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Koru Flyer
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- Sometimes you get odd examples such as CX and BA that in MEL/SYD will use The House lounge rather than the QF J lounge. Arguments are on whether that is due to the QF lounges being poor or whether The House provided a better deal . Nothing to stop you using the QF J lounge.
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Airlines contracting other lounges when a Oneworld airline has a lounge at that airport does happen. Not that uncommon.
For example at SIN the DNATA lounge is listed for UL flights, the Marhaba Lounge for AY & JL flights and SATS Premier Lounge for MH. At SIN are several OW airline operated lounges.
https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=SIN
The OW lounge site does at times list class of travel (left side) vs airline (right side) a little different. The words "
Access for eligible customers traveling on any oneworld member airline" are not always present.
An airline will keep its own lounge open for its own flights, but may not be open for the times of other OW airlines.
Its all about the money $$$.
Oneworld only has 1 OW alliance operated lounge. The newly opened lounge at ICN.
Confirmed: first Oneworld-branded lounge for ICN
OW news release
https://www.oneworld.com/news/2024-0...ience-in-seoul