Originally Posted by
minyung
You can not access the Qantas lounge upon arrival if LAX is your final destination in your ticket.
"Bring out the rule book…
This is at odds with the published lounge access policy of the Oneworld alliance, of which both Qantas and American Airlines are members.
Under those rules, AAdvantage Executive Platinum members – who sit on the same Oneworld Emerald status tier as Qantas Platinums, for example – can use the Qantas first class lounge after an international flight provided they have a domestic AA connection (regardless of travel class) on the same day.
All that’s needed is to flash the necessary international boarding pass or e-ticket confirmation of an international flight marketed and operated by a Oneworld airline (including American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and of course Qantas)."
I tried it myself on one of my return flight and was denied.
Might pay to carry a copy of the lounge access rules with you in order to 'educate' the lounge angel/dragon.
Connecting between oneworld marketed and operated flights:
- First and Business Class customers connecting on the same day of travel, or before 6am the following day, can access the lounge when travelling between an international long haul (a oneworld international long haul flight is defined as an international flight marketed and operated by any oneworld carrier with a scheduled flight time longer than 5 hours) and an international short haul or domestic flight (and vice-versa).
- Lounge access will be determined on the international long haul ticketed flight (either First of Business Class) regardless of the ticketed class of travel on the international short haul or domestic flight.
- You must be prepared to show your boarding pass or itinerary showing travel in First or Business class on the international long haul flight, in order to access the lounge before your international short haul or domestic flight.
https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access