Card comparison
Qantas American Express Ultimate vs Altitude Black: lounge access compared
The Qantas American Express Ultimate opens 19 lounges at 12 airports; the Altitude Black opens 640 lounges at 267 airports. They share no lounge network.
Page updated September 2026.
- lounges · Qantas American Express Ultimate
- 19
- lounges · Altitude Black
- 640
- airports · Qantas American Express Ultimate
- 12
- airports · Altitude Black
- 267
Side by side
No lounge network in common.
Airport by airport
Lounges each card opens, busiest airports first.
And 250 more airports; each card's page lists them all.
Quick answers
- Which has more lounge access, the Qantas American Express Ultimate or the Altitude Black?
- The Altitude Black: 640 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 Qantas American Express Ultimate alone reaches 3 airports and the Altitude Black alone 258 airports.
- What do they cost?
- The Qantas American Express Ultimate is A$450 a year and the Altitude Black A$250, as last published by each issuer.
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