Credit Cards: Although many cards allow entry to airport lounges, there are frequently time limits on how many times you can use these lounges in a given period of time.
There are several advantages to using a credit card. Users receive a variety of benefits, such as shopping discounts and reward points, in addition to a 45-day interest-free period. In addition to these, one of the alluring benefits of credit cards is the ability to access airport lounges, especially if you have a few hours to kill time before your flight leaves.
However, have you ever attempted to use your card to gain entry to an airport lounge without success? You are not alone in this, so you don't need to worry. Many cardholders frequently experience this.

Even though a number of credit cards grant access to airport lounges, there are frequently restrictions on how many times you can use these lounges in a given period of time.
For example, SBI Card Prime provides four free visits to international lounges and eight free visits to domestic lounges in India annually. Similarly, the Mojo Platinum Credit Card from Kotak Mahindra Bank offers eight free airport lounge visits annually. This translates to two trips inside India every quarter. Furthermore, access is no longer free after these thresholds are reached.

Thus, the following factors may be at play if you have recently been denied access to an airport lounge.
Denials at airport lounges for the following reasons:
1. Annual limit is exceeded: As previously stated, most credit cards provide free access to cardholders up to a predetermined amount. When that limit is exceeded, the user may not be granted free access.
For example, if a card allows entry to the airport lounge only eight times a year, it is not allowed to enter the lounge nine times in a single year.
2. Too frequent to be allowed: These restrictions are sometimes applied every three months. Therefore, the free access might end when the cardholder goes over these short limits.


3. Exclusive lounges: Only business class travelers have access to certain airport lounges.

For example, the 'Encalm Prive' lounge at Delhi Airport's Terminal 3 is exclusively for business class passengers. The majority of credit cards only grant access to the standard Encalm Lounge, not this one.
4. Airports abroad: Certain credit cards grant entry to lounges that are exclusively found in domestic airports; they are not available at international airports. Therefore, even though you might have the right to use an airport lounge, you won't be able to do so in any airport worldwide.


5. Spending cap: In order to gain access to the airport lounge the following quarter, certain credit cards have a cap on the total amount of money that can be spent using the card in a given quarter. Therefore, your access to the lounge may be refused if you don't meet this requirement.