Would you like to enjoy Qantas’ airport lounges, but don’t fly enough to reach Qantas Gold status or earn enough frequent flyer points for Points Club Plus membership? The solution could be to purchase a Qantas Club membership.
Qantas Club members have access to lounges at 24 Australian airports, as well as dozens of overseas lounges when flying with Qantas, Jetstar or American Airlines. Qantas Club lounges offer complimentary food & drinks, WiFi, showers and work stations, making them a great place to relax and refresh before your flight.
Members of Qantas Club are permitted to bring one complimentary guest and up to two additional children with them into Qantas-operated lounges. Membership benefits also include a few little extras when travelling with Qantas, like priority check-in for international flights and an additional baggage allowance.
It normally costs $828 (including the joining fee) to become a Qantas Club member for one year. But AFF Gold and Platinum members can access discounted Qantas Club rates with up to $479 off when joining or renewing Qantas Club membership.
To join Qantas Club, you’ll also need to be a member of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program. If you haven’t already joined the program (there are ways to join for free), you’ll automatically be enrolled in Qantas Frequent Flyer when you sign up for Qantas Club.
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Qantas Club membership prices
It costs $129 to join Qantas Club as a new member.
There is a Qantas Club joining fee waiver for renewals. This waiver also applies if your old membership expired in the past 90 days, or if you’ve recently been downgraded from Gold to Silver Qantas Frequent Flyer status. On top of this, there are 1, 2 and 4-year renewal options.
One year of full-priced Qantas Club membership normally costs $699 for Australian residents. But there’s no need to pay full price!
Australian Frequent Flyer Gold & Platinum members can save 20% on Qantas Club. The discount is available on the full-priced membership fee, excluding the joining fee. It is available to residents of Australia, New Zealand and any other country.
Here are the membership rates:
| Membership type | Full price | AFF member price | AFF member saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-year new membership | $828 | $689 | $199 |
| 1-year renewal | $629 | $504 | $125 |
| 2-year new membership | $1,428 | $1,169 | $259 |
| 2-year renewal | $1,169 | $936 | $233 |
| 4-year new membership | $2,528 | $2,049 | $479 |
| 4-year renewal | $2,159 | $1,728 | $431 |
The above prices are charged in Australian Dollars (AUD) for residents of Australia or any other country except New Zealand. Residents of New Zealand pay the same amounts but in New Zealand Dollars (NZD) – resulting in a small saving.
You can also earn 3 Qantas Frequent Flyer points per dollar spent on Qantas Club memberships.
The Qantas website has a full list of current membership prices for members of the public.
Please note that Qantas may change these fees at any time. Qantas Club last updated its membership prices on 18 April 2024.
How to claim your Qantas Club discount
The 20% Qantas Club discount is available to all AFF Gold and Platinum members. Read our guide to claiming the AFF Qantas Club discount for details.
AFF Gold membership only costs $75 per year, so it pays for itself if you’re going to use the Qantas Club discount! You’ll also get access to a range of other useful AFF benefits and travel-related discounts.
Other Qantas Club discounts & sales
In the past, Qantas has also offered special discounts on Qantas Club memberships through flash sales around once per year. The most recent such promotion took place in October 2022, when Qantas Club offered up to 50% off 1-year memberships. This particular offer was available to both new and existing Qantas Club members.
Before COVID-19, Qantas used to offer 40% off Qantas Club memberships in once-yearly flash sales around the end of May. These offers were usually only for new members.
If you’re thinking about joining the Qantas Club as a new member and are willing to pay in advance for multiple years of membership, it could be worth waiting for another of these annual sales.
Year-round discounts are also available for Qantas Business Rewards members. As a Qantas Business Rewards member, you and your travellers can access up to 30% off Qantas Club membership and renewal fees. This discount is 20% for Level 1 members, and 30% for Level 2 and 3 members of the Qantas Business Rewards program.
If you have an ANZ Frequent Flyer Black credit card, you may also be able to access a Qantas Club joining fee waiver and discounts on membership fees when paying with your ANZ credit card.
Qantas Club Flexible
If you just want to use the lounge for a short period of time, the airline now offers Qantas Club Flexible memberships on a rolling 28-day cycle.
You still need to pay the $129 joining fee, but then you pay $99 for every 28 days. This membership auto-renews until you cancel it.
Qantas Club Flexible membership does not include access to associated and partner lounges. You also don’t get a guest allowance.
How to get a free Qantas Club membership
Instead of paying for a lounge membership, another option is to take advantage of free Qantas Club membership for Points Club Plus members!
Qantas Frequent Flyer members can automatically earn Points Club Plus membership by earning at least 350,000 Qantas points (with up to 20,000 points earned from flights counting towards this total) within a year. This may sound like a lot of points, but the target could be relatively achievable with a few Qantas credit card sign-up bonus point offers!
The complimentary digital Qantas Club membership for Points Club Plus members is not transferrable to other people.
Free Qantas Club membership (plus access to lots of other airline lounges as well) is also offered as an included benefit with the invitation-only American Express Centurion card.
Single-use lounge passes
There are a few ways to access single-use Qantas lounge invitations. These are generally transferrable to friends and family members and need to be linked to a specific Qantas or Jetstar flight at least 24 hours before departure.
Single-use lounge passes can only be used at Qantas-operated lounges, which unfortunately does not include the Oneworld Lounge in Los Angeles. No guests are permitted when using these passes.
Qantas Silver status
Qantas Frequent Flyer members receive a complimentary lounge invitation upon reaching Silver status with the airline.
Credit cards with lounge invitations
Two annual single-use lounge passes are also offered as a benefit with the following Australian credit cards:
- Qantas Amex Premium
- Qantas Amex Ultimate
- Qantas Premier Platinum
- Qantas Premier Titanium
- ANZ Frequent Flyer Black
- Westpac Altitude Black
- St George/Bank of Melbourne/Bank SA Amplify Signature
Credit Cards with Qantas Lounge Invitations
- Card Name
- Qantas American Express Ultimate
- Earn
- 1.25
- Signup Bonus
-
50,000 bonus Qantas Points
Apply by 14th Jan 2025
- Annual Fee
- $450 p.a.
- Read more
- Go to offer
Qantas Frequent Flyer Qantas Points on everyday purchases
- Card Name
- Qantas American Express Premium
- Earn
- 1
- Signup Bonus
-
20,000 bonus Qantas Points
- Annual Fee
- $249 p.a. annual fee
- Read more
- Go to offer
Qantas Frequent Flyer Qantas Points on everyday purchases
- Card Name
- Qantas Premier Platinum
- Earn
- 1
- Signup Bonus
-
Up to 100,000 bonus Qantas Points*
- Annual Fee
- $349 for the first year and $399 p.a. ongoing
- Read more
- Go to offer
Qantas Frequent Flyer Qantas Points on everyday purchases
Qantas Points Club
Qantas Points Club members also receive two complimentary annual lounge passes.
AFF member generosity
Free Qantas Club passes are occasionally offered by generous Australian Frequent Flyer members. These passes are listed in our “free” classifieds section. (While AFF members may offer to give away things like this for free, please note that soliciting for, selling or swapping lounge passes is not permitted on AFF.)
Qantas occasionally sells lounge invitations
Qantas also sells lounge invitations on an ad-hoc basis to selected flyers. These are offered to Bronze and Silver Qantas Frequent Flyer members by email around 2-5 days before the flight. Prices typically range from $39 to $99, depending on the lounge. However, these invitations are only sent randomly and are unlikely to be offered if you’re travelling at a peak time, such as early in the morning or on a Friday or Sunday evening.
Qantas Club lounge locations
Qantas Club membership comes with access to the following airport lounges in conjunction with an eligible Qantas or Jetstar ticket:
- Domestic Qantas Club lounges
- International Qantas Business lounges
- Associated lounges at most overseas Qantas destinations
- The Emirates Business Lounge in Dubai
- American Airlines Admirals Club lounges (when flying Qantas or American Airlines)
- The Alaska Airlines lounges in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and Anchorage (when connecting between an international Qantas flight and an Alaska Airlines flight)
There are 24 domestic Qantas Club locations (including Qantas Regional Lounges) in Australia…
Some of these lounges may be temporarily closed due to airport construction work. Qantas publishes a list of open and closed lounges on its website.
Note that Qantas Club membership does not typically get you access to the Qantas domestic Business Lounges. Those are reserved for passengers flying Business Class, as well as Platinum and Platinum One frequent flyers. Qantas operates domestic Business Lounges (which are slightly nicer than Qantas Clubs) in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and (soon) Adelaide.
Qantas also operates international Business Lounges in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Wellington, Singapore, Hong Kong, Honolulu and London.
When departing from other international Qantas destinations, access to other partner airline and third-party “associated lounges” is generally offered as long as you’re booked on a Qantas flight number.
This is Qantas’ international lounge network:
Access to Qantas lounges
Qantas Club lounge access is available prior to departure if you have a same-day boarding pass for a flight with Qantas or Jetstar. Lounge access is normally also permitted if you’re travelling on a Qantas-marketed flight operated by a partner airline such as Emirates or Fiji Airways. However, you can only access the lounge when flying partner airlines if you’re booked on a “QF” flight number.
Qantas Club members can bring one guest and up to two additional children with them each time they use a Qantas lounge. Since 15 June 2023, guests must be travelling the same day on a Qantas, Jetstar or partner airline flight.
