An update on lounge access for VA Gold & Platinum members when traveling to and from HNL on Hawaiian Airlines.
Firstly, for flights from BNE to HNL there is no lounge access at all.
From SYD to HNL access is to the SkyTeam Exclusive Lounge but only if you're flying on a VA codeshare service, not on a HA flight number.
From HNL to either BNE or SYD access is to the Delta SkyClub lounge and there's no prerequisite on having to be ticketed on a VA codeshare flight.
Lounge access rules for Hawaiian are definitely weird!!