China Eastern Business Class Lounge: Sydney (SYD) and Auckland (AKL)

[Rayesfeg]

Flying between the two cities later in the year with China Eastern - Business class.
There is a surprising lack of information on the China Eastern website about which lounge business class passengers may access in either airport.

Researching online is even more unclear as some websites suggest that the Sydney lounge will be the Skyteam lounge, however the Skyteam lounge website excludes China Eastern as an airline that will grant you access. The next train of thought is the Qantas lounge given China Eastern does partner with Qantas - however the booking was not made through Qantas and the ticket is not a "QF" label.

For the Auckland leg, I am confident it will be either the Strata Lounge or the Qantas lounge, again there is a lack of information on the China Eastern website to give me any sort of information.

Appreciate any experience/insight on the above journey from experienced AFF'ers.

 

[jase05]

A bit of chatter about it here

SkyTeam Status Match - ITA Airways

ITA is now running a status match promo: https://www.itaspa.com/en_it/volare/statusmatch.html I'm eligible for it via United status, so seriously considering it in case ITA joins SkyTeam or in case something useful comes of it...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[RealtimeY]

I saw the SYD QF lounge staff counting a stack of MU lounge vouchers a few months ago.

 

[Rayesfeg]

I saw the SYD QF lounge staff counting a stack of MU lounge vouchers a few months ago.

That is interesting. I would have assumed that the lounge entry would be associated to the boarding pass and they would scan it (similar to LATAM business class access to the Qantas lounge).

Good to know, thank you for sharing.