Review: Qantas Business Class Lounge Melbourne Terminal 1

We may receive a commission when you use our links. Monkey Miles is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites, such as CreditCards.com and CardRatings. This relationship may impact how and where links appear on this site. This site does not include all financial companies or all available financial offers. Monkey Miles is also a Senior Advisor to Bilt Rewards. Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any of these entities.

After arriving from Los Angeles on an absolutely excellent Qantas First Class flight we stretched our legs and headed to the Qantas Business Class lounge in terminal 1. In all honesty, neither of us were really that hungry after eating such great food in flight, but it’d be n

ice to get some wifi, stretch our legs, drink a coffee, and yes – probably eat again because who doesn’t at least have snacks at the lounge even though they’re full.

The Deets:

When: April 2018
Where: Melbourne
- Terminal 1, Domestic
Access: Business Class
- One World Sapphire or equivalent

Check-In

You’ll check-in on the ground floor, but take an escalator upstairs.

The Business Class lounge is actually at the far end of the Qantas Club so don’t be fooled and sit down too soon – your boarding pass or status can get you into a better area.

You’ll show your boarding pass again here, before entering a more exclusive area that is less crowded and features a bit more option regarding food.

There is one large sitting area and another behind the food

In terms of quality…I didn’t really notice a difference between the Club and the Business Class lounge. In fact, both were nice yet very crowded.

Food:

Juices, Fruit, Hot, Cold, snacks, etc. The options were pretty standard for any business class lounge. Nothing to write home about, but nice nonetheless.

Bathroom/Shower

Overall:

Nice lounge to grab a quick bite, put your feet up, use the wifi, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to spend longer in the lounge. If you’re like me and transiting after a long flight…it was a great place to refresh.

Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any of these entities.

Learn More

Affiliate link

Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card

4.8

 4.8/5

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based including Hyatt, Southwest, United, IHG, and Marriott.

Welcome Offer

60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months

In Chase branch: 70k Points after $4k spend in 3 months ( make appt with banker –Information about this card has been collected independently by Monkey Miles. Card issuer is not responsible for the information or accuracy.)

Annual Fee

$95

Points Earned

Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards

Card Benefits

3x on dining
- including eligible delivery services for takeout
3x on select streaming services
3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
5x on all travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards – Chase Travel Portal
$50 Annual Credit on hotel stays purchased via Ultimate Rewards/Chase Travel
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
Chase Sapphire Preferred® continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel Portal and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including primary rental car insurance, purchase protections, etc.
Points are transferrable to 13 Ultimate Rewards partners
Redeem in the Chase Travel center for 1.25 cents per point
No foreign transaction fees
Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Primary rental car coverage is my favorite

Monkey Miles Related Articles

Is this the best ever offer?

We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.

Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.

Main Cast

Main Cast:

Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.

Supporting Cast:

Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.

Quick Breakdown

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.

If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners

Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.

The responses below are not provided or commissioned by the bank advertiser. Responses have not been reviewed, approved, or otherwise endorsed by the bank advertiser. It is not the bank advertiser's responsibility to ensure all posts and/or questions are answered.

1 Comment


an0 November 9, 2018

Two things:
– Good that you added the date when you went, as the lounge you visited has been replaced with a significantly renovated one.
– Contrary to normal oneworld rules (this is a registered exception on the oneworld site), access to Qantas Domestic Business Lounges are for (Economy passengers with) oneworld Emerald and not Sapphire (this also applies to Qantas Frequent Flyers, i.e. Platinum and Platinum One have access but not Gold). Domestic Business class has access irrespective of oneworld status.