Pay-per-use arrivals lounge in Terminal 3
Arriving into Terminal 3 at José Martí International Airport and staying landside, the VIP Service Lounge Arrivals gives you a place to sit down and reset before heading into Havana. Access is pay-per-use only, so you don’t need a premium ticket or lounge membership, just time and a budget line for it.
Because this is an arrivals-only lounge, it sits on the Terminal 3 side used by many long-haul and regional international flights. You use it after landing, not before departure. If your flight comes into a different terminal code like 1, 2, or 5, you can’t realistically walk over post-immigration, so only plan on this if your boarding pass shows HAV Terminal 3 on arrival.
Access is straightforward: you pay at the Terminal 3 arrivals side and then head in. There’s no promise of elite perks, so don’t expect airline status with carriers into Havana to change the price. Because access is cash-based, the crowd level swings a bit with bank card issues and arrivals waves, especially when more than one long-haul widebody hits Terminal 3 within the same 60–90 minute window.
You won’t find firm published hours in the terminal signage, but in practice, arrivals lounges in Terminal 3 generally track the long-haul banks rather than going 24/7. If your flight lands after midnight or around 03:00–04:00, don’t assume the doors are open; treat the lounge as a nice-to-have rather than your only plan for a late-arriving kid nap or a quiet chair.
This is on the arrivals side, so think of it as a place to regroup while you wait for checked bags from Terminal 3 carousels or coordinate with a prebooked taxi into central Havana, roughly 20–30 minutes away by car in light traffic. It’s especially handy if you’re meeting someone whose flight lands in Terminal 3 at a different time and you don’t want to stand in the public hall.
Practical tip: check that your flight actually tags to HAV Terminal 3 before paying for meet-and-greet or lounge access packages, because arrivals into terminals 1, 2, or 5 won’t be able to use this space without an extra terminal transfer hassle.
How to get in
- 01 Terminal 3
- 02 pay-per-use