priority access

Meaning

This term refers to the privilege of entering a venue, boarding a vehicle, or accessing a service before the general public. It is commonly used in travel contexts like airports, theme parks, and popular tourist attractions to save time. It often implies a paid upgrade, special ticket, or membership status.

Examples

• If you upgrade to business class, you'll get priority access at the security check.

  If you upgrade to business class, you'll get priority access at the security check.

• We bought the express pass to get priority access to all the main rides.

  We bought the express pass to get priority access to all the main rides.

• Passengers with priority access are invited to board the aircraft now.

  Passengers with priority access are invited to board the aircraft now.

• Is priority access included in the VIP ticket package, or do we buy it separately?

  Is priority access included in the VIP ticket package, or do we buy it separately?

• Having priority access saved us at least two hours of waiting in the summer heat.

  Having priority access saved us at least two hours of waiting in the summer heat.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I have a priority enter to the museum.

  ✓ I have priority access to the museum.

  'Access' is the correct noun to use here; 'enter' is a verb and cannot be paired with 'priority' in this noun-phrase structure.

• ✗ We got the priorities access for the concert.

  ✓ We got priority access for the concert.

  'Priority' acts as a noun adjunct (like an adjective) here and must remain singular.

Related Expressions

Practice

• With this premium ticket, you get ___ to the lounge.

  💡 Special entry privilege.

  Show answer

  priority access

• Does our hotel booking include ___ at the theme park?

  💡 The right to skip the regular queue.

  Show answer

  priority access