Locations Worldwide

oneworld customers departing on a oneworld operated and marketed international flight in First or Business Class.

• First Class customers have access to the equivalent class of lounge regardless of their frequent flyer status. (First Class passengers may be accompanied by one guest travelling on a flight operated and marketed by a oneworld airline)
• Business Class customers have access to the equivalent class of lounge regardless of their frequent flyer status
• Customers flying in Economy class on the domestic or intra-European segment to connect to or from a oneworld longhaul First or Business Class flight can also use the lounge applicable to the class in which they are travelling the longhaul segment
• Must produce a First or Business Class boarding pass

Exception: American Airlines AAdvantage® Program members, regardless of their tier status, may not use lounges when travelling solely on North American itineraries (defined as within or between the USA, Canada, Mexico [except Mexico City], the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean). In these cases, access rules are governed by American Airlines' own rules (i.e. paid lounge-access membership).

Members of oneworld airline frequent flyer programs with the equivalent of oneworld Emerald or Sapphire status can use any lounge offered by any oneworld airline when departing on any flight marketed and operated by any oneworld member airline*, no matter in which cabin class they are flying (* oneworld flights do not include codeshare flights with non-oneworld airlines, even those marketed by a oneworld Member but operated by a non-oneworld carrier or those operated by a oneworld Member but marketed by a non-oneworld carrier)

• Emerald tier frequent flyers can use First Class, Business Class or frequent flyer lounges
• Sapphire tier frequent flyers are welcome in Business Class* or frequent flyer lounges
• As an Emerald or Sapphire member, your lounge access is regardless of which cabin you are flying in
• Emerald and Sapphire members may invite one guest to join them in the lounge
• You must be prepared to show your frequent flyer membership card, with oneworld Emerald or Sapphire status, to access a lounge
• Access to First Class lounges is restricted to passengers flying in the lounge operator's First Class cabin or to cardholders with oneworld Emerald status, regardless of which oneworld airline or cabin they are flying

The following exceptions apply:

1. American Airlines and Qantas offer programs enabling travelers to pay to gain access to their lounges. These programs are not part of the oneworld agreement, and members of these programs are not entitled to access lounges under the oneworld agreement
2. American Airlines AAdvantage® members, regardless of their tier status, cannot access lounges when travelling on North American itineraries within or between the U.S., Canada, Mexico (except Mexico City), the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean
3. Qantas Frequent Flyer Gold members cannot access Qantas Domestic Business Lounges

Transcontinental flights are American Airlines marketed and operated non-stop flights between the following cities:

• Los Angeles / Miami
• New York (JFK)/ San Francisco
• New York (JFK) / Los Angeles

Passengers eligible for access must provide their government-issued ID and a ticket or boarding pass valid for departure on the same-day.

• First Class traveling on nonstop, three-class transcontinental flight
• First-Class traveling nonstop on two-class transcontinental flight
• Business Class traveling on nonstop, three-class transcontinental flight