AnthonyHughes
DragonPass × Mastercard 2026 Case study

Taste of Priceless: Mastercard brand moments in the airport

Designing the lounge access experience for Mastercard's Taste of Priceless programme — premium, unmistakably Mastercard, and effortless for a traveller in transit.

2flagship markets
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Taste of Priceless: Mastercard brand moments in the airport — project imagery (placeholder)

Problem

Mastercard's Priceless brand platform promises experiences money can't buy — and Taste of Priceless extends that into the airport lounge. The challenge was to take DragonPass's functional lounge-access infrastructure and deliver an experience worthy of a premium Mastercard brand moment, across two very different markets, without fragmenting the underlying product.

Objective

Design the end-to-end access flows for Taste of Priceless lounges in Hong Kong and São Paulo — from discovery and eligibility through to confirmation at the lounge door.

What I did

  • Designed the full access journey for both markets, handling eligibility and entitlement display within the established Mastercard Travel Pass model.
  • Crafted the UX copy for confirmation screens and key moments — balancing Mastercard brand tone with the clarity a stressed traveller needs in an airport.
  • Kept it one product. Ensured the flows worked within DragonPass's cross-platform architecture rather than as one-off market builds.

Outcome

Live in two flagship markets, extending the Priceless platform into the physical airport journey.