The House

The House lounge in T2 is history at Melbourne.

The former Etihad-branded The House lounge in Terminal 2 at Melbourne Airport is now closed, and current Etihad premium and elite passengers use the Aspire lounge instead. If you see The House mentioned in older MEL T2 trip reports, you’re reading pre-change info that no longer matches what you’ll find airside today.

The House used to sit airside in T2 for Etihad departures, but Melbourne Airport’s current lounge list now shows only the Marhaba, Qantas International Business, Singapore Airlines SilverKris, AMEX, and Aspire lounges for Terminal 2. That means you can’t pre-book, status-match, or buy a day pass for The House in MEL anymore, even through third-party apps that still show legacy branding.

Etihad’s contract setup now points eligible T2 passengers into the Aspire lounge, which operates as the carrier’s primary option at Melbourne for premium cabins and status holders. If your boarding pass or confirmation email still says The House for a T2 Etihad flight, treat that as outdated copy and follow the current Aspire or “contract lounge” direction printed on airport signage instead.

Some older guides still list walk-up or day pass rates for The House in Melbourne, but those prices and access rules now apply, if at all, to Aspire or other T2 lounges. Before you pay for any third‑party lounge product at MEL, cross-check the lounge name against the official Melbourne Airport lounge page and confirm that it explicitly lists Aspire or your intended T2 lounge and not the retired House brand.

Practical tip: if you’re flying Etihad out of T2 and had bookmarked a review of The House, re-plan around Aspire’s current hours and capacity instead, and treat any lounge information dated before the Aspire switch as archive material, not a live guide.