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Ahmedabad (AMD) airport lounges — which credit card gets you in

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport runs 4 lounges we can put a source under. 78 of the 107 cards we track open at least one of those doors — 44 of them only if you clear a spend or tier gate. Below: every door with its terminal, hours, stay cap, guest fee and the exact cards that walk in. No "check with your bank".

4 lounges 7 access networks 0 A-grades of 4 graded walk-in from ₹1,650

Which card gets you in

Lounge access is not one thing — it is 7 different machines at this airport, and your card is on some of them and not others. Each block below is one machine: the doors it opens here, and every tracked card that carries it. A card in more than one block gets in more than one way.

Priority Pass

3 of 4 doors · 55 cards

A membership your card carries. The kit arrives by post, the door reads the membership — not the card.

Opens: The Lounge ×2 · Adani Silver Lounge

and 47 more cards on Priority Pass

HDFC Regalia Gold · HDFC BizPower · IndusInd Tiger · RBL Nova · Kotak Air+ · Standard Chartered Ultimate · Axis Bank Reserve · ICICI Times Black · Amex Platinum Charge · Axis Bank PRIMUS · Axis Miles & More World Select · ixigo AU · Amex Platinum Reserve · IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite · Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank · SBI Card MILES PRIME · Axis Miles & More World · Axis Bank SELECT · Adani One ICICI Bank Signature · IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Emeralde · RBL iGlobe · Kotak Solitaire · SBI Card MILES ELITE · RBL World Safari · KrisFlyer SBI Card · RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Sapphiro · SBI Card ELITE · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank · Kotak White Reserve · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature · AU Zenith · SBI Card PRIME · Kotak Privy League Signature · Samsung Axis Bank Infinite · IDFC FIRST Wealth · IndusInd Pinnacle World · ICICI Sapphiro · ICICI Bank Emeralde · AU Vetta · DBS Vantage · IndusInd Pioneer Legacy · IndusInd Pioneer Heritage · AU Zenith+ · RBL Lumière · HDFC Regalia

Mastercard

2 of 4 doors · 24 cards

Mastercard’s World / World Elite programme, run on LoungeKey — Priority Pass’s white-label twin.

Opens: The Lounge ×2

and 16 more cards on Mastercard

Axis Horizon · BOBCARD Eterna · IndiGo SBI Card ELITE · RBL iGlobe · SBI Card MILES ELITE · IndiGo SBI Card · RBL Icon · RBL World Safari · RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card · SBI Card ELITE · IndusInd Pinnacle World · ICICI Bank Rubyx · ICICI Bank Emeralde · IndusInd Pioneer Legacy · IndusInd Pioneer Heritage · SBI AURUM

Amex Global Lounge

1 of 4 doors · 1 card

The Global Lounge Collection’s own rooms — Centurion and Centurion Studio partners. In India that means the Platinum Charge card, and nothing else.

Opens: The Lounge

Direct issuer tie-up

1 of 4 doors · 14 cards named

The lounge admits the card itself, on the issuer’s own list. No network in between — shortest list, most reliable swipe. No card "carries" this the way it carries Priority Pass — the issuer publishes a list and the door reads the card, so we only claim it where an issuer names a card we track.

Issuer-list rooms here: Adani Lounge

° The access is spend- or tier-gated: hover the card, or open its page for the exact trigger. A gate you miss is a door that does not open, whatever the brochure said.

Every lounge at AMD, door by door

Terminal, side of security, operator, hours, stay cap, guest fee, walk-in price — and the cards that walk in. Each door carries the document we read it from.

B The Lounge

T1 — Domestic (first floor, post-SHA, opposite Gate 4)

Semolina Kitchens (TFS group) for Adani Airports

₹1,650

Hours
24 hours (closed Wed 11:00–13:30)
Max stay
no published cap
Guests
US$35/guest via PP
Walk-in
₹1,650

Grade B — 3.8/5 — the sensible AMD default

The default AMD card lounge (AMD8/AMD7); closed every Wednesday 11:00–13:30 for maintenance — plan around it.

78 cards open this door

and 70 more

Axis Burgundy Private · IDFC FIRST Private · HSBC Premier (Metal) · Marriott Bonvoy HDFC Bank · HDFC Biz Black Metal · HDFC Regalia Gold · HDFC BizPower · IDFC FIRST Mayura · IndusInd Tiger · RBL Nova · Kotak Air+ · HSBC TravelOne · Standard Chartered Ultimate · Amex Platinum Travel · Axis Bank Reserve · ICICI Times Black · HDFC Diners Club Privilege · Amex Platinum Charge · Axis Bank PRIMUS · Axis Miles & More World Select · ixigo AU · Amex Platinum Reserve · IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite · Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank · Axis Horizon · SBI Card MILES PRIME · Equitas PowerMiles · BOBCARD Eterna · Axis Miles & More World · Axis Bank SELECT · Adani One ICICI Bank Signature · IndiGo SBI Card ELITE · IndiGo Kotak Premium Credit Card · IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Emeralde · RBL iGlobe · Kotak Solitaire · SBI Card MILES ELITE · IndiGo SBI Card · RBL Icon · Tata Neu Plus HDFC Bank · RBL World Safari · KrisFlyer SBI Card · RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Sapphiro · SBI Card ELITE · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank · Kotak White Reserve · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature · AU Zenith · SBI Card PRIME · IndiGo Axis Bank Credit Card · Kotak Privy League Signature · Samsung Axis Bank Infinite · IDFC FIRST Wealth · SBI Card MILES · IndusInd Pinnacle World · ICICI Sapphiro · ICICI Bank Rubyx · ICICI Bank Emeralde · AU Vetta · SBI Card PULSE · ICICI Bank Coral · DBS Vantage · IndusInd Pioneer Legacy · IndusInd Pioneer Heritage · AU Zenith+ · RBL Lumière · SBI AURUM · HDFC Regalia

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B Adani Lounge

T1 — Domestic (first floor, near Gate 1)

Adani Airports

₹2,800

Hours
24 hours (closed Wed 11:00–13:30)
Max stay
no published cap
Guests
not published
Walk-in
₹2,800

Grade B — Paid premium tier; thin data

Premium tier — no card NETWORK gets you in free, but ICICI's consolidated July-2026 list grants 8 tracked ICICI cards ('Adani lounge Premium Loyalty, near gate no. 1'); business class, Pranaam-Elite and LoungeOne walk-ins otherwise; round-the-clock per Adani with the same Wednesday 11:00–13:30 maintenance shutdown as The Lounge; entry from 2h before departure. RE-RULED 2026-08-01 against the re-pointed July-2026 ICICI PDF — STILL LISTED, row 4, "Adani lounge - Premium Loyalty / Terminal 1 / Domestic", address "Domestic Departures, After Security, 1st Floor, near gate no. 1, Ahmedabad". Unasterisked, so the full Annexure-1 eligible-card list gets it and all 8 slugs above are on that annexure; 3-hour cap and a ₹2 (₹1 AmEx) door authorisation per Annexure 1's terms. Do not confuse it with row 5, the separate T2-domestic Adani Lounge.

8 cards open this door

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B The Lounge

T2 — International (post-SHA, opposite Gate 3)

Semolina Kitchens (TFS group) for Adani Airports

₹2,800

Hours
24 hours
Max stay
no published cap
Guests
US$35/guest via PP
Walk-in
₹2,800

Grade B — 3.8/5; expect Air India crowding

Amex files this as 'The Lounge (Adani Lounge)' and its own directions — 'International Terminal 2. After Security Hold area, 1st Floor, opposite Gate 3' — match this room exactly; Platinum Reserve's list marks it Available, Platinum Travel's marks it 'Not Available', so Travel pays. Air India/AI Express move to T2 from 29 Mar 2026 — expect crowding. Visa's mid-2026 list adds a T2 domestic-side code ('Adani Lounge', AMD04), but Adani's own lounge page still shows no separate T2 domestic room (checked Aug 2026) — assume this door serves AI's domestic flyers until the operator says otherwise.

66 cards open this door

and 58 more

IDFC FIRST Private · HSBC Premier (Metal) · HDFC Regalia Gold · HDFC BizPower · IDFC FIRST Mayura · IndusInd Tiger · RBL Nova · Kotak Air+ · HSBC TravelOne · Standard Chartered Ultimate · Axis Bank Reserve · ICICI Times Black · Amex Platinum Charge · Axis Bank PRIMUS · Axis Miles & More World Select · ixigo AU · Amex Platinum Reserve · IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite · Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank · Axis Horizon · SBI Card MILES PRIME · BOBCARD Eterna · Axis Miles & More World · Axis Bank SELECT · Adani One ICICI Bank Signature · IndiGo SBI Card ELITE · IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Emeralde · RBL iGlobe · Kotak Solitaire · SBI Card MILES ELITE · IndiGo SBI Card · RBL Icon · RBL World Safari · KrisFlyer SBI Card · RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Sapphiro · SBI Card ELITE · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank · Kotak White Reserve · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature · AU Zenith · SBI Card PRIME · Kotak Privy League Signature · Samsung Axis Bank Infinite · IDFC FIRST Wealth · IndusInd Pinnacle World · ICICI Sapphiro · ICICI Bank Rubyx · ICICI Bank Emeralde · AU Vetta · DBS Vantage · IndusInd Pioneer Legacy · IndusInd Pioneer Heritage · AU Zenith+ · RBL Lumière · SBI AURUM · HDFC Regalia

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C Adani Silver Lounge

T2 — International

Adani Airports

Hours
12:00–23:59
Max stay
no published cap
Guests
US$35/guest via PP
Walk-in
no published price

Grade C — Overflow backup, limited hours, unrated

New PP-listed overflow lounge, limited hours (12:00–23:59); treat as backup, not destination.

55 cards open this door

and 47 more

HDFC Regalia Gold · HDFC BizPower · IndusInd Tiger · RBL Nova · Kotak Air+ · Standard Chartered Ultimate · Axis Bank Reserve · ICICI Times Black · Amex Platinum Charge · Axis Bank PRIMUS · Axis Miles & More World Select · ixigo AU · Amex Platinum Reserve · IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite · Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank · SBI Card MILES PRIME · Axis Miles & More World · Axis Bank SELECT · Adani One ICICI Bank Signature · IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Emeralde · RBL iGlobe · Kotak Solitaire · SBI Card MILES ELITE · RBL World Safari · KrisFlyer SBI Card · RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Sapphiro · SBI Card ELITE · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank · Kotak White Reserve · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature · AU Zenith · SBI Card PRIME · Kotak Privy League Signature · Samsung Axis Bank Infinite · IDFC FIRST Wealth · IndusInd Pinnacle World · ICICI Sapphiro · ICICI Bank Emeralde · AU Vetta · DBS Vantage · IndusInd Pioneer Legacy · IndusInd Pioneer Heritage · AU Zenith+ · RBL Lumière · HDFC Regalia

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If no card of yours opens a door

3 doors here publish a walk-in price. Pay it and you are in, card or no card — the prices are the operators' own published rates, and desks quote higher at peak. Everything else at AMD is cards-and-invites only.

Worth doing the arithmetic before you swipe: a ₹3,000 walk-in is a bad trade against a card whose whole annual fee buys a season of visits — that comparison is exactly what the lounge-card ranking computes.

This is one airport out of 119 with a page of its own — the full map, every airport and every railway lounge we hold, is on the lounge map.