Card comparison
Platinum Card (Australia) vs Qantas American Express Ultimate: lounge access compared
The Platinum Card (Australia) opens 760 lounges at 275 airports; the Qantas American Express Ultimate opens 19 lounges at 12 airports. They share no lounge network.
Page updated September 2026.
Counts are our directory's open lounges, not the networks' worldwide totals.
Side by side
No lounge network in common.
Airport by airport
Lounges each card opens, busiest airports first.
And 258 more airports; each card's page lists them all.
Quick answers
- Which has more lounge access, the Platinum Card (Australia) or the Qantas American Express Ultimate?
- The Platinum Card (Australia): 760 lounges in our directory against 19.
- Which lounge networks do they share?
- None; every network either card opens is its own.
- Where does only one of them get you in?
- The Platinum Card (Australia) alone reaches 266 airports and the Qantas American Express Ultimate alone 3 airports.
- What do they cost?
- The Platinum Card (Australia) is A$1,450 a year and the Qantas American Express Ultimate A$450, as last published by each issuer.
Built from our directory and checked to our editorial standards. Scores follow our methodology. Something wrong? Tell us from any lounge page.
