Lounge desk · India

Guwahati (GAU) airport lounges — which credit card gets you in

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport runs 2 lounges we can put a source under. 89 of the 107 cards we track open at least one of those doors — 56 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".

2 lounges 5 access networks 0 A-grades of 2 graded

Which card gets you in

Lounge access is not one thing — it is 5 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

1 of 2 doors · 55 cards

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

Opens: The Lounge 1

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

Visa

2 of 2 doors · 58 cards

Visa’s own programme, keyed to card tier (Signature, Infinite) — and quietly spend-gated on most issuers.

Opens: The Lounge 1 · The Lounge 2

and 50 more cards on Visa

HDFC BizPower · IDFC FIRST Mayura · IndusInd Tiger · RBL Nova · IDFC FIRST Ashva · Kotak Air+ · Axis Bank Reserve · YES Bank Marquee · Axis Bank PRIMUS · Scapia (Federal Bank) · ixigo AU · Scapia (BOBCARD) · IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite · Axis Horizon · Equitas PowerMiles · Axis Bank SELECT · Kotak Air · IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card · YES Bank RESERV · SpiceJet Axis Bank Voyage Black · Kotak Solitaire · RBL Icon · Tata Neu Plus HDFC Bank · RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card · SBI Card ELITE · Axis Bank Privilege · Kotak White Reserve · AU Ananta · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature · AU Zenith · SpiceJet Axis Bank Voyage · Samsung Axis Bank Infinite · IDFC FIRST Wealth · IDFC FIRST Select · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Rubyx · ICICI Sapphiro · ICICI Bank Rubyx · ICICI Bank Emeralde · AU Vetta · Federal Bank Imperio · Standard Chartered EaseMyTrip · ICICI Bank Coral · DBS Vantage · Federal Bank Celesta · Axis Bank REWARDS · AU Zenith+ · RBL Lumière · SBI AURUM · Air India SBI Signature Card · HDFC Regalia

Direct issuer tie-up

2 of 2 doors · no card 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: The Lounge 1 · The Lounge 2

No issuer names a card we track on these doors. The tie-up is real — it just isn't one of ours, so we claim nothing. Whatever gets you into these rooms is in the block above.

° 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 GAU, 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 1

T1 — Domestic (first floor, post-SHA, beside smoking area)

Semolina Kitchens (TFS group) for Adani Airports

Hours
24 hours (PP entry 05:00–22:00)
Max stay
3h
Guests
US$35/guest via PP
Walk-in
no published price
buffetwifi

Grade B — Adequate buffet-and-wifi standard; unrated

Operator (Adani) page explicitly confirms 'Open 24 Hours' for both GAU lounges while Priority Pass caps its entry window at 05:00–22:00 (GAU3) — both are true; outside 05:00–22:00 you need walk-in/LoungeOne, not PP. The old Primus Lounge is delisted from PP though Mastercard's 41-lounge India PDF still carries the stale Primus row (re-checked Jul 2026). New T2 took Akasa, SpiceJet, Alliance, AI/AIX and all international flights between Feb and Mar 2026 — but IndiGo, GAU's biggest domestic operator, still flies from T1, so this door still matters.

89 cards open this door

and 81 more

IDFC FIRST Private · Marriott Bonvoy HDFC Bank · HDFC Biz Black Metal · HDFC Regalia Gold · IDFC FIRST Gaj · HDFC BizPower · IDFC FIRST Mayura · IndusInd Tiger · RBL Nova · IDFC FIRST Ashva · Kotak Air+ · Standard Chartered Ultimate · Axis Bank Reserve · ICICI Times Black · YES Bank Marquee · HDFC Diners Club Privilege · Amex Platinum Charge · Axis Bank PRIMUS · Axis Miles & More World Select · Scapia (Federal Bank) · ixigo AU · Amex Platinum Reserve · Scapia (BOBCARD) · IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite · Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank · Axis Horizon · SBI Card MILES PRIME · Equitas PowerMiles · Axis Miles & More World · Axis Bank SELECT · Kotak Air · 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 · YES Bank RESERV · RBL iGlobe · SpiceJet Axis Bank Voyage Black · 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 · Axis Bank Privilege · Kotak White Reserve · AU Ananta · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature · AU Zenith · SBI Card PRIME · SpiceJet Axis Bank Voyage · IndiGo Axis Bank Credit Card · Kotak Privy League Signature · Samsung Axis Bank Infinite · IDFC FIRST Wealth · IDFC FIRST Select · IndusInd Pinnacle World · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Rubyx · ICICI Sapphiro · ICICI Bank Rubyx · ICICI Bank Emeralde · AU Vetta · Federal Bank Imperio · Standard Chartered EaseMyTrip · ICICI Bank Coral · DBS Vantage · Federal Bank Celesta · IndusInd Pioneer Legacy · IndusInd Pioneer Heritage · Axis Bank REWARDS · AU Zenith+ · RBL Lumière · SBI AURUM · Air India SBI Signature Card · HDFC Regalia

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B The Lounge 2

T1 — Domestic (ground floor, post-SHA)

Semolina Kitchens (TFS group) for Adani Airports

Hours
24 hours
Max stay
3h
Guests
not published
Walk-in
no published price
buffetwifi

Grade B — Walk-in sibling; thin data

Ground-floor sibling in the old Primus footprint; operator-run 24h. Visa's mid-2026 domestic list carries BOTH GAU rooms (GAU01 ground / GAU02 first floor) — claim verified against the PDF itself, Jul 2026. The reported Adani flagship lounge in new T2 ('Bamboo Orchids', open since 22 Feb 2026) is still on no operator lounge page and no network directory (Adani's GAU page re-checked 22 Jul 2026 — T1 rooms only) — we'll add that door when one actually opens.

58 cards open this door

and 50 more

HDFC BizPower · IDFC FIRST Mayura · IndusInd Tiger · RBL Nova · IDFC FIRST Ashva · Kotak Air+ · Axis Bank Reserve · YES Bank Marquee · Axis Bank PRIMUS · Scapia (Federal Bank) · ixigo AU · Scapia (BOBCARD) · IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite · Axis Horizon · Equitas PowerMiles · Axis Bank SELECT · Kotak Air · IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card · YES Bank RESERV · SpiceJet Axis Bank Voyage Black · Kotak Solitaire · RBL Icon · Tata Neu Plus HDFC Bank · RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card · SBI Card ELITE · Axis Bank Privilege · Kotak White Reserve · AU Ananta · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature · AU Zenith · SpiceJet Axis Bank Voyage · Samsung Axis Bank Infinite · IDFC FIRST Wealth · IDFC FIRST Select · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Rubyx · ICICI Sapphiro · ICICI Bank Rubyx · ICICI Bank Emeralde · AU Vetta · Federal Bank Imperio · Standard Chartered EaseMyTrip · ICICI Bank Coral · DBS Vantage · Federal Bank Celesta · Axis Bank REWARDS · AU Zenith+ · RBL Lumière · SBI AURUM · Air India SBI Signature Card · HDFC Regalia

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If no card of yours opens a door

Not one door at GAU publishes a walk-in price. That is not the same as "you cannot pay" — most desks will sell you an entry — it means no rate we can source, so we quote none. If a card below doesn't open the door, budget for a desk quote in local currency.

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.