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Lounge access changes

Every change to who can get into a lounge, or to the lounge itself, that LoungeIQ has applied or scheduled: network joins and exits, entry-rule corrections, closures, reopenings and new listings. Each entry carries the date it takes effect and the source it came from. Nothing here is inferred; if a change is reported but not yet confirmed by the operator or programme, it is not listed.

Last updated 7 Sep 2026 · How we check · Spotted something we missed? support@loungeiq.com

Upcoming

Announced with a date. The listings change on the day.

Entry rules

Amex Platinum loses Lufthansa lounge access

The American Express Global Lounge Collection no longer includes Lufthansa lounges after 30 September 2026. The five US Lufthansa lounges that list Amex Platinum carry the rule with an end date, so it disappears from those pages on 1 October without a manual change.

BOSEWRJFKDTWLufthansa Business Lounge Boston →Lufthansa Business Lounge Newark →Lufthansa Business Lounge New York JFK →and 2 moreSource: americanexpress.com (Amex's own enrolment-eligibility change)Listing updated 23 Aug 2026
Opening hours

Airport Lounge World, Munich: new hours from 26 October

Priority Pass's lounge updates page reports the lounge's hours change to 05:00 to 21:45 daily from 26 October 2026. The listing is updated when the new hours take effect.

MUCAirport Lounge World →Source: prioritypass.comListing updated 6 Sep 2026
Opening hours

Airport Lounge Europe, Munich: new hours from 9 November

Priority Pass's lounge updates page reports the lounge's hours change to 05:30 to 20:00 daily from 9 November 2026. The listing is updated when the new hours take effect.

MUCAirport Lounge Europe →Source: prioritypass.comListing updated 6 Sep 2026
Alliance

Asiana leaves Star Alliance

Asiana Airlines leaves Star Alliance at 23:59 KST on 16 December 2026 and joins SkyTeam the next day as part of its merger into Korean Air. Asiana Club Diamond and Diamond Plus members stop qualifying as Star Alliance Gold for lounge entry from that date. The five Asiana-operated lounges and the status catalogue change on the day.

ICNSource: flyasiana.com (Notice of End of Star Alliance Mileage Partnership and Elite Benefits, corroborated by Lufthansa Group's newsroom)Listing updated 7 Sep 2026

September 2026

Airport

Heathrow: every terminal is its own security area

Heathrow's own connections FAQ states that everyone boarding a new flight must clear security again, and that the Terminal 2 to Terminal 3 walkway is landside. LoungeIQ's reachability model for LHR previously treated T2 and T3 as one airside area with a bus between clusters; it now treats each terminal as a separate airside area (Terminal 5's satellites stay together).

LHRSource: heathrow.comListing updated 7 Sep 2026
Entry rules

TIAT Lounge, Haneda Terminal 3: Priority Pass only between 01:00 and 05:00

Haneda's own credit-card lounge page and Priority Pass's own lounge page agree that Priority Pass entry is accepted only from 01:00 to 05:00 daily. The listing had claimed unrestricted access and is now limited to that window.

Opening

Chase Sapphire Lounge LAX: not yet open

Chase's own lounge locator lists Los Angeles under "Coming Soon", not among its open locations. The listing had shown the lounge as open with entry rules; it is now marked not yet open with no rules, in Tom Bradley International Terminal, until Chase confirms an opening.

LAXChase Sapphire Lounge LAX →Source: chase.comListing updated 3 Sep 2026
Entry rules

Air France Lounge, Frankfurt: moved to Terminal 3, joins Priority Pass

Air France's own lounge page confirms the lounge is now in the Schengen zone of Terminal 3, level 5, open daily 05:00 to 21:30, replacing the Terminal 2 lounge. Priority Pass's own roster lists it as joining the network on 31 August 2026 with a three-hour maximum stay. Business-class, Flying Blue and SkyTeam eligibility is not stated on Air France's page and is shown as unconfirmed rather than assumed.

FRAAir France Lounge →Source: airfrance.comListing updated 7 Sep 2026
Entry rules

PS LAX: no longer accepts Priority Pass or DragonPass

The private terminal formerly known as The Private Suite is reservation-only, with per-visit fees of US$1,095 to $4,850 on its own site, and is not included with Priority Pass, DragonPass or any membership. The listing had granted both networks and now states the fee-only rule.

LAXPS LAX →Source: reserveps.comListing updated 1 Sep 2026
New listing

Dubai: two Marhaba lounges added, three listings retired

Marhaba Lounge Terminal 2 and Marhaba Lounge Terminal 3 Concourse B were missing and are now listed, confirmed on Dubai Airports' and Marhaba's own sites. Three listings that no source supports were retired: a Finnair lounge at Terminal 3 (Finnair flies from Terminal 1 and has no lounge of its own), "Dubai iLounge T3", and an Emirates lounge at Terminal 2, a terminal Emirates does not use.

DXBMarhaba Lounge DXB T2 →Marhaba Lounge DXB T3 Concourse B →Source: marhabaservices.com (with dihdxb.ae (Dubai Airports) and Priority Pass's per-lounge pages)Listing updated 1 Sep 2026

August 2026

Entry rules

JFK Chelsea and Soho lounges: First Class and oneworld Emerald only

Both listings had copied the Greenwich Lounge's broader rule admitting oneworld business class and Sapphire. oneworld's own lounge finder states Chelsea is not part of the oneworld lounge access policy at all, and both lounges admit First Class passengers and Emerald members on a same-day AA or BA flight. The rules are narrowed accordingly.

JFKChelsea Lounge →Soho Lounge →Source: oneworld.comListing updated 28 Aug 2026
Network

Adani Silver Lounge, Ahmedabad Terminal 2: joins Priority Pass

Priority Pass's own roster lists the domestic-terminal lounge as new to the programme on 25 August 2026. Added, with hours from the same page.

Opening hours

Plaza Premium Lounge, Melbourne Terminal 2: hours now 08:30 to 23:59

Priority Pass's lounge updates page carried a revision of the hours on 24 August 2026, confirmed on its Melbourne lounge page. The listing is corrected.

MELPlaza Premium Lounge MEL T2 →Source: prioritypass.comListing updated 30 Aug 2026
New listing

Aspire Lounges: 23 lounges added from the operator's own directory

Aspire's published directory of 74 lounges was reconciled against the catalogue. 23 lounges it lists were missing and are now included with hours, amenities and day-pass conditions from each lounge's page; two duplicate rows were retired and 11 lounges tagged as independent were re-tagged to Aspire.

Source: aspirelounges.comListing updated 22 Aug 2026
Network

Chase Sapphire Lounges leave Priority Pass and LoungeKey

From 15 August 2026 the Chase Sapphire Lounges by The Club are no longer part of the Priority Pass or LoungeKey networks. Entry is for Chase Sapphire Reserve, Sapphire Reserve for Business, J.P. Morgan Reserve and Ritz-Carlton cardholders. The seven open lounges are updated.

July 2026

Closure

Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge, Ottawa: closed for a refresh

Closed since 6 July 2026, expected to reopen at the end of 2026 according to Air Canada's own lounge page.

YOWAir Canada Maple Leaf Lounge YOW →Source: aircanada.comListing updated 7 Sep 2026

May 2026

Closure

ITA Airways lounge, Bologna: closed for renovation

Closed since 26 May 2026, expected to reopen at the end of September 2026 according to Bologna Airport's own site.

BLQITA Airways Lounge Bologna →Source: bologna-airport.itListing updated 7 Sep 2026

January 2026

Closure

Brussels Airlines THE LOFT: closed for renovation until November 2026

Closed since 4 January 2026. The reopening has been delayed to November 2026 according to Lufthansa Group.

BRUBrussels Airlines The Loft Lounge BRU →Source: lufthansagroup.comListing updated 7 Sep 2026

December 2025

Closure

Qantas International Business Lounge, Sydney: closed for rebuild until early 2027

Closed since 8 December 2025 for a full rebuild. Qantas has moved the lounge to a temporary space near gate 24 and may reaccommodate guests in another lounge at peak times. Complimentary Lounge Invitations and Qantas Lounge Passes are not accepted while the rebuild is under way.

October 2025

Closure

Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge, Halifax: closed for a full transformation

Closed since 1 October 2025, expected to reopen in early 2027 according to Air Canada's own lounge page.

YHZAir Canada Maple Leaf Lounge YHZ →Source: aircanada.comListing updated 7 Sep 2026

July 2025

New listing

Amex Centurion Lounge, Haneda Terminal 3: added

Opened 16 July 2025 according to American Express's Centurion Lounge site. It was missing from the catalogue and was added during the Haneda coverage audit.

HNDAmex Centurion Lounge Tokyo Haneda →Source: thecenturionlounge.comListing updated 7 Sep 2026