These Qantas International Lounges Are Now Open

Lounge access is now available at all of the international airports where Qantas currently flies except for Dili.

Qantas today reopened its international Business Lounge in Wellington, as well as its Auckland Business & First Lounges. It also recently reopened its Singapore First Lounge and Perth International Transit Lounge, which is now available to eligible passengers on all Qantas international flights departing Perth, as more international flights return to the skies.

These recently reopened lounges now join other Qantas international lounges that are already open in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Singapore, Los Angeles and London.

Some lounges remain closed, but alternative arrangements are in place

The Qantas Business Lounges at Hong Kong and Tokyo’s Narita airport closed permanently during the pandemic, but Qantas is not currently flying to either of these airports. Alternative lounges operated by Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines are available at these airports, anyway.

In Los Angeles, the Qantas First Lounge remains closed for the time being – although this should reopen by August. In the meantime, customers who would normally be eligible for First Lounge access in Los Angeles are being sent to the inferior (but still very good) Oneworld Business Lounge.

The Qantas international Business Lounge in Honolulu also remains closed for now, but eligible Qantas and Jetstar passengers are temporarily being offered access to the Delta SkyClub lounge instead.

As far as we are aware, the only international airport where eligible Qantas passengers don’t currently have access to any lounge is Dili in Timor Leste. That’s because there are no lounges available at that airport.

When Qantas resumed flying to Papua New Guinea earlier this year, it also originally did not have any lounge access arrangements in place for eligible customers departing Port Moresby on flight QF58. However, Qantas has now negotiated a new agreement with Air Niugini for eligible Qantas passengers to use the Paradise Lounge. This lounge offers catering provided by the nearby Airways Hotel with hot and cold food, local beers and Australian wines.

All Qantas domestic lounges have also now reopened except in Port Hedland and Rockhampton. (The Rockhampton lounge was closed during the pandemic due to airport renovations, but these already finished a while ago so it’s not clear why the Rockhampton Qantas Club is still shut.)

The Qantas website is not entirely up-to-date

Qantas has a list of its own lounge locations which are currently open on its website.

Qantas-operated international lounges are currently open in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Singapore, London, Los Angeles (the Business Lounge only), Auckland and Wellington.

Unfortunately, that page of the Qantas website doesn’t provide current information about lounge access in other international ports, including at airports where Qantas passengers are normally sent to third-party partner lounges. The Qantas website merely says:

Some Qantas International First and International Business lounges are currently closed except for those listed in the table above, including some international lounges operated by partner airlines for Qantas passengers.

The Oneworld website is well out-of-date, stating that lounges like the Qantas international Business Lounge in Sydney which reopened in March are still closed.

This page on the Qantas website seems more accurate, although it’s not 100% clear if all of the information there is up-to-date either.

So, we did some digging…

Full list of open Qantas international lounge locations

Here’s a summary of the current lounge access arrangements at all of the international ports where Qantas presently flies (to the best of our knowledge) as of 1 July 2022:

You can also find discussion and real-world experiences about recent lounge access arrangements at the following specific airports on the Australian Frequent Flyer forum:

• Qantas lounge access in Auckland
• Qantas lounge access in Bangkok
• Qantas lounge access in Honolulu
• Qantas international lounge access in Perth
• Qantas lounge access in Port Moresby

Qantas complimentary lounge invitations not accepted everywhere

If you’re a Qantas Club member, flying in Business or First Class or have Qantas Gold, Platinum or Platinum One status (or Oneworld Sapphire or Emerald status), you should be able to use the lounges listed above prior to any Qantas flight. But if you wish to use a complimentary Qantas lounge invitation, you may not be able to use this at all lounge locations.

Complimentary lounge invitations cannot be used at partner lounges. So, for example, you wouldn’t be able to use one of these to access the Delta SkyClub in Honolulu. The Qantas website also states that the Qantas Club lounges in Adelaide, Broome, Gold Coast, Kalgoorlie, Karratha and Tamworth are temporarily unavailable for complimentary one-time pass linking.

Some AFF members have recently reported problems with linking their lounge invitations to flights departing from other airports that are currently accepting these. If this applies to you, there are some workaround methods available.

If you’re travelling on a Qantas codeshare flight operated by another airline, Jetstar or a Oneworld airline, you should also keep in mind that Qantas-operated lounges may not be open at times when there are no Qantas flights departing.

You can leave a comment or discuss this topic on the Australian Frequent Flyer forum.

Please note that this article has been updated with some corrections and additional information.