Card comparison
Qantas American Express Ultimate vs Frequent Flyer Black: lounge access compared
The Qantas American Express Ultimate opens 19 lounges at 12 airports; the Frequent Flyer Black opens 19 lounges at 12 airports. Both include Qantas Club.
Page updated September 2026.
- lounges · Qantas American Express Ultimate
- 19
- lounges · Frequent Flyer Black
- 19
- airports · Qantas American Express Ultimate
- 12
- airports · Frequent Flyer Black
- 12
Side by side
Both include Qantas Club.
Airport by airport
Lounges each card opens, busiest airports first.
Quick answers
- Which has more lounge access, the Qantas American Express Ultimate or the Frequent Flyer Black?
- Neither: each opens 19 lounges in our directory.
- Which lounge networks do they share?
- Both include Qantas Club.
- Where does only one of them get you in?
- Nowhere in our directory: at every airport where one opens a lounge, so does the other.
- What do they cost?
- The Qantas American Express Ultimate is A$450 a year and the Frequent Flyer Black A$425, as last published by each issuer.
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