Lounge desk · Saudi Arabia

Riyadh (RUH) airport lounges — which credit card gets you in

King Khalid International Airport runs 4 lounges we can put a source under. 66 of the 107 cards we track open at least one of those doors — 37 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 2 access networks 0 A-grades of 4 graded

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

4 of 4 doors · 55 cards

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

Opens: Plaza Premium Lounge · Hayyak Lounge · Hayyak Luxury Lounge · naSmiles Lounge

HDFC Infinia Metal Axis Atlas Axis Magnus for Burgundy ICICI Emeralde Private Metal Axis Magnus (legacy) Axis Olympus Axis Burgundy Private IDFC FIRST Private

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

1 of 4 doors · 24 cards

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

Opens: Hayyak Lounge

Axis Magnus for Burgundy ICICI Emeralde Private Metal BOBCARD Etihad Guest Premium Axis Olympus HSBC Premier (Metal) IDFC FIRST Mayura HSBC TravelOne Standard Chartered Ultimate

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

° 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 RUH, 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 Plaza Premium Lounge

Terminal 1 — Mezzanine floor opposite Gate 108 (international & transit)

Plaza Premium Group

Hours: 24 hours
Max stay: 2h
Guests: US$35/guest via PP
Walk-in: no published price

Priority Pass

buffetshowerkidswifi

Grade B — 4.1/5 — showers and a kids' area, 2h cap

The card lounge for foreign-carrier departures out of T1/T2 — 24/7 with proper shower rooms, quiet area and prayer room; dry, as everywhere in the Kingdom.

55 cards open this door

HDFC Infinia Metal Axis Atlas Axis Magnus for Burgundy ICICI Emeralde Private Metal Axis Magnus (legacy) Axis Olympus Axis Burgundy Private IDFC FIRST Private

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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B Hayyak Lounge

Terminal 3 — mezzanine island opposite Gate 307 (Saudia/flynas, domestic + international)

Hayyak

Hours: 24 hours
Max stay: no published cap
Guests: US$35/guest via PP
Walk-in: no published price

Priority Pass Mastercard

buffetshowerspanapswifi

Grade B — 3.8/5 — T3's catch-all, with sleeping pods

If you're departing T3 with lounge access you end up here — showers, spa treatments and enclosed sleeping pods; also on Mastercard's lounge finder (RUH9).

66 cards open this door

HDFC Infinia Metal Axis Atlas Axis Magnus for Burgundy ICICI Emeralde Private Metal Axis Magnus (legacy) BOBCARD Etihad Guest Premium Axis Olympus Axis Burgundy Private

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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B Hayyak Luxury Lounge

Terminal 5 — 1st floor opposite Gate 509 (domestic)

Hayyak

Hours: 24 hours
Max stay: 4h
Guests: US$35/guest via PP
Walk-in: no published price

Priority Pass

buffetwifi

Grade B — 4.0/5 with a generous 4h cap

The domestic-terminal Hayyak (ruh11) — 24/7, 4-hour cap and free luggage storage; covers flynas/flyadeal domestic hops before an international connection.

55 cards open this door

HDFC Infinia Metal Axis Atlas Axis Magnus for Burgundy ICICI Emeralde Private Metal Axis Magnus (legacy) Axis Olympus Axis Burgundy Private IDFC FIRST Private

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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C naSmiles Lounge

Terminal 5 — airside (domestic) airside

naSmiles (NAS)

Hours: 07:00–18:00
Max stay: no published cap
Guests: US$35/guest via PP
Walk-in: no published price

Priority Pass

wifi

Grade C — Daytime-only backup to Hayyak Luxury

T5's second card room (ruh8) — daytime hours only; Hayyak Luxury next door is open around the clock and rates better.

55 cards open this door

HDFC Infinia Metal Axis Atlas Axis Magnus for Burgundy ICICI Emeralde Private Metal Axis Magnus (legacy) Axis Olympus Axis Burgundy Private IDFC FIRST Private

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

Not one door at RUH 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.