EMIRATES Lounges in Oz - Current Status

[exLXCXFF]

Hi all

My parents fly out on EK metal booked via EK from SYD to DXB on 13 January (departing 0945pm).

They have a paid business class ticket but no status on EK/QF but using their Skywards FF# (they also have a Finnair one).

Based on the emirates.com website, it seem that the business class lounge in SYD is closed with no alternative options.

i) Can anyone confirm this circumstance of having no lounge access with a paid J ticket?
ii) I do have lounge invitations via Qantas Premier Credit Card that I could transfer but I assume because they booked via EK rather than QF that’s not an option in practice?

Any advice is warmly appreciated.

 

[kelvedon]

Emirates business class passengers could use the Qantas International Business lounge before covid. Since this has closed I presume they can use the F lounge instead.

 

[exLXCXFF]

just as an update - my parents left tonight on EK and were directed to use the Premium Plaza Lounge (opens at 6pm).

 

[JacknDude]

Hi all

My parents fly out on EK metal booked via EK from SYD to DXB on 13 January (departing 0945pm).

They have a paid business class ticket but no status on EK/QF but using their Skywards FF# (they also have a Finnair one).

Based on the emirates.com website, it seem that the business class lounge in SYD is closed with no alternative options.

i) Can anyone confirm this circumstance of having no lounge access with a paid J ticket?
ii) I do have lounge invitations via Qantas Premier Credit Card that I could transfer but I assume because they booked via EK rather than QF that’s not an option in practice?

Any advice is warmly appreciated.

We flew business class with Emirates out of Sydney in December 2021 and there is a lounge open for Emirates passengers to use. It is not Qantas.

 

[Duffa]

Can anyone confirm if MEL lounge has reopened yet. I'm leaving tonight.
Various websites say closed (and cant use QF because they close at 6pm Monday) but Emirates call centre just told me it is open - he didn't sound too sure.
I don't want to get to the airport too early if there is nothing to do!!!

 

[Austman]

As reported recently, an Australian Open tennis entrant who had to hastily leave was seen in the Marhaba Lounge before their Emirates flight.

I suspect that's the lounge EK is currently using.

 

[Austman]

And from the Emirates website:

Airport
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport

Lounge
Marhaba Lounge

 

[andye]

It's not inspiring but better than nothing

 

[Duffa]

Thanks, all
I will make my way for T-2.5 hrs

 

[Duffa]

Thanks Andye

Total time from drop off to lounge was 15 minutes.
5 minutes at J desk. Staff looked at my COVID results. Vax certificate. EU vax certificate. PLF France. Didn’t scan any of our QR codes.
4 people ahead of us at the big yellow departure sign. No scanning. Just show boarding pass and waved through.
SIX PAX at the hand-baggage screen and two lanes open. No need to take out laptop - new technology.
5 pax at passport control. Three staff on duty.
Lounge was pretty busy at 8.03!

 

[lukus g]

Any update. As I’m flying EK F SYD-DXB, can I use the QF F lounge ?

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Any update. As I’m flying EK F SYD-DXB, can I use the QF F lounge ?

This suggests you can access QF F lounge

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/qantas-lounge-access-eligibility.html#international-first-lounge

Eligible travel class​

Find lounge access eligibility for you and your guest when travelling on a Qantas, Emirates or Jetstar flight; based on the travel class booked on your ticket (not your membership type).
Qantas, Emirates and Jetstar travel class and guest eligibility

Eligible class of travel	Qantas International First Lounge	Qantas International Business	Qantas Domestic Business Lounge	Qantas International Lounge^^	Partner Lounge
Qantas First	Yes1	Yes2	Yes5	Yes2	Yes2
Qantas Business	No	Yes2	Yes5	Yes2	Yes
Emirates First	Yes2	Yes2	Yes5	Yes2	Yes2
Emirates Business	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jetstar Business Max Fares	No	Yes+	No	Yes+	No

Hopefully Emirates made their payments for access.

Hopefully you booked your Chauffeur. Enjoy your flight.

 

[AIRwin]

Any update. As I’m flying EK F SYD-DXB, can I use the QF F lounge ?

BUT depends if the lounge is open?

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/all-qantas-airport-lounges/airport-lounge-locations.html/syd/International%2520First%2520Lounge.html?int_cam=au%3Aall-qantas-airport-lounges%3Aheading-and-links%3Aaustralia-international%3Aen%3Ann

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

BUT depends if the lounge is open?

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/all-qantas-airport-lounges/airport-lounge-locations.html/syd/International%2520First%2520Lounge.html?int_cam=au%3Aall-qantas-airport-lounges%3Aheading-and-links%3Aaustralia-international%3Aen%3Ann

I'm confused, isn't QF F lounge open? Or do you mean the specific flight time?

 

[AIRwin]

I'm confused, isn't QF F lounge open? Or do you mean the specific flight time?

Lounge opening hours are from 4:30am when the Sydney to Delhi (QF67) is in operation, for all other times the lounge opens from 6:30am-11:00am. The lounge reopens again daily from 12:45pm until the last scheduled Qantas flight departure.

 

[lukus g]

Lounge opening hours are from 4:30am when the Sydney to Delhi (QF67) is in operation, for all other times the lounge opens from 6:30am-11:00am. The lounge reopens again daily from 12:45pm until the last scheduled Qantas flight departure.

I just checked and QF67 is operating on the same day as my EK flight. So Thanks for the info otherwise I would of been sitting outside a closed lounge. ! The power of AFF

 

[frodo]

According to Emirates' latest flight schedules, the 6am departure out of Sydney will resume on 2 March. I wonder if the EK lounge will re-open by then, or whether they will make arrangements with Qantas or another lounge operator (on the days that QF67 isn't operating), or whether there will be no lounge access.

 

[lukus g]

According to Emirates' latest flight schedules, the 6am departure out of Sydney will resume on 2 March. I wonder if the EK lounge will re-open by then, or whether they will make arrangements with Qantas or another lounge operator (on the days that QF67 isn't operating), or whether there will be no lounge access.

I will let you know. I’m flying SYD-DXB not long after the 2nd

 

[Rebus]

Executive Traveller reporting that the Emirates lounges in Australia will remain closed until at least the second half of this year:

Review: Emirates first, business class lounge Brisbane Airport

People say ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’. That was certainly the case for Emirates passengers flying out of Brisbane, where the Gulf airline’s lounge was shuttered by the pandemic – and remained so for an agonisingly-long wait. But, almost four years later, Emirates’ first and business...

www.executivetraveller.com

 

[lukus g]

Hi. flying EK F from Syd. It’s a 6am flight. Are they still permitting EK F pax to use the QF F lounge ? And what’s the Recomended time I should show up to check in ?