Complimentary Lounge Invitations - Flying with Children

[MEL_Traveller]

Assuming you have no status or QC membership, you will need 4 passes.

The complimentary lounge invitations don't include any guesting privileges.

I’m guessing the 6 month old won’t need a pass!

 

[sudoer]

I’m guessing the 6 month old won’t need a pass!

I'm not sure that's a safe assumption to make.

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/lounge-passes.html

 

[serfty]

Happy New Year gents! I am taking the family (6 month old, 3 year old, wife and myself) to Sydney from Melbourne before our Disney cruise. Did I need to blow 3 x Qantas complimentary passes for one way? I was originally going to select just my wife and I but then I saw my 3 year old as a selected passenger which makes me think perhaps toddlers aren’t allowed in for free under a complimentary lounge pass. Thanks in advance

Check previous posts in this thread - the official answer is that you need 4 passes.

There are anecdotes that sometimes the lounge agents make exceptions/errors such as allowing a baby/young child entry without a pass but this can not be relied upon.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I'm not sure that's a safe assumption to make.

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https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/lounge-passes.html

Yes, but two observations… the OP isn't given the choice to link a pass for the 6 month old, and technically that person would be an ‘infant’ rather than child/children?

 

[sudoer]

technically that person would be an ‘infant’ rather than child/children?

Qantas still refers to 0 to 3 year olds as 'children' in the QC access guide (for fully fledged members)

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/qantas-lounge-access-eligibility.html?wcmmode=disabled#child-access

OP isn't given the choice to link a pass for the 6 month old

Can't explain that - would need a call to QFF. But by the book, they need 4 passes.

 

[serfty]

Yes, but two observations… the OP isn't given the choice to link a pass for the 6 month old, and technically that person would be an ‘infant’ rather than child/children?

Seems the 3YO came up auto selected but, by omission, perhaps not for the infant (although @DeanCorp does not specifically state that).

I was originally going to select just my wife and I but then I saw my 3 year old as a selected passenger which makes me think perhaps toddlers aren’t allowed in for free under a complimentary lounge pass.

@DeanCorp, is the infant in your travelling party booked as an under 2YO, not occupying a seat?

 

[Silvia]

In theory they would need a pass but it’s a manual link through the phone. Anecdotally depending on the staff onsite they will allow you to get in sans the pass, but dependant on the staff