Want to use the lounge before your upcoming Qantas flight? If you don’t already have access through your ticket, frequent flyer status or Qantas Club membership, one option could be to buy a day pass.
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What are Qantas Lounge Passes?
Qantas offers two types of single-use lounge passes:
- Complimentary Lounge Invitations are given out for free as a benefit of certain credit cards, Points Club membership or Qantas Frequent Flyer Silver status
- Qantas Lounge Passes are offered for sale and can be bought with either money or Qantas Points
Credit Cards with Qantas Lounge Invitations
- Card Name
- Qantas Premier Platinum
- Earn
- 1
- Signup Bonus
-
Up to 90,000 bonus Qantas Points*
- Annual Fee
- $349 for the first year and $399 p.a. ongoing
- Read more
- View Offer
on everyday purchases
- Card Name
- Qantas American Express Ultimate
- Earn
- 1.25
- Signup Bonus
-
50,000 bonus Qantas Points¹
Apply by 1st Jul 2025
- Annual Fee
- $450 p.a.
- Read more
- View Offer
on everyday purchases
Qantas Lounge Passes can be used to access domestic Qantas Club and international Business Lounges. Only Qantas-operated lounges are eligible, so this won’t be an option if you’re flying from an international airport where Qantas uses a third-party lounge (e.g. in Vancouver, where Qantas contracts the Cathay Pacific Lounge.)
Single-use passes are always linked to a specific flight. You would need to pre-purchase your lounge pass on the Qantas website up to one hour before the scheduled departure time. It only covers lounge access for yourself, and not any guests – including children.
For which flights can you buy a Qantas Lounge Pass?
Every now and again, Qantas might email you an invitation to buy a Lounge Pass that you can use before a specific flight. Even if you don’t receive an email, you can check your eligibility to purchase a Qantas Lounge Pass by entering your name and booking reference on this page of the Qantas website.
If there is an option to buy a Qantas Lounge Pass, this might also show up on the Qantas Lounge Invitation portal:
You would need to be flying on Qantas to be eligible to buy a Qantas Lounge Pass.
That said, you won’t necessarily be able to buy a Qantas Lounge Pass for access to all lounges, all the time. If you’re flying at a peak time when Qantas expects its lounge to be busy, for example, the airline might restrict lounge pass sales for capacity reasons.
It’s also quite possible that your flight not become eligible to purchase a Qantas Lounge Pass until closer to departure. So if you’re told that your flight isn’t eligible, you could try checking again the day before departure.
How much does a Qantas lounge day pass cost?
Qantas does not publish a fixed list of prices for its Lounge Passes, as the costs could fluctuate and are subject to change. The price also depends on which lounge you’re purchasing access to.
However, many Australian Frequent Flyer members have been offered Qantas Lounge Passes and have posted about this on our forum. So, we have a pretty good idea of the typical prices that Qantas charges!
Here are a few examples of the kinds of prices you could expect to pay for lounge passes at different Qantas domestic and international lounges:
| Qantas Lounge | Typical single-entry pass price (in AUD) |
|---|---|
| Sydney Qantas Club (domestic) | $59 |
| Sydney International Business Lounge | $84 |
| Melbourne Qantas Club (domestic) | $54 |
| Brisbane Qantas Club (domestic) | $59 |
| Cairns Qantas Club (domestic) | $45 |
| Qantas Hong Kong Lounge | $69 |
| Hobart Qantas Club [temporarily unavailable] | $25 |
Should you pay for a Qantas Lounge Pass with money or points?
Qantas usually gives the option to pay for lounge passes with points, instead of with money. For example, you could spend 9,200 Qantas Points on a lounge pass to use at the Sydney domestic Qantas Club instead of $59.
This conversion rate values your Qantas Points at 0.64 cents each, which is a relatively poor redemption. Therefore, it would usually be better to just pay with money.
In fact, if you were flying from Sydney to Melbourne or Brisbane, you could simply upgrade your ticket to Business Class for 10,900 Qantas Points from a Red e-Deal fare, or 5,400 points from an Economy Flex fare. You would then get access to the Business Lounge included with your ticket – in addition to all the other benefits of flying Business Class!
Qantas Club Flexible membership
If you want to use the lounge multiple times, you might be better off purchasing a Qantas Club membership. (If you upgrade to Qantas Gold status or Points Club Plus membership, you can even get complimentary Qantas Club membership.)
As an added bonus, full Qantas Club membership gets you access to third-party lounges when flying with Qantas from an airport that doesn’t have a Qantas-operated lounge. Plus, you can bring in a guest for free who is travelling with you as well.
AFF Gold and Platinum members can get 20% off annual Qantas Club memberships and renewals.
As an alternative to an annual membership, if you’re going to be doing a lot of flying with Qantas but only for a few weeks or months, you can purchase a Qantas Club Flexible membership. This has a $129 joining fee, plus you’d pay $99 for every 28 days that you remain a member. Note that the Flexible membership is not eligible for the AFF discount.
Can you buy a Qantas Club pass on eBay?
If you search around the internet, you might find Qantas Lounge Invitations available for sale on websites like eBay or in social media groups. However, you should be aware that Qantas does not allow people to buy and sell these invitations for a profit. If you get caught buying or selling a lounge pass, Qantas reserves the right to cancel it.
That said, people may transfer lounge invitations that they don’t need to friends and family members for free. AFF even has a forum where people sometimes offer Qantas lounge invites that they don’t need. (Please note that it’s against the AFF forum rules to solicit for a lounge pass; members may only offer them, and at no cost.)
