Sep 8, 2016, 6:42 am
Last edit by: serfty
For access to the Qantas First Lounge at TBIT just one of the following needs to be true:
- Non US (not AAdvantage and not Mileage Plan) oneworld Emerald departing on a oneworld Marketed and operated flight.
- AAdvantage or Mileage Plan Emerald departing on a oneworld Marketed and Operated flight NOT solely on a "North American* Itinerary".
- First Class passengers departing on a oneworld Marketed and Operated flight not solely on a "North American* Itinerary".
- Passengers in First Class on a flight longer than five hours connecting§ to/from an international or domestic short haul (five hours or less) oneworld Marketed and Operated flight and not solely on a "North American* Itinerary".
- *Recent Reports Indicate Access via the following Criteria is being Denied with patrons being sent to the Flagship Lounge in T4*: .First Class passengers^ travelling on a three class transcontinental American Airlines Marketed and Operated flight on a designated route (e.g. between Los Angeles & New York).
§ Connecting the same day or before 6am the following day. Such Lounge access is based on the class of services of the long haul flight (First or Business) regardless of the class of travel on the short haul flight.
^ Regarding AA EXP in any cabin. This is a "Class of Service" based access, so status should not be relevant. Rules indicate NO ACCESS unless in First on 3 class transcon, but there had been some contradictory experiences about this. Early on EXP based access had sometimes been granted; not so much these days. Presumably this related to confusion about the rules on behalf of the agents.
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Lounge access rules
All non-AA and Non-AS Oneworld Emerald members have access to this lounge on any oneworld itinerary regardless of cabin or final destination.
AA EXP have access when traveling to all destinations outside North America and Mexico City. Includes if pax is flying LAX-DFW-LHR because you are flying internationally that day.
No Class of Service access for domestic F without non AA and non AS Emerald status unless on designated (generally 3-class) flights to JFK and MIA.
Passengers on any 3-cabin AA flight to JFK, BOS or MIA in First Class.
Emirates pax do not have access except for Qantas Platinum One. EDIT: Appears to be that Qantas removed that access criteria from their lounge access page so I wouldn't count on this working.
No access if connecting to a non-Oneworld airline or partner.
Separate tickets within oneworld do not matter other than it has to be same day . E.g. QF F to AA Y on the same day.
To walk from T4 to TBIT will take approximately 10 minutes one way so plan accordingly if visiting this lounge.
More detail here: Lounge Access | oneworld.com
Qantas.com Access Rules, with specific carve-out for transcon markets.
Los Angeles / LAX Qantas First Class Lounge [Master Thread]
Mar 9, 2015, 6:03 pm
#16
Join Date: Oct 2005
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good report. i was there pre LAX-MEL the other week in the evening. i arrived early to try and enjoy myself and get a nice snack etc. the food area was lovely but it all filled up so quickly and i only had a nice area to myself because i got there so early. it was so busy but realized between QF and BA A380s...thats a lot of pax in premium cabins or with status.
and the seemingly low ceiling doesnt help much which is a shame given it is new construction.
and the seemingly low ceiling doesnt help much which is a shame given it is new construction.
Jun 24, 2015, 9:30 pm
#18
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: BA Gold; AA Lfe Time PLT ; Marriott Titanium, LFT GLD
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From the descriptions ... this is a vast improvement on the previous incarnation of the QF F Lounge. The old lounge often was standing room only after about 8 or 9 pm and mostly had marginal food offerings.
Jun 26, 2015, 2:26 pm
#19
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 1,684
The bathrooms were modern, with nice smelling Aspar products. The layout was a bit odd however, as they were single-sex areas, yet they had entirely separate enclosed rooms with toilets and sinks. I didn't really see why they were divided into men's and women's if they were so private, and it seemed like a bit of a waste of space.
Jun 26, 2015, 2:55 pm
#20
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Location: SYD
Programs: QF WP/LTG | UA P
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Jun 29, 2015, 10:52 am
#21
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 112
Has anyone used this lounge for arrivals? I'm flying CX F into LAX and would like to stop in the lounge during my 5 hour layover.
http://travelsort.com/blog/internati...t-for-arrivals says that this should be allowed but then someone also commented that they were denied access.
http://travelsort.com/blog/internati...t-for-arrivals says that this should be allowed but then someone also commented that they were denied access.
Jun 30, 2015, 4:51 am
#22
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Location: Portland OR Double Emerald (QF and AA), DL PM/MM, Starwood Plat
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Has anyone used this lounge for arrivals? I'm flying CX F into LAX and would like to stop in the lounge during my 5 hour layover.
http://travelsort.com/blog/internati...t-for-arrivals says that this should be allowed but then someone also commented that they were denied access.
http://travelsort.com/blog/internati...t-for-arrivals says that this should be allowed but then someone also commented that they were denied access.
Jun 30, 2015, 4:48 pm
#23
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Posts: 112
Thanks number_6.
Jul 2, 2015, 10:46 am
#24
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Jul 8, 2015, 4:09 pm
#26
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*O rules do allow First passengers to guest (another *O Passenger), so the answer in your case is yes.
www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access
www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access
Jul 8, 2015, 6:40 pm
#27
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: SFO
Programs: AY Plat, LH FTL
Posts: 7,374
I'm very impressed with the freshly prepared food selections, but a bit disappointed with the wine selection which seems to be mostly bulk produced crowd pleasers.
Jul 13, 2015, 2:14 am
#28
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Location: Portland OR Double Emerald (QF and AA), DL PM/MM, Starwood Plat
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QF saves the better wines for the SYD and MEL F lounges as well as on board. LAX has never been well stocked, going back a decade; even the AA FL focused on liquor rather than wine (and a brief foray into premium sake, before AA gave up trying to compete for Japanese high-revenue pax).