Select Priority Pass members can now visit Jabbrrbox airport workspaces with their membership at several airports. Let’s go over the details…
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Basics of Jabbrrbox airport workspaces
Jabbrrbox (okay, what’s with the name?) is a company that offers technology equipped workspaces at several airports in the United States. Essentially you rent a small private windowed booth that you can sit in, to get some work done in peace. These workstations offer AC and USB charging, mood lighting, audio speakers, ventilation fans, and more.
Jabbrrbox isn’t intended to replace the typical airport lounge experience, but rather is intended as a complement. Sometimes you just want peace and quiet, or need to hop on a private phone call, in which case an airport lounge really isn’t the right place to do so, since you typically don’t have privacy (especially nowadays, given lounge crowding issues).
Jabbrrbox access can be purchased in sessions ranging from 15 minutes to well over an hour. The entire process is automated, so there’s no one staffing these workspaces. Rather you can gain access to these using a touchscreen on the outside, as that’s how you pay, and it also shows how long a workstation is reserved for.
Get a 75-minute Jabbrrbox session with Priority Pass
Priority Pass is the world’s largest network of independent airport lounges. In addition to traditional airport lounges, Priority Pass gives members access to other airport experiences, ranging from credits at airport restaurants, to treatments at Be Relax spas, to access to airport gyms.
It looks like we can now add a new concept to that list. Priority Pass has just added several Jabbrrbox airport locations to its network:
- Eligible Priority Pass members can access a Jabbrrbox workstation using the touchscreen on the outside of a workstation; you’ll need to scan your boarding pass and Priority Pass card (either physical or digital)
- Each visit entitles you to a 75-minute stay in a Jabbrrbox suite, described as a $37.50 value
- Frustratingly this is only available to those who purchased a Priority Pass membership, and not to those who got one through a premium credit card; this is a trend we’ve seen lately with some new additions, as those who have a Priority Pass membership through a credit card are increasingly “second class” members
So far we’ve seen Jabbrrbox added to the Priority Pass network at the following airports:
- Austin (AUS)
- New York (JFK)
- Northwest Arkansas (XNA)
- Oakland (OAK)
- Ontario (ONT)
Bottom line
Several Jabbrrbox airport workspaces have joined Priority Pass. These are basically private booths that are ideal if you’re looking for peace and quiet, or if you want to make a phone call. Priority Pass members can receive a complimentary 75-minute “stay” in one of these booths.
Unfortunately this will be of limited use to most, given that Priority Pass is excluding those who have a membership through any credit card. This isn’t just restricted for those with Amex and Capital One cards (as is the case with restaurants), but also for those with Chase and Citi cards.
So while this won’t be useful for most of us, it’s at least worth being aware of…
What do you make of Jabbrrbox joining Priority Pass?
I have been to these in Austin and they are nice, but small. The best part of these is that it muffles the entire sound at the loud terminal.
I have no interest in sitting in a cramped cubicle. However, I am disturbed to find out Priority Pass is discriminating against members via credit card.
Airport lounge access is the primary benefit of travel rewards cards. If my bank allows Priority Pass to turn me away from a member lounge, I will be cancelling the card.
Too my knowledge Priority Pass doesn't sell a membership to the public that includes unlimited visits.
"Frustratingly this is only available to those who purchased a Priority Pass membership, and not to those who got one through a premium credit card; this is a trend we’ve seen lately with some new additions, as those who have a Priority Pass membership through a credit card are increasingly “second class” members"
No surprise because of the deal they have with the credit card providers. Perhaps talking about that would be a key point...
"Frustratingly this is only available to those who purchased a Priority Pass membership, and not to those who got one through a premium credit card; this is a trend we’ve seen lately with some new additions, as those who have a Priority Pass membership through a credit card are increasingly “second class” members"
No surprise because of the deal they have with the credit card providers. Perhaps talking about that would be a key point to why these perks are increasingly being pushed toward paid memberships.
It's unclear why someone would expect that a membership the CC company bought at a cut rate would include all the newly added benefits of a full-fare membership, especially where such an approach would cannibalize PP's own sales.
Having this free for all PP members would also fill up all the vendor's slots rather than having them open to cash-paying customers. It's understandable that the vendor would want to charge fairly close to retail...
It's unclear why someone would expect that a membership the CC company bought at a cut rate would include all the newly added benefits of a full-fare membership, especially where such an approach would cannibalize PP's own sales.
Having this free for all PP members would also fill up all the vendor's slots rather than having them open to cash-paying customers. It's understandable that the vendor would want to charge fairly close to retail price for that, that PP isn't getting enough from the CC companies for that, and that most CCs aren't charging enough of an annual fee to justify that benefit.
“You will live in ze pod!” K.S.
And here it’s even being sold as a perk
Are they dragonpass as well?
People pay for PP membership?? Suckers.
Ben, are you sure that access to the booth is "restricted"? I'd expect it to be available to all lounge users, free for some and chargeable for others. But your information makes it pretty clear that only a paid PP member can get the door to open.
Why would anyone have such an expectation? Desire, yes. Expectation, no. Ben stated that certain new PP benefits are for those who have a direct/paid PP membership. This appears to be one of them.
Why? That's easy. To monetize the booths and profit from the investment. To me, it makes more sense they'd invite me to pay to use the booth, rather than forbidding entry outright.
If you're saying *paid* access to those who have PP via a credit card, agreed.
"If?" Second sentence I wrote, friend.
Hope Chase keeps access to the PP restaurants
I'd be very curious to know how many/what percentage of PP members purchase it directly vs getting it as a card benefit.
I think there would be a good number of corporate customers as well