Do you remember when airline travel was considered glamorous? You’d dress up for your flight, economy class food was really tasty (eaten with silverware!), and there were no baggage fees. The ‘golden age of travel’ may have long gone, but not all the perks have, thanks to the Cash Passport™ Mastercard® Flight Delay Pass. Find out how to get free lounge access if your flight is delayed.
Thanks to legroom culls, budget cuts, and weighing your bags at every checkpoint (sigh), the days of being truly excited for the flight component of your holiday is as far in the past as paper airline tickets.
Add in thoughts of potential travel delays and a ‘meh’ experience turns to ‘ugh’. It’s the worst.
Unless you have a Mastercard Cash Passport, a top-tier prepaid travel card that transforms how you travel with your holiday spending money.
Like a superhero swooping in to save you in your hour of need, the Mastercard Flight Delay Pass offers free access to airport lounges worldwide for flights delayed two hours or more.
Whether a passing snowstorm postpones your Amsterdam flight or a turtle makes their way onto the runway to lay their eggs at JFK (true story), airline delays cause unnecessary stress. Especially when weather-related and everyone is stranded.
Well, not everyone, because if you have a Cash Passport account, along with perks like locking in your destination currency rate and zero currency conversion fees, you also get the incredible Flight Delay Pass benefit!
What is the Flight Delay Pass?
This complimentary travel perk is available to any Cash Passport holder who registers their flight/s before travelling. Sign up for every leg of your trip. For instance, if you’re flying round-trip from Australia to Paris via Singapore,you’d log four legs.
For delays of two hours or more on those registered flights, you’ll automatically receive a lounge pass straight to your phone. And not just for you; you can register a plus-one travel companion, too.
With access to over 1,800 lounges globally, the Flight Delay Pass is not one of those lip service perks you can’t ever actually use. It’s a bona fide way to ease the stress of travel. Just like Cash Passport is a great budgeting tool that helps you ease the stress of managing your travel before and while you’re overseas, and keeps your travel funds separate from your everyday banking!
Stranded in São Paulo? You’ll receive a pass to the Mastercard Black Lounge. Delayed in Dubai? Enjoy the spoils of the Marhaba Lounge. Vacation on pause in Vancouver? Automatic entry to the Plaza Premium Lounge for you!
Travelling with Cash Passport
Cash Passport does more than offer incredible flight delay perks; it’s also an incredible tool to keep your travel savings safe while abroad.
Use it as you would any other credit or debit card – swipe, tap using Google Pay™, use it online, or withdraw from a local ATM – only instead of using your regular account, you use your pre-loaded funds.
It’s an ideal way to keep your everyday banking accounts away from scammers, bots, and pickpockets.
Here’s why we always pack our Cash Passport on our international jollies and business trips:
- Use Cash Passport globally anywhere Mastercard is accepted.
- Lock your exchange rate* when it feels most favourable with 17 destination currencies available (AED, AUD, CAD, CHF, DKK, EUR, FJD, GBP, HKD, JPY, NOK, NZD, SEK, SGD, THB, USD, ZAR).
- Shop overseas like a local as there are no foreign transaction fees^.
- Enjoy complimentary Purchase Protection cover# on everything you buy.
- Cash Passport is also backed by Mastercard’s Zero Liability Protection, meaning you’re not responsible for any fraudulent transactions made on your card.
- Access support 24/7, whether to report your card lost or stolen** or even to receive help in receiving emergency cash.
- The free 4.4-star-rated Cash Passport MyAccount app is an ideal way to track your balance, transactions, and reload more spending money.
How to register your flights
It’s super easy to access a Flight Delay Pass if you’re a Cash Passport customer. On the registration page, you’ll simply add your name, flight details, email, and mobile number, and that’s it!
You’ll receive confirmation by email, then when you travel, if there are flight delays of two-plus hours, Mastercard’s Flight Delay Pass high-tech wizarding system will automatically send you the lounge pass to your phone.
It’s the hassle-free peace of mind your jet-lagged brain needs when whizzing across time zones. What better way to deal with a delay than in an airport lounge with complimentary snacks and drinks, free Wi-Fi, and waaaay comfier chairs?
To register your flights for the Flight Delay Pass before you travel, head here.
Learn more
Register your flights or find out more about the Mastercard Flight Delay Pass here.
To get a Cash Passport account, visit a participating travel agent or click here.
Agents, contact agentsupport@mastercard.com or call 1800 085 537 to register for Cash Passport or top up your supplies.
T&Cs: Mastercard Prepaid Management Services Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 47 145 452 044, AFSL 386 837) arranges for the issue of the Multi-currency Cash Passport™ (“Cash Passport”) and Cash Passport™ Platinum Mastercard® (“Cash Passport Platinum”) in conjunction with the issuer, EML Payment Solutions Limited (‘EML’) ABN 30 131 436 532, AFSL 404131. You should consider the Product Disclosure Statement for the relevant Cash Passport facility available at www.cashpassport.com.au before deciding to acquire the products. Any advice does not take into account your personal needs, financial circumstances or objectives and you should consider if it is appropriate for you. Consider Target Market Determination and Financial Services Guide.
*Lock in exchange rates means the exchange rate is locked in for the initial load only. The exchange rates for subsequent reloads will be set at the prevailing exchange rate at the time of the transaction.
^Other fees may be charged by third parties for the transaction (e.g. your debit card issuer).
#T&Cs, exclusions and limits apply. Issued by AIG Insurance.
**T&Cs apply. Customer must contact Customer Service to report lost or stolen card. Emergency cash can be arranged up to the balance on your Cash Passport, subject to availability of funds at the approved agent location.
This article is brought to you by Cash Passport.
