08 and our return trip would be 9/29/08. (4 hours at EWR). (I'm not sayin' I'll find where you live if there is a problem, just 'typically speaking', are they real passes...)

Also, if I buy a fresh pass directly from Presidents Club for $45, is that one pass=one person? Or we could both enter on one pass?

Thanks for your advice..

I believe that passes are for one person only - sorry.

No problem using the Chase one without a card.

The $45 one, like Seamus says, is also for just one person. No guest. But if you're passing through multiple PC on the same day, you can visit more than one.

And the $45 can be applied towards a full membership.

For more than one person, a <b>great alternative</b> is to get the 60-day membership from Northwest Worldclub. It's a full membership that can be used in NW, CO and DL's clubs, including brining guest. I think current rate is $85.

Here's the thread on Flyertalk about those passes with no expiration date:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=394603

Do NOT bid on those.

Thank you for the link - I surfed a bit on that forum last night but didn't find anything definitive about the passes.

Well, I bought 2 passes on eBay for the CO Pres Club (Chase)... $31 + $2.50s/h for the both of them. Hope they work!

Good luck!