Originally Posted by
swingaling
I was in AKL a couple weeks ago (flying CX PE) and found out that CX uses the NZ/*A lounge instead of the QF lounge. Not sure why they do that, but it's not exactly seamless. The BP scanners at the NZ lounge can't read a mobile BP, so it took several minutes for them to admit me. I have a feeling the QF lounge would've been a much smoother experience.
That said, the Air NZ lounge is very nice.
CX/NZ have an alliance and codesharing agreement with each other:
https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/co-o...cathay-pacific
I haven't used the new NZ AKL lounge (only the old one before the recent renovation), but I would take it over the QF AKL lounge (even the QF F side) based on what I've seen. Unfortunately it isn't an option for those flying with QR.