United used to send MEL passengers here on Cathay tickets
The Cathay Pacific Lounge in Melbourne Airport’s T2 is now permanently closed, but it still shows up in older lounge lists and on FlyerTalk. One United regular recalls being sent here as the contract lounge for UA business class, with alternative access to the Air New Zealand and SilverKris lounges in the same terminal. If you see this lounge on an old boarding pass or confirmation today, treat it as legacy info, not a live option.
This lounge sat airside in Terminal 2, serving oneworld premium passengers and elites departing MEL on carriers like Cathay Pacific and Qantas codeshares. At the time, some Star Alliance passengers on United and possibly other *A partners were checked in with invitations here, instead of or in addition to the NZ and SQ lounges. Now that Cathay has shut the space, oneworld flyers in T2 should follow current signage or airline guidance to the Qantas-managed options, not to the old Cathay footprint.
Hours, walk times, and any day-pass pricing you might find for this lounge in third‑party apps are outdated. The airport’s own lounge list for Melbourne currently only shows active spaces in T1, T2, T3, and T4 such as the Qantas International Business Lounge in T2 and the Plaza Premium Lounge in T2. If your app still shows “Cathay Pacific Lounge – Terminal 2 – Open,” assume the data feed never caught the closure.
In older trip reports this lounge sometimes appears in comparison threads versus Air New Zealand’s lounge near T2 gates or the SilverKris Lounge used by Singapore Airlines departures. United flyers in one discussion mention being “also welcome” in both NZ and SQ when Cathay was on the printed invitation. That dynamic has changed with the closure, but those posts still circulate and confuse people planning a United or Singapore connection through MEL.
Practical tip: if your boarding pass or lounge invite in Melbourne still lists “Cathay Pacific Lounge – T2,” walk to the nearest departures information screen, then head for Air New Zealand, SilverKris, or another currently listed T2 lounge instead, and confirm access with the agent at the door.
How to get in
- 01 Terminal 2
- 02 Oneworld premium and elites