I am scheduled for an upcoming trip to MEL on QF26. My itinerary is DAY-DFW-LAX on American and LAX-MEL (with a stop over at AKL). My question is, when I check-in with American at DAY, will I be issued my boarding pass for QF26? I am assuming I will, but when I get to LAX, will I need to exhange these boarding passes with QF?

I know that last year, when I flew Air New Zealand to AKL, United issued our LAX-AKL boarding pass at DAY, but when we arrived at LAX, we needed to be reissued our Air New Zealand boarding pass. I was just wondering if it will be the same for QF.

Also, we are flying business and eligible to use the lounge. If we do need to exchange boarding passes, can this be done at the lounge?

Thank you.