Is the Singapore Airlines Lounge at LAX Worth It?

Is there a Singapore Airlines lounge at LAX, and is it worth it?

No. Singapore Airlines does not run its own lounge at Los Angeles. Its business-class passengers, PPS Club members and KrisFlyer Elite Gold members are sent to the Star Alliance Lounge on level 6 of Tom Bradley International Terminal. For those travellers it is worth arriving for: it has showers, a bar and an outdoor terrace.

Singapore Airlines’ SilverKris lounge list covers Singapore Changi, Bangkok, Brisbane, Hong Kong, London Heathrow, Melbourne, Perth, Seoul Incheon, Sydney and Taipei. Los Angeles is not on it. The airline’s partner lounges page instead names the Star Alliance Lounge, Tom Bradley International Terminal, level 6, as its Los Angeles lounge.

So the practical question is whether the Star Alliance Lounge deserves your time before a Singapore Airlines departure. If your ticket or status gets you in, it costs nothing and sits in the terminal you check in at. Star Alliance describes a serviced bar with complimentary cocktails, shower suites and an outdoor terrace over the airfield. If you would have to pay, the case is weaker, and the sections below explain why.

Where is the lounge Singapore Airlines uses at LAX, and when is it open?

It is airside in Tom Bradley International Terminal, on the sixth floor. After security, take the lift at the clock tower in the main atrium shopping area. Star Alliance publishes opening hours of 08:00 to 01:00 every day, and Singapore Airlines checks passengers in at Aisle A of the same terminal.

Star Alliance’s Los Angeles lounge page gives the route: go through security towards the gates, take the elevator at the clock tower in the main atrium to level six and, if you are flying first class, use the separate First Class Lounge door opposite the main entrance. It lists the hours as 08:00–01:00 on all days and warns that hours and facilities can vary for operational reasons.

Singapore Airlines’ airport check-in page lists its Los Angeles counters at Tom Bradley International Terminal, Aisle A. With the desk and the lounge in the same terminal, you never have to change terminals to reach it.

The LAX airport website refused our automated request, so the location here comes from Star Alliance and Singapore Airlines rather than the airport. Our LAX airport page covers getting to the terminal.

Who can use the Star Alliance Lounge on a Singapore Airlines ticket from LAX?

Business-class passengers on Singapore Airlines, PPS Club and Solitaire PPS Club members, and KrisFlyer Elite Gold or other Star Alliance Gold members in any cabin get in. Status holders may bring one guest on the same flight; business-class passengers may not. Suites and First Class tickets point to the separate first-class room.

Singapore Airlines’ partner lounge access table sets the rules for lounges it does not run. Departing on a Singapore Airlines flight, business-class customers get the business-class lounge with no guest. Solitaire PPS Club, PPS Club, KrisFlyer Elite Gold and Star Alliance Gold members get the same lounge in business, premium economy or economy, and can invite a guest departing on the same flight. Suites and First Class customers get a first-class lounge, where one exists, with a guest. The table also excludes Scoot-operated codeshares.

Star Alliance’s access policy adds the timing rule: the Star Alliance flight on your boarding pass must leave the same day, or by 05:00 the next morning. Its Los Angeles page says Silver members have no lounge access, and that the separate First Class Lounge serves first-class customers with à la carte dining.

What does the Star Alliance Lounge at LAX offer?

Star Alliance lists a serviced bar with complimentary cocktails, a food selection, shower suites, an outdoor terrace, Wi-Fi, a TV area, a printer and private rooms. First-class passengers get a separate room with à la carte dining and personal service. It is not a SilverKris lounge, so do not expect Singapore Airlines’ own menu.

Star Alliance describes areas for relaxing, working, dining and entertainment, shower suites, and a terrace it says looks over the airfield to the Hollywood Hills, fire-lit at night. Its amenity list adds alcoholic drinks, snacks, hot and cold drinks, WLAN, magazines, telephone access, a printer, accessible facilities, flight information and private rooms.

Singapore Airlines’ partner lounges page lists a shorter set for the same room: food and beverage selection, restrooms, shower, wireless internet, internet PCs and TV. Neither source lists a spa or sleeping rooms, and Star Alliance does not say what its private rooms are for, so plan on a shower and a meal rather than a nap.

If you already qualify, is it worth getting to LAX early for?

Yes, if you will use the shower or the bar. The lounge is open 08:00 to 01:00, sits in the terminal you check in at, and adds no walk across the airport. Arrive with enough slack for security, eat on the terrace and shower last. Before an early-morning flight, confirm it is open.

Showers are the clearest win: Star Alliance calls them shower suites, and Singapore Airlines lists a shower for the lounge too. The terrace is the feature Star Alliance itself leads with, so on a clear evening that is where to sit.

Do not plan on a United Polaris lounge instead. Star Alliance’s policy lists United’s Polaris lounges among the ultra-premium lounges that alliance status and partner first-class tickets do not open.

Couples should check the guest rule before splitting cabins. Status holders can bring one guest on the same flight, but a business-class ticket on its own carries no guest, so a business passenger without status cannot bring an economy companion in.

Can you pay to get in, or use Priority Pass?

You can buy entry through Star Alliance’s paid-lounge booking if you are flying a Star Alliance airline, though the lounge page publishes no price. Priority Pass does not list this lounge. Its only lounge at LAX is the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse in Tom Bradley, which it marks with an additional fee.

Star Alliance’s paid lounge entry page lists the Los Angeles lounge with a Book Now link. Its FAQ says you must be flying a Star Alliance member airline, be at least 18 to reserve, and show the reservation with a same-day boarding pass. A reservation covers a stay of up to three hours unless the access document says otherwise, and refunds depend on your flight being cancelled or delayed by more than four hours.

On the Priority Pass Los Angeles page, the only lounge is the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse in Tom Bradley, shown as open 08:00–22:30 and labelled “Additional Fee Applies”. The other listings are Be Relax spas in Tom Bradley and Terminal 1 and Gameway rooms in Terminals 3 and 6. A Priority Pass card alone does not buy you a free lounge seat before this flight.

What are the options in economy without status?

Three: pay Star Alliance for entry, pay the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse fee through Priority Pass, or skip lounges and use the terminal. The Be Relax spa in Tom Bradley, also on Priority Pass, suits a short treatment rather than a long wait. Over time, KrisFlyer Elite Gold is the status that makes this lounge free.

KrisFlyer Elite Gold, which Singapore Airlines awards for 50,000 Elite miles earned within 12 consecutive months, includes access to Star Alliance lounges. Gold status from any other Star Alliance programme does the same job. Our KrisFlyer guide explains how the programme works, and points versus Priority Pass runs the trade-off.

For the wider picture of what Tom Bradley offers, see our LAX lounge guide. oneworld status does not help on this ticket: oneworld’s policy ties its lounges to flights marketed and operated by a oneworld airline, so the British Airways Galleries lounge at LAX is a question for a different trip.

How does this compare with Singapore Airlines’ own lounges?

It is a different product. Singapore Airlines’ own lounges, from the SilverKris network to The Private Room, are in Singapore and nine overseas airports, and its KrisFlyer Gold Lounge exists only at Changi. At LAX you get Star Alliance’s room and catering, with Singapore Airlines’ access rules applied at the door.

If your trip comes back through Singapore, the comparison matters for planning. Business-class passengers there use the Business Class SilverKris Lounge, Gold members in economy use the KrisFlyer Gold Lounge, and Suites and First passengers choose between The Private Room and the First Class SilverKris Lounge.

Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer Gold Lounge page lists that lounge at Changi Terminals 2 and 3 only, and its Changi access table sends Gold members flying economy to business-class SilverKris lounges at other airports. LAX has no SilverKris lounge of either kind, which is why the alliance lounge stands in. The Star Alliance lounges comparison shows where the alliance’s own branded lounges are.

What did we check, and what could we not confirm?

We read Singapore Airlines’ lounge, partner-lounge and check-in pages and its partner access table, Star Alliance’s Los Angeles lounge, access-policy and paid-entry pages, and Priority Pass’s Los Angeles listing. The LAX airport website blocked our request, and no page we opened published a price for paid entry.

Every page linked above was opened and checked on 17 October 2026. Singapore Airlines marks its partner access table as accurate as of 21 September 2023; where it and Star Alliance differ, as on first-class guests, plan around the airline’s stricter wording that the guest must be on the same flight.

We left out lounge crowding, food quality and any price we could not see published. Singapore Airlines’ partner list is the page to recheck before you fly, because that is where the airline names its Los Angeles lounge.