Originally Posted by
Thai-Kiwi
Regarding your second point, I'd note that (IMHO) lounges are departure lounges (with very few exceptions), and so attempting to use the domestic lounge at AKL when your next flight is from the international terminal would could result in a denial of entry and direction to the international lounge. In effect, in seems you were trying to use the domestic lounge as an arrival lounge from your domestic flight. Others may have a view on this....
Totally agree. All the proper domestic Koru lounges are *G lounges, and I've been using them for years on the strength of my partner *G credentials.
zebranz, the domestic Koru lounges will show up on the *A lounge finder you linked to, provided you enter NZ domestic flights. If you enter international flights, the tool will only show the international lounges. Having said that, I've often used the WLG domestic Koru lounge when connecting to an international flight from WLG, because it's so much nicer than the international one, and has a much, much better lunchtime spread. I usually say something like "I know I need to head to the international lounge in good time, but I wanted to meet up with a friend in this lounge first" and they have never denied me access.