According to Rewards Canada, Montreal-Trudeau International Airport will have a new lounge in its transborder terminal by the end of the year (November-December)!
This would be great news, as currently the only lounge available is Air Canada’s Maple Leaf Lounge , which we reported on here.
We have asked Montreal-Trudeau International Airport for more details and they have promised to get back to us shortly. Of course, we want to know who will operate the lounge and whether it will be accessible to Priority Pass / Loungekey subscribers.
In the meantime, here is a reminder of the different methods of accessing the lounges at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport.
Check out our strategy to get you into the airport lounges for free!
In the domestic section of Montreal-Trudeau Airport, there is only one lounge: the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge, located between gates 1 & 3.
This is also the case in the transborder section for flights to the United States. The Maple Leaf Lounge is located at door 73.
To access Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounges with a credit card, you have several options:
Within the international section of Montreal-Trudeau Airport, there are 4 lounges:
The Air France-KLM lounge is not accessible with Canadian credit cards. For the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge in the International section, the conditions of access with a credit card are identical to those stated above.
The Salon Odyssée Desjardins is located at the end of the international section, at door 63.
It is available ONLY to holders of certain Desjardins credit cards, listed in this article.
The National Bank Lounge at Montreal-Trudeau Airport can be accessed in many ways via :
Simply present one of these cards to gain direct access to the National Bank Lounge at Montreal-Trudeau Airport:
The National Bank lounge at Montreal-Trudeau Airport is a member of the Priority Pass program. Some credit cards in Canada offer Priority Pass membership and annual access.
Here, to access the National Bank Lounge at Montreal-Trudeau Airport, you will need to present your Priority Pass card… not your credit card!
Here are some credit cards that offer Priority Pass membership and access:
You can have a card that gives you DIRECT access to the National Bank lounge (e.g., a card that gives you access to the National Bank Lounge): The Platinum Card® for the holder, one guest and 2 children under 21) but ALSO a Priority Pass (in the case of The Platinum Card®Priority Pass account holder and 1 guest have access).
This is a great way to get a “double” card if you are a large family or a group of friends!
For the occasional salon user, the Scotiabank Passport™ Visa Infinite* Card is ideal asit offers 6 annual accesses.
Also note that PRIVILEGE Visa Infinite cards offered by CIBC, Desjardins, RBC, TD also offer 6 annual accesses to Priority Pass lounges.
It is also possible to access the National Bank Lounge at Montreal-Trudeau Airport via Mastercard LoungeKey. Most World Elite Mastercard level cards offer the LoungeKey subscription. But only a few add annual access (while with the others you have to pay for your access).
That’s the case with these 2 World Elite cards offered by BMO.
To access the National Bank lounge at Montreal-Trudeau Airport, you will need to present your Mastercard credit card. The cost of access to the salon will be deducted and refunded to your card account a few days later.
The addition of a new transborder lounge is great news, especially if it can be accessed with a credit card offered in Canada!
Unfortunately, there are no immediate plans to open a new lounge in the domestic section.
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