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Malé (MLE) airport lounges — which credit card gets you in

Velana International Airport runs 3 lounges we can put a source under. 96 of the 1119 cards we track open at least one of those doors — 59 of them only if you clear a spend or tier gate. 1 of the 3 room here takes no card we track. Below: every door with its terminal, hours, stay cap, guest fee and the exact cards that walk in. No "check with your bank".

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Opens the most doors here

HDFC Infinia Metal

Opens 2 of the 3 lounges at MLE.

  • Moonimaa Lounge Domestic Terminal — LANDSIDE, 1st floor, right of the main terminal entrance (before check-in and security) · Priority Pass Global · Mastercard Global
  • Huvandhumaa Lounge Maldivian Seaplane Terminal (MST) · Priority Pass Global

every door at MLE → what a walk-in costs →

3 lounges 2 access networks

Every lounge at MLE, 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.

Moonimaa Lounge

Domestic Terminal — LANDSIDE, 1st floor, right of the main terminal entrance (before check-in and security) landside

Maldives Airports Company

Hours
06:00–23:00
Max stay
2h
Guests
not published
Walk-in
no published price
Priority Pass GlobalMastercard Global
buffetwifi

The PP/LoungeKey option at MLE (3.5/5) — but it is LANDSIDE: visit before check-in, then transfer (international passengers must budget time to reach the international terminal). Strict 2h cap, overstays charged; peak crush 16:00–18:00 with the seaplane bank. On both PP (MLE2) and Mastercard's lounge finder.

96 cards open this door
HDFC Infinia Metal Axis Magnus for Burgundy ICICI Emeralde Private Metal Axis Olympus Axis Burgundy Private Axis Magnus HDFC Regalia Gold HDFC BizPower IndusInd Tiger RBL Nova Kotak Air+ Prime Kotak Air+ Standard Chartered Beyond Standard Chartered Ultimate IndusInd PIONEER Private DBS Altitude KrisFlyer SBI Card APEX Standard Chartered Priority Visa Infinite Axis Bank Reserve ICICI Times Black YES Private YES Private Prime Axis Bank PRIMUS HSBC Taj Axis Miles & More World Select ixigo AU IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank Tata Neu Infinity SBI Card SBI Card MILES PRIME Equitas PowerMiles Axis Miles & More World Axis Bank SELECT Adani One ICICI Bank Signature IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Emeralde YES Bank ELITE+ RBL iGlobe Kotak Solitaire SBI Card MILES ELITE RBL World Safari RBL World Safari Plus KrisFlyer SBI Card RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Sapphiro SBI Card ELITE MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Kotak White Kotak Zen Signature Kotak White Reserve AU Zenith SBI Card PRIME IndusInd Pinnacle World RBL Signature Banking ICICI Sapphiro Union Bank UNICORN IndusInd Celesta ICICI Bank Emeralde AU Vetta DBS Vantage IndusInd Indulge IndusInd Pioneer Legacy IndusInd Pioneer Heritage AU Zenith+ RBL Lumière Titan SBI Card Reliance SBI Card PRIME Landmark Rewards SBI Card PRIME ICICI Bank Parakram Select HDFC Bank Corporate Premium HDFC Bank Business Corporate Regalia HDFC Bank Business Corporate MoneyBack Kotak Solitaire Business YES First Business RBL Corporate T&E Platinum Amex Gold Corporate Card Amex Platinum Corporate Card Amex Platinum Charge Amex Platinum Reserve Canara Bank Select / World / Signature Doctor's SBI Card Axis Atlas YES First Preferred MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature Kotak Privy League Signature Samsung Axis Bank Infinite Club Vistara SBI Card PRIME HDFC Regalia HDFC Regalia Activ Etihad Guest SBI Premier Card HDFC Bank Business Regalia HDFC Bank Doctor's Regalia Standard Chartered Emirates World SBI Card ELITE Business SBI Card PRIME Business RBL Edition Black

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Huvandhumaa Lounge

Maldivian Seaplane Terminal (MST)

Maldivian / Trans Maldivian

Hours
06:00–17:30
Max stay
no published cap
Guests
not published
Walk-in
no published price
Priority Pass Global

New PP addition inside the seaplane terminal — genuinely useful, since resort seaplane transfers involve long unscheduled waits; daylight hours only (seaplanes don't fly at night).

95 cards open this door
HDFC Infinia Metal Axis Magnus for Burgundy ICICI Emeralde Private Metal Axis Olympus Axis Burgundy Private Axis Magnus HDFC Regalia Gold HDFC BizPower IndusInd Tiger RBL Nova Kotak Air+ Prime Kotak Air+ Standard Chartered Beyond Standard Chartered Ultimate IndusInd PIONEER Private DBS Altitude KrisFlyer SBI Card APEX Standard Chartered Priority Visa Infinite Axis Bank Reserve ICICI Times Black YES Private YES Private Prime Axis Bank PRIMUS HSBC Taj Axis Miles & More World Select ixigo AU IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank Tata Neu Infinity SBI Card SBI Card MILES PRIME Equitas PowerMiles Axis Miles & More World Axis Bank SELECT Adani One ICICI Bank Signature IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Emeralde YES Bank ELITE+ RBL iGlobe Kotak Solitaire SBI Card MILES ELITE RBL World Safari RBL World Safari Plus KrisFlyer SBI Card RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Sapphiro SBI Card ELITE MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Kotak White Kotak Zen Signature Kotak White Reserve AU Zenith SBI Card PRIME IndusInd Pinnacle World RBL Signature Banking ICICI Sapphiro Union Bank UNICORN IndusInd Celesta ICICI Bank Emeralde AU Vetta DBS Vantage IndusInd Indulge IndusInd Pioneer Legacy IndusInd Pioneer Heritage AU Zenith+ RBL Lumière Titan SBI Card Reliance SBI Card PRIME Landmark Rewards SBI Card PRIME ICICI Bank Parakram Select HDFC Bank Corporate Premium HDFC Bank Business Corporate Regalia HDFC Bank Business Corporate MoneyBack Kotak Solitaire Business YES First Business RBL Corporate T&E Platinum Amex Gold Corporate Card Amex Platinum Corporate Card Amex Platinum Charge Amex Platinum Reserve Doctor's SBI Card Axis Atlas YES First Preferred MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature Kotak Privy League Signature Samsung Axis Bank Infinite Club Vistara SBI Card PRIME HDFC Regalia HDFC Regalia Activ Etihad Guest SBI Premier Card HDFC Bank Business Regalia HDFC Bank Doctor's Regalia Standard Chartered Emirates World SBI Card ELITE Business SBI Card PRIME Business RBL Edition Black

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Leeli Lounge

International — airside, 1st floor next to duty-free airside

Maldives Airports Company

US$37.80 / 3h (child US$27)

Hours
not published
Max stay
no published cap
Guests
not published
Walk-in
US$37.80 / 3h (child US$27)

Despite persistent blog claims, Priority Pass, LoungeKey AND DragonPass are all refused — business-class contracts or paid entry only; the new terminal's Koveli Lounge likewise has no card-network access yet. Re-checked 2026-08-15 — PP's live Malé directory is two rooms, Moonimaa and the seaplane-terminal Huvandhumaa, and Leeli is neither.

No card we track opens this door

Airline, invite or paid entry only — the walk-in price above is the way in.

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How access works hereFold that back up 2 access networks · 96 cards that get in, one by one · 1 published walk-in price

Which card gets you in

Lounge access is not one thing — it is 2 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 Global

2 of 3 doors · 95 cards

The same membership everywhere OUTSIDE India — the rooms it was really sold for. Split from the India estate because a card can carry one and not the other: SBI grants its PP visits “outside India only”, AU prices every within-India visit at $35 + taxes.

Opens: Moonimaa Lounge · Huvandhumaa Lounge

HDFC Infinia Metal Axis Magnus for Burgundy ICICI Emeralde Private Metal Axis Olympus Axis Burgundy Private Axis Magnus HDFC Regalia Gold HDFC BizPower
and 87 more cards on Priority Pass Global

IndusInd Tiger · RBL Nova · Kotak Air+ Prime · Kotak Air+ · Standard Chartered Beyond · Standard Chartered Ultimate · IndusInd PIONEER Private · DBS Altitude · KrisFlyer SBI Card APEX · Standard Chartered Priority Visa Infinite · Axis Bank Reserve · ICICI Times Black · YES Private · YES Private Prime · Axis Bank PRIMUS · HSBC Taj · Axis Miles & More World Select · ixigo AU · IndusInd Avios Visa Infinite · Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank · Tata Neu Infinity SBI Card · SBI Card MILES PRIME · Equitas PowerMiles · Axis Miles & More World · Axis Bank SELECT · Adani One ICICI Bank Signature · IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Emeralde · YES Bank ELITE+ · RBL iGlobe · Kotak Solitaire · SBI Card MILES ELITE · RBL World Safari · RBL World Safari Plus · KrisFlyer SBI Card · RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card · Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Sapphiro · SBI Card ELITE · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank · Kotak White · Kotak Zen Signature · Kotak White Reserve · AU Zenith · SBI Card PRIME · IndusInd Pinnacle World · RBL Signature Banking · ICICI Sapphiro · Union Bank UNICORN · IndusInd Celesta · ICICI Bank Emeralde · AU Vetta · DBS Vantage · IndusInd Indulge · IndusInd Pioneer Legacy · IndusInd Pioneer Heritage · AU Zenith+ · RBL Lumière · Titan SBI Card · Reliance SBI Card PRIME · Landmark Rewards SBI Card PRIME · ICICI Bank Parakram Select · HDFC Bank Corporate Premium · HDFC Bank Business Corporate Regalia · HDFC Bank Business Corporate MoneyBack · Kotak Solitaire Business · YES First Business · RBL Corporate T&E Platinum · Amex Gold Corporate Card · Amex Platinum Corporate Card · Amex Platinum Charge · Amex Platinum Reserve · Doctor's SBI Card · Axis Atlas · YES First Preferred · MakeMyTrip ICICI Bank Signature · Kotak Privy League Signature · Samsung Axis Bank Infinite · Club Vistara SBI Card PRIME · HDFC Regalia · HDFC Regalia Activ · Etihad Guest SBI Premier Card · HDFC Bank Business Regalia · HDFC Bank Doctor's Regalia · Standard Chartered Emirates World · SBI Card ELITE Business · SBI Card PRIME Business · RBL Edition Black

Mastercard Global

1 of 3 doors · 1 card

The same programme’s rooms OUTSIDE India, split out because a card can carry one estate and not the other — fourteen cards whose own terms say “no international access” were reaching all of these.

Opens: Moonimaa Lounge

Canara Bank Select / World / Signature

° 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.

If no card of yours opens a door

One door here publishes 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 MLE is cards-and-invites only.

  • Leeli Lounge International — airside, 1st floor next to duty-free US$37.80 / 3h (child US$27)

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