Lounge Access Help Desk

[admin]

Background to this thread
We have noticed an increase in the posting of questions regarding what Airport Lounges are available at specific airports when travelling on specific airlines. While one can be assured of access at the airline lounge when travelling on that airline (provided you have Lounge membership), thing start to get complex when travelling on a codeshare or partner airline.

Posting Guidelines
Please post your questions about Lounge access in this thread. Be sure to include the airline you are travelling on, the airport (and terminal, if known), and any Airline Status or Airport Lounge membership programs you have.

When answering questions, please include the original question. This will assist in readability and management of the thread.

(Special thanks to Princess Fiona for suggesting this new thread.)

 

[serfty]

Qantas award tickets on AA SFO-PHX-YVR, Business, no OW status, with a three hour layover in Phoenix.
Cannot access AA lounges with these flights, but what about the other OW lounges, CX and BA?

BA use a third party lounge "The Club" and complimentary CoS access is only available to that one if you are flying on BA.

Lounge access - over 600 lounges , multi destination flights

Unfortunately no complimentary Class of Service (CoS) based access.



Note this lounge is also a Priority Pass Lounge or you can buy access for USD40 pp.

 

[Mumanddad]

Thanks. Depending on the wait, we might have to look at Priority Pass. Detest layovers in US airports.

 

[Dr_Goz]

Hoping to see if people have had any experiences in obtaining lounge access contrary to the rules.

Later this month my wife, 3 month old child and myself will be flying to AKL.

Me flying on Air New Zealand, in economy, as an Air New Zealand Gold.

Wife and baby on Qantas in Business, as a Qantas Gold.

Flights are departing 15minutes apart, and hoping to spend some time together in either the Air New Zealand Lounge, or the Qantas Business Lounge.

Have any members here had some experiences with some flexibility in the access rules at those lounges?

 

[JessicaTam]

Hoping to see if people have had any experiences in obtaining lounge access contrary to the rules.

Later this month my wife, 3 month old child and myself will be flying to AKL.

Me flying on Air New Zealand, in economy, as an Air New Zealand Gold.

Wife and baby on Qantas in Business, as a Qantas Gold.

Flights are departing 15minutes apart, and hoping to spend some time together in either the Air New Zealand Lounge, or the Qantas Business Lounge.

Have any members here had some experiences with some flexibility in the access rules at those lounges?

I think you will be out of luck. But worth asking just in case.

 

[knick007]

So I've decided to I want to treat myself and upgrade to business for my end of the year trip, flying MH from Melbourne to KL and onto coughet.

Malaysian use the QF Business lounge in Melbourne, however, they close at 23:30. My flight leaves at 00:40. So I'm wondering - can I get into a lounge open later. I don't really mind where and if I have to sit at the gate for half an hour I don't really mind I'm just curious whether there is an arrangement in place - does the lounge stay open another hour since the flight is an hour later because of daylight savings?

 

[knick007]

Later this month my wife, 3 month old child and myself will be flying to AKL.

Me flying on Air New Zealand, in economy, as an Air New Zealand Gold.

Wife and baby on Qantas in Business, as a Qantas Gold.

In my experience from flying when I was younger with my parents who have high statuses with QF, as long as the lounge is quiet they don't usually count kids as guests and they'll let you in.

 

[jase05]

So I've decided to I want to treat myself and upgrade to business for my end of the year trip, flying MH from Melbourne to KL and onto coughet.

Malaysian use the QF Business lounge in Melbourne, however, they close at 23:30. My flight leaves at 00:40. So I'm wondering - can I get into a lounge open later. I don't really mind where and if I have to sit at the gate for half an hour I don't really mind I'm just curious whether there is an arrangement in place - does the lounge stay open another hour since the flight is an hour later because of daylight savings?

CX lounge?

 

[Mumanddad]

BA use a third party lounge "The Club" and complimentary CoS access is only available to that one if you are flying on BA.

Lounge access - over 600 lounges , multi destination flights

Unfortunately no complimentary Class of Service (CoS) based access.

Out of curiosity, if flying Business in Australia, on an award ticket on a Qantas flight booked with AA points and having no status - do the same rules apply (no lounge access)?

 

[Princess Fiona]

In my experience from flying when I was younger with my parents who have high statuses with QF, as long as the lounge is quiet they don't usually count kids as guests and they'll let you in.

That is true and QF have a family lounge access policy but the OP is flying with Air New Zealand so can’t access the QF lounge as anybody’s guest.

 

[JohnK]

Out of curiosity, if flying Business in Australia, on an award ticket on a Qantas flight booked with AA points and having no status - do the same rules apply (no lounge access)?

Qantas business class in Australia comes with lounge access. Using AA points is irrelevant.

 

[albyd]

Hi,

Apologies if I've posed this in the wrong place.

We're currently in Hawaii and flying back next week on Hawaiian. They had the foresight not to offer J redemptions during school holidays (we snared 4xJ redemptions on our outbound flight from SYD). We're flying Comfort back which doesn't come with lounge access. I've got a number of Priority Pass cards (credit card providers seem to be handing them out like confetti). I'm travelling with my 2 kids 4 & 6 and have been informed I can guest one but will need to pay $US32.50 for the other. My wife is flying back a day earlier than my kids and I so she can't guest one of our kids into the PP lounge. I have other cards but have been told I can only use one unless I have another adult with me who can then guest the second child. I'm planning to give the PP lounge a miss as I don't think it's worth $US32.50 and endure the terminal.

Wanted to check in with the brains trust on AFF if there might be another way.

Thank in advance for your suggestions.

 

[clod]

LOTFAP lounges question.

As a newly minted Platinum I think I get Flagship Lounge access with AA, but I also see on various comments that AA lounges are coughpy compared to QF. I have a trip coming up next week and I don't have time in the various transit points to be walking around the terminals. Trip is SYD-LAX-JFK then LaGuardia-Chicago-LAX-SYD so I'm hoping someone can tell me which offering is the better choice at LAX (inbound and outbound) and what I can expect (food/grog/etc) with the AA lounges at LaGuardia and Chicago.

Thanks.

 

[blackcat20]

LOTFAP lounges question.

As a newly minted Platinum I think I get Flagship Lounge access with AA, but I also see on various comments that AA lounges are coughpy compared to QF. I have a trip coming up next week and I don't have time in the various transit points to be walking around the terminals. Trip is SYD-LAX-JFK then LaGuardia-Chicago-LAX-SYD so I'm hoping someone can tell me which offering is the better choice at LAX (inbound and outbound) and what I can expect (food/grog/etc) with the AA lounges at LaGuardia and Chicago.

Thanks.

Chicago has a new flagship, I hear the food and drinks are pretty decent.

 

[clod]

Chicago has a new flagship, I hear the food and drinks are pretty decent.

Thanks blackcat20. Is it complimentary F&B? I heard AA lounges give one drink free and then it's PAYG.

 

[serfty]

LOTFAP lounges question.

As a newly minted Platinum I think I get Flagship Lounge access with AA, but I also see on various comments that AA lounges are coughpy compared to QF. I have a trip coming up next week and I don't have time in the various transit points to be walking around the terminals. Trip is SYD-LAX-JFK then LaGuardia-Chicago-LAX-SYD so I'm hoping someone can tell me which offering is the better choice at LAX (inbound and outbound) and what I can expect (food/grog/etc) with the AA lounges at LaGuardia and Chicago.

Thanks.

Flagship are your best options at JFK and ORD (latter is newish).

Flagship and Qantas First Lounge at LAX.

LGA has A/C only.

Don't expect a great deal of food at A/C's. You should be given drink chits for premium drinks at LGA; go back for more when used up. (There are standard drinks as well which don't require a chit (think Budweiser) (premium with chit Sam Adams)

 

[Dr_Goz]

LOTFAP lounges question.

As a newly minted Platinum I think I get Flagship Lounge access with AA, but I also see on various comments that AA lounges are coughpy compared to QF. I have a trip coming up next week and I don't have time in the various transit points to be walking around the terminals. Trip is SYD-LAX-JFK then LaGuardia-Chicago-LAX-SYD so I'm hoping someone can tell me which offering is the better choice at LAX (inbound and outbound) and what I can expect (food/grog/etc) with the AA lounges at LaGuardia and Chicago.

Thanks.

Just went through the ORD Flagship Lounge a few weeks ago.

Quite nice and modern, good seating options, and the food was alright.

Drink selection is VERY good. I love gin, and they had one of my favourites there, Few gin, which is a local gin from Chicago.

 

[Dr_Goz]

I think you will be out of luck. But worth asking just in case.

I'm thinking that, but will report back.

Hoping for flexibility, quite recently on a flight to LAX, Myself (platinum), Wife (gold), Mother (bronze) and baby were all proactively invited to the First Class Lounge on check in.

 

[kelvedon]

Can an Emirates J passenger (flying EK metal and EK flight number) access the QF lounge at LHR (to meet a friend who has access to the QF lounge but not the Emirates lounge in London)?

 

[Limewood]

We're flying out of CNS today (13/10/2018) on CX to HKG, as QF have no Int. lounge in Cairns (only domestic) can we access the CX lounge as Qantas Club members?

 

[Guvner]

Unless you are QF Gold or flying J I doubt it very much.