Frequent flyer benefits

If you are a Diamond or Gold member of Cathay, or you are travelling in a First or Business Class cabin on any oneworld member airline, you can access more than 600 airport lounges throughout the world. This means you can relax or catch up with work in comfort and style before departure.

• To be eligible, you must be departing on a flight that is both marketed and operated by a oneworld member airline.
• Some lounges may get busy at peak times, and access to them may be restricted as a result.
• Eligible customers may have access to lounges operated by a third party, contracted by the airline on which they are traveling.
• Arrivals lounges are excluded.
• Spa and Pre-Flight Dining facilities are excluded.
• British Airways Concorde lounges are excluded.
• The British Airways and American Airlines Chelsea lounge at New York, JFK terminal 8 is excluded
• Other exceptions may apply (see below).

Enjoy exclusive access to premium airport lounges around the world with Cathay Diamond and Gold status. Members of oneworld airline frequent flyer programmes with the equivalent of oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status can use any lounge offered by any oneworld airline when departing on any flight marketed and operated by any oneworld member airline, regardless of cabin class being flown.

• Diamond members can use First Class, Business Class or frequent flyer lounges.
• Gold members are welcome in Business Class* or frequent flyer lounges. (*Does not include Qantas Domestic Business Lounges)
• Diamond and Gold members may invite one guest to join them in the lounge. The guest must also be travelling on a flight operated and marketed by a oneworld carrier.
• You must be prepared to show your boarding pass and Cathay membership card, with oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status, to access a lounge.

The following exceptions apply:

1. Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and Qantas offer programmes enabling customers to pay to gain access to their lounges. These programmes are not part of the oneworld agreement, and members of these programmes are not entitled to access lounges under the oneworld agreement.
2. Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75K members are not eligible for access to oneworld member airline lounge when travelling solely on North American flights within or between the U.S., Canada, Mexico (except Mexico City), the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean.
3. American Airlines AAdvantage members, regardless of their tier status or class of travel, are not eligible for access to oneworld member airline lounge when travelling solely on North American flights within or between the U.S., Canada, Mexico (except Mexico City), the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean. 
4. American Airlines AAdvantage members, regardless of their tier status or class of travel, are not eligible for lounge access when travelling solely on domestic U.S. flights (some exceptions apply). 
5. Lounge access is not applicable for SriLankan Airlines' FlySmiLes Platinum and Gold members travelling in Economy class out of Male (MLE), Gan (GAN), Trivandrum (TRV), Tiruchirappalli (TRZ), Chennai (MAA), Madurai (IXM), Bangalore (BLR), Cochin (COK), Coimbatore (CJB) and Hyderabad (HYD) to Colombo (CMB) and vice versa on SriLankan Airlines-operated flights. It will also apply to SriLankan Airlines FlySmiLes Platinum and Gold members booked on an international itinerary arriving on a flight of less than 5 hours duration and connecting via CMB to and from any of the above-mentioned short haul sectors. This exception does not apply to other member Emerald and Sapphire customers.
6. Qatar Airways Al Safwa First class lounge, Al Mourjan Business class lounges in Doha (DOH) and Premium lounges are excluded. However, oneworld members holding First class or Business tickets on Qatar Airways or other oneworld member airlines are invited to use the lounges.
7. Other exceptions may apply (see below).

Indulge yourself before departure in a wider range of airport lounges when you fly First Class or Business Class with any oneworld member airline.

• Customers flying First or Business Class have access to the equivalent class of lounge regardless of their frequent flyer status. First Class passengers may use a Business Class or frequent flyer lounge if a First Class lounge is not available.
• First Class passengers may invite one guest to join them in the lounge. The guest must also be travelling on a flight operated and marketed by a oneworld airline.

Connecting between oneworld marketed and operated flights:

• First and Business Class customers connecting on the same day of travel, or before 6am the following day, can access the lounge when travelling between an international long-haul (a oneworld international long-haul flight is defined as an international flight marketed and operated by any oneworld carrier with a scheduled flight time longer than 5 hours) and an international short haul or domestic flight (and vice-versa).
• Lounge access will be determined on the international long-haul ticketed flight (either First or Business Class) regardless of the ticketed class of travel on the international short-haul or domestic flight.
• You must be prepared to show your boarding pass or itinerary showing travel in First or Business class on the international long-haul flight, in order to access the lounge before your international short-haul or domestic flight.

The following exception applies:

1. Alaska Airlines First Class guests, who do not hold eligible oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status, are not eligible for access to oneworld member airline lounge when travelling solely on North American flights within or between the U.S., Canada, Mexico (except Mexico City), the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean.
2. American Airlines First and Business Class customers, who do not hold eligible oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status, are not eligible for access to oneworld member airline lounge when travelling solely on North American flights within or between the U.S., Canada, Mexico (except Mexico City), the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean.
3. American Airlines First and Business Class customers, who do not hold eligible oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status, are not eligible for lounge access when travelling on solely domestic U.S. flights (some exceptions apply).

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