Oceania: Airports and Lounges

The Emirates Lounge in Sydney is stuck in the basement, but you'll have a long walk to get to it, now that Sydney Airport have closed the closest entrance and make you walk through the lefthand duty free maze, via the shopping hub, down a long corridor, and then through the second older duty free hub. A maze, it is indeed. Finally you get to it, one floor ...read more.

Downstairs from the First Lounge is the very much downmarket International Qantas Business Lounge, which is both the Qantas Club Sydney International, and the Qantas International Business Lounge Sydney. It's for pretty much everyone who isn't in First, and that includes British Airways and Cathay Pacific, and anyone who is Sapphire and above on a oneworl ...read more.

NEWS: Qantas are now resticting access on arrival. The Domestic Sydney Qantas Club is a huge lounge occupying most of the top floor of Terminal 3 in Sydney. It is vast - one of the largest airline lounges in the world, and it needs to be big - because it gets a vast amount of traffic, most of which is on the shuttles up to Br ...read more.

The Qantas First Class lounge Sydney is one of the best airport lounges in the world, without exception. To find the Qantas First Lounge, once through security take the escalator beside the change counter next to the Oyster bar. Business class is left all the way along the shelf like balcony: the lounge entrance is at the far end, while First Class is o ...read more.

The Sydney Qantas Domestic Business Class lounge is rather like the normal Qantas Club, but one step beyond. It has one unique selling point: space. And it is well worth while gaining entry because although food and drinks are similar, there is acres more space than in the club, and on a busy Friday night, you'll be grateful. There is a separate entry to ...read more.

The Singapore Airlines SilverKris lounge in Sydney is up the stairs (or via the escalators or lift) on the far side of the terminal, on the same upper corridor as the Air New Zealand lounge (which is actually a better bet if you want a much larger lounge, rather than the small SQ offerings). The Singapore Airlines lounge Sydney was designed by Singapore ...read more.

There is a separate Singapore Airlines Sydney First Class lounge as part of the Singapore lounge complex at Sydney. The curious thing is everyone walks in and goes 'oh. So that's it.' Reviews are not always favourable. The chief problem with the Sydney First Class Singapore Lounge is that it is identical to the Business Class side - just half the size ...read more.

NEWS: There has been a small update of the Sydney Skyteam Lounge. The Sydney Airport Skyteam lounge is a welcome delight at an airport where Skyteam has so many flights. It is an outstation for every one of them, but with a Skyteam flight leaving every half hour or so in the morning, it is good to have a decent lounge to head to. ...read more.

Read the full story of the opening of the Etihad Sydney Lounge opens The brand new Air New Zealand Sydney Lounge is a delight. Recently opened, it ...read more.

The House lounge use to be the Etihad Airways Sydney Lounge. As such it attained a rather 'holy grail' status in the minds of many frequent flyers. Partly, this is because it is so far from Etihad's base, and also because it can't normally be accessed with a Frequent Flyer card. It is also, we do have to say, very good indeed. The The House lounge Syd ...read more.

The Sydney Virgin Australia lounge is huge, stylish, and shows off the common design and dáécor with the other main Virgin lounges. It is great, having received a revamp in 2013, and with a new extension on the top floor opened in 2014. Located in the middle of Terminal 2, you can either use the premium entry (see below) direct from the k ...read more.