Qantas International First Lounge: The Ultimate Luxury Experience

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What is the Qantas International First Lounge in Melbourne like? Is it Luxury Redefined? Or a naff Business Lounge Knock Off?
Because, if you’ve been through British Airways First Wing at Heathrow Terminal 5, you’ll know the feeling of being treated like a VIP, with a check in area partitioned off from the masses with an exclusive security lane that takes you directly to the First Lounge.
But that’s where the feeling ends, with the BA First lounge having more of a commoditised business class feel over first-class exclusivity.
In this video I’ll show you around the Qantas International Fist lounge, another Oneworld Emerald status lounge, and you can see how it stacks up against the British Airways First Lounge offering.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Finding the Lounge
1: 27 The Lounge
3:40 The Restaurant
If you’ve been to this lounge then please tell me in the comments what you though of it, if you haven’t been but would like to the watch my video on getting status with the Oneworld Alliance.
Thank you for joining me on My Grey Gap Year,
Phil
#qantasairways #firstclasslounge #melbourne

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@LukeWatson99 Ай бұрын

Really fantastic review mate. You were direct, and straight to the point, gave us views and explained the layout and options well. These are the reviews I enjoy, no fluffy stuff or voiceovers from people with high egos. Great work. Subscribed!

@mygreygapyear Ай бұрын

Thank you, that's much appreciated, it is very helpful to get feedback on what it was you liked about the video, so double thank you 😊

@morgy1916 Ай бұрын

Will be in Australia for the first time in my life at the end of the month, and flying a few domestic flights on Qantas

@mygreygapyear Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment and your support, I hope you have a great trip, it is possibly the best holiday destination in the world. The Qantas domestic terminal (Terminal 1)is a separate area airside and has different lounges. Let me know what they're like

@t288msd 5 ай бұрын

If I'm ever in Singapore airport transiting I always visit the QF First Class lounge even if I'm flying BA or other one world. Fantastic

@mygreygapyear 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment, another lounge to add to my bucket list.

@martinbeaumont1135 5 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoyed this years trip to Melbourne, sorry the weather has been pretty rubbish, although at least you didn't get flooded out up on the Gold Coast! Something funky has been going on with the Victorian summers the past few years sadly. With my Qantas Club membership a long past experience I doubt I'll get to enjoy these lounges unless I win the lotto or get a magical upgrade 🤣

@mygreygapyear 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment Martin, I was fortunate to have a permanent ray of sunshine, my grandson 😊

@JettTyler17 5 ай бұрын

Nice review of this Lounge Phil! I managed to get a visit into the Qantas Lounges at LHR and SYD (International) on my trip to Australia, their lounges seems nice enough.

@mygreygapyear 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for you comment, I hope you had a great trip, I've heard that the lounge in Sydney is even better.

@JettTyler17 5 ай бұрын

@@mygreygapyear Later in February/March 2024 I'll be sharing my QF81 flight from Sydney to Singapore, that'll be the one with the footage of the Lounge. 😃

@mygreygapyear 5 ай бұрын

I'll be keeping an eye for that! Thanks

@peterbrown6224 5 ай бұрын

Nice review, Phil. I've only used the one in SYD, and it is also better than the Flounge. I used the J lounge last time, and it was okay. This is where the rubber meets the road. A decent meal in pleasant surroundings before a long flight makes you think about those extra 900 TPs. If you were going down there more frequently (and using lounges in HKG/DOH/SIN), it would be worth it.

@mygreygapyear 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment, I've yet to experience the lounges in Hong Kong and Singapore, but I've heard they're superb, so I have that to look forward to.

@peterbrown6224 5 ай бұрын

@@mygreygapyear Long story short, I had two 18 hour+ stays in HKG lounges in the last couple of years. On the second trip, I *deliberately* chose the long layover over a two hour wait for the onward flight. That's how good it is.

@ukdavepianoman 5 ай бұрын

Looks a terrific lounge. Wish it wasn't on the other side of the world...! But a motivation to get back out to Australia. Dessert wine with dessert is something i only discovered recently and it is a great choice. I wonder how the Business lounge is there.

@mygreygapyear 5 ай бұрын

It is a good lounge, I spend a short time in the business lounge downstairs and it's nice. It's large, spacious, nice buffet food, on par with BA's Heathrow business lounges and like BA's lounges in London they get busy and get noisy.

@yvr2002rtw 5 ай бұрын

If Qantas, BA and CX goes the way of Qatar where only their top lounges are restricted to their First Class (Al Safwa lounge) and Business Class (Al Mourjan North and Al Mourjan Garden) and status holders in Economy are direct to their more generic lounges, would you still want to retain OWE? or just stick with OWS?

@mygreygapyear 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your question, I imagine I'll be soft landing to silver at some point come what may, but it is disappointing for Qatar to restrict access to their lounges. If all airlines started to do this then the value of Gold status would be reduced and I would definitely stick with silver.

@mikiewifnoe360 5 ай бұрын

I have not been to Australia. But I would like to visit. Our flan does not have pastry. I enjoy your reviews as you have a calm, friendly demeanor. Josh Cahill, I find irritating.

@mygreygapyear 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment, I'm curious to know where you are in the world, this flan thing is going to bug me I know it. I've also remembered that my mum used to make a fruit flan with a pre-bought sponge base, tinned fruit and jelly in the 70's (no it's not a trifle).

@mikiewifnoe360 5 ай бұрын

@@mygreygapyear I am in Reno, Nevada, USA. I can not ever remember seeing a flan with any kind of base.