Qantas Club, Gold & Platinum access to Alaska Airlines lounges
By David Flynn, July 1 2017
Qantas frequent flyers and Qantas Club members will enjoy access to a wider range of Alaska Airlines lounges following an upgrade of the partnership between the Flying Kangaroo and the Seattle-based carrier.
From today, Qantas Frequent Flyer members with Gold, Platinum or Platinum One status, along with Qantas Club card-holders, can use Alaska's Board Room lounges in Seattle, Portland and Anchorage – provided they are travelling on an Alaska flight which connects to or from a Qantas international flight.
This will be especially welcome for Qantas travellers darting between Los Angeles and Seattle: while they've enjoyed Board Room access at LAX, there's been no such arrangement ahead of the return trip from Seattle.
In return, Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75K members, along with Alaska Lounge members, will see the doors swing open at all Qantas-operated international business lounges and Australia-wide domestic Qantas Club lounges when booked on a Qantas flight.
Qantas is also adding its QF flight number to four new Alaska Airlines routes between San Francisco and Orange County, Minneapolis, Albuquerque and Kansas City – as well as its service between Los Angeles and San Jose – as part of the expanded codeshare arrangement.
David Flynn is the Editor-in-Chief of Executive Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
21 Mar 2013
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Hopefully this could be a sign of a future QF 787 destination - such an easy entry point to the US!
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
30 May 2013
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I doubt it. With the huge amount of AA connections already available through QF's LAX and DFW flights, I suspect they've got North America pretty well covered. They also have the almost daily SFO flight, daily JFK and seasonal Vancouver flights.
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
23 Oct 2013
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Are QFF's getting the raw end of the bargain here?
12 Dec 2012
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That's the first thing I noticed as well.
Also, what about when the AS flight is AA coded?
Or an AS coded AA flight?
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
23 Oct 2013
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The official statement said
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
23 Oct 2013
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So AS appears to have updated their website.
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
30 May 2014
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Great news David, as I'm flying on this very route to LAX to catch the 789 back to MEL in December. Is this updated access rules written anywhere? I anticipate an argument with a lounge dragon. :)
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
23 Oct 2013
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https://www.qantas.com/agents/dyn/qf/info/201706/0609
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
30 May 2014
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Perfect! I'll be sure to print that.
15 Feb 2013
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So now that Alaska bought out VX, will they turn the Virgin lounges into AS lounges? And then potentially be useable flying out of LAX when arriving on a QF flight?
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
14 Aug 2015
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While this is an improvement, it would appear that Alaskan is getting the better deal here with no requirement to be connecting to or from an international flight to access a Qantas club lounge but QF members don't get the same if just flying AS domestically in the USA or on an AS flight number.
21 May 2017
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Three of us travelling via HKG to Middle east in October, with Cathay Pacific. How do we access a decent lounge in HKG for our 5 hours stopover. We're flying Premium Economy [E].
24 Apr 2012
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Hi Peter, that's a question you can ask in our Community area as the topic here is Alaska Airlines lounge access in the USA.
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