Airport Lounge Guest Fees in Canada (2026): What You'll Actually Pay

Canada has no single guest-fee system. The same companion costs $0 at one lounge and $65 plus GST at the next. The price depends on your card as much as the lounge. The benchmarks: US$35 per guest at any Priority Pass lounge, US$32 per person once a DragonPass or Visa Airport Companion pool is used up, $59 for an extra guest at an Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge, $59 to $65 plus GST at WestJet's Elevation Lounge, and $37 plus tax at the National Bank Lounge in Montréal. No Canadian card includes unlimited Priority Pass guests. The closest one, the Amex Platinum, is capped from January 1, 2027. The cheapest card with a guest built in is the National Bank World Elite Mastercard at $150, for international departures from Montréal.

What changed in this update (September 11, 2026)

Four corrections and six additions after a full re-check against operator and issuer terms:

• Corrected: the Amex Aeroplan Reserve does not include a Priority Pass guest. Its membership fee is waived, but every visit — for the cardholder and any guest — is charged at the prevailing rate. Its guest benefit is Maple Leaf Lounge only.
• Corrected: Priority Pass coverage at YUL's Desjardins Odyssey lounges varies by location; the transborder location appears in Priority Pass's own directory.
• Corrected: Plaza Premium First at YVR does not accept Priority Pass at all. Entry is $110 for two hours, or a $30 upgrade from the standard lounge.
• Corrected: Maple Leaf Lounge access can be pre-purchased on some fares, from $25 on Latitude, at booking or 24 hours ahead.
• Added: the January 1, 2027 Amex Platinum cap, the July 8, 2026 Centurion one-guest rule, the National Bank World Elite Mastercard, Desjardins Odyssey card rules, a children section, guest capacity limits, and current Priority Pass tier pricing.
• Removed: the Chase Sapphire Reserve rows. It is a US-issued card most Canadians cannot apply for.

Editorial disclosure: AirportLounges.ca may receive compensation if you apply for a card through links on this page. This does not affect the issuer's terms or the price you pay. Fees on this page were checked against operator and issuer pages on September 11, 2026; they change, so confirm before you travel.

Guest fee quick-reference table

Verified September 11, 2026. Currencies as shown: Priority Pass and DragonPass bill in US dollars; everything else is Canadian dollars in Canada.

Before you count on a guest fee: where Priority Pass actually works in Canada

A guest fee only matters if there is a lounge to enter. Priority Pass lounges operate at nine Canadian airports: Toronto Pearson (YYZ), Toronto Billy Bishop (YTZ), Vancouver (YVR), Calgary (YYC), Montréal (YUL), Ottawa (YOW), Edmonton (YEG), Winnipeg (YWG) and Québec City (YQB — pending). Montréal is the catch — its full Priority Pass lounges sit in the international wing. A domestic or US-bound traveller may find nothing in their zone. See our Priority Pass lounges in Canada guide for the airport-by-airport list before you promise a companion a seat.

Priority Pass guest fees in Canada

Priority Pass sells three tiers, and none includes a guest. Standard is US$99 a year and every visit costs US$35. Standard Plus is US$329 with ten included visits, then US$35. Prestige is US$469 with unlimited member visits. Guests cost US$35 per visit at every tier. One way to read Standard: it is a $99 fee that buys the right to pay $35 a visit.

That last column is the number that sends people looking for a credit card. A couple on Prestige pays past US$800 for ten trips. Card-issued Priority Pass Select memberships are different. The Amex Platinum's includes one complimentary guest through 2026. The Amex Aeroplan Reserve's includes none and bills the cardholder too. If you travel as a pair, start with the Canadian cards that include at least one complimentary lounge guest rather than a retail membership.

DragonPass and the Visa Airport Companion: the pool problem

Most Canadian bank cards use DragonPass, branded as Visa Airport Companion or Mastercard Travel Pass. You get a pool of visits, and every person who walks in uses one. Scotiabank's terms spell it out: a cardholder and one guest count as two visits. Once the pool is gone, every visit costs US$32 per person, cardholder included.

Two details decide how far a pool stretches. First, size — four visits on the BMO Ascend World Elite, six on the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite + and the CIBC and TD Visa Infinite Privilege cards, and ten on the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Privilege. Second, who owns it — the Passport Visa Infinite Privilege grants ten visits per cardholder, so a supplementary cardholder has their own ten. The Passport Visa Infinite + grants six to the primary cardholder only. A spouse travelling alone cannot use them.

Six visits is three trips as a couple. Four is two. Retail DragonPass memberships are no help for guests either — the entry tier lists guest access as not available, and only higher tiers allow a paid guest. DragonPass also re-priced its tiers in 2026, so the old US$99, US$219 and US$399 figures are out of date. If the pool math does not work for you, the cards with a guest built in are the alternative.

Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge guest fees

One guest is included with Aeroplan 50K status and above, Star Alliance Gold, Maple Leaf Club membership and the three premium Aeroplan credit cards. Extra guests pay $59 in the lounge's local currency (CAD in Canada, USD in the US, EUR and GBP abroad) plus local taxes. You and your guests need a same-day departing flight on Air Canada or a Star Alliance airline. Paid guests can only be brought into Air Canada's own lounges. Business-class passengers get no guest unless they pay the $59.

You can also buy your own access ahead of time on some fares. Air Canada's booking flow shows the Maple Leaf Lounge travel option at $25 on Latitude and $50 on Flex. Other published schedules run $49 (Latitude and Premium Economy), $59 (Comfort) and $79 (Flex). Prices vary by channel and have moved. Take the range as $25 to $79, bought at booking or at least 24 hours before departure. It is not sold at the door.

Two lesser-known routes: Maple Leaf Club members have a legacy guest schedule of $20 before 11 a.m. and $30 after, with dependent children under 12 included. Status holders get one-time guest passes each year: two at 25K (via a Select Benefit) and 35K, three at 50K and 75K, four at Super Elite. TD and CIBC Aeroplan cards also issue a One-Time Guest Pass for every $10,000 spent — it works at Canadian and US Maple Leaf Lounges, but not in international departure zones or Signature Suites.

WestJet Elevation Lounge guest fees

WestJet's Calgary lounge publishes the clearest guest prices in the country. A guest on a WestJet flight pays $59 plus GST. A child aged 2 to 17 pays $30 plus GST, and under-2s are free. Guests flying another airline pay $65 plus GST, or $33 plus GST for a child. The lounge accepts Priority Pass, DragonPass via Mastercard Travel Pass, Lounge Club and Diners Club. The maximum stay is three hours. WestJet's page does not say whether a card-issued Priority Pass guest allowance is honoured here — treat that as unconfirmed and budget the fee. Two things to know: Priority Pass members are the first turned away when the lounge is full, and WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard holders can exchange a companion voucher for two lounge vouchers, a real route to a covered guest.

Desjardins Odyssey Lounges at YUL

Montréal has two Desjardins Odyssey lounges. The international lounge near Gate 63 is open only to passengers flying outside Canada and the US. The transborder lounge near Gate 76 opened March 1, 2024, for US-bound passengers from Gates 72 to 89. Neither serves domestic flyers. The Odyssey World Elite Mastercard includes eight passes per account per year, then 50% off entry. On each visit the discount also covers one companion, or another cardholder on the account, plus up to three children under 18. The Odyssey Visa Infinite Privilege has its own pass rules. The Gold Visa and Platinum cards get the 50% discount with no passes.

The rules that bite: every person who enters uses a pass, except children under three. A pass covers only the three hours before your flight. If the flight is delayed, another pass is consumed for you and for each person staying with you. Walk-in entry is about $42 to $44 plus tax for an adult and $26 for a child, with a three-hour limit. On Priority Pass, coverage varies by location and has changed over time — the transborder Desjardins Plaza Premium Lounge appears in Priority Pass's YUL directory as of this update; the international lounge's status has flipped before. Check the Priority Pass app for your concourse on the day; do not rely on a blanket yes or no, including from us.

The National Bank Lounge at YUL: Canada's cheapest card with a guest included

If you fly internationally from Montréal, this is the answer to the whole page. The National Bank World Elite Mastercard costs $150 a year, or $50 per additional cardholder. It includes unlimited access to the National Bank Lounge near Gate 53 for the cardholder, one guest and two children aged 12 or under. Additional cardholders get the same access with their own guest.

The constraints: it applies only to departures outside Canada and the US, since the lounge sits past Gate 52. You must show the physical card and a boarding pass. Income requirements are $80,000 personal or $150,000 household. The card also has a 2.5% foreign transaction fee, a $150 annual travel credit, and paid DragonPass access elsewhere. Anyone else pays $37 plus tax per adult and $26 per child, with under-2s free. Priority Pass members can bring guests at those rates; the lounge sets the limit.

One timing note: the lounge closed for a full renovation on July 31, 2026. A temporary, reduced-capacity lounge opened in the same spot on August 1, 2026, with a two-hour maximum stay, and National Bank expects the full lounge back in June 2028. For a reader who just learned a Priority Pass guest is US$35, a $150 card with a guest and two kids included is the strongest value on this page. See the current National Bank World Elite offer on FinlyWealth →

Bringing children to a Canadian airport lounge

Under 2 is free almost everywhere: the National Bank Lounge, the Aspire lounges at YUL, WestJet Elevation and most Priority Pass lounges. With the Amex Platinum, an infant does not count as a guest. Desjardins Odyssey draws the line at under 3. Above that, every operator sets its own rule. WestJet charges a child rate of $30 or $33 plus GST for ages 2 to 17. National Bank charges $26 plus tax per child beyond the two included with a World Elite card. Desjardins counts every child over 3 as one pass or one discounted entry. Some Priority Pass lounges admit ages 2 to 12 free; others charge the full adult guest fee. Check the lounge listing. Aeroplan 50K status and above covers up to five dependent children under 25 in Maple Leaf Lounges. Anyone under the age of majority must be with an adult who has access.

How many guests can you actually bring?

Lounges cap the number of guests per cardholder, and the cap is separate from the fee. Guest limits are set lounge by lounge — Priority Pass's own help centre says so and points members to each listing. The Aspire Domestic and International Lounges at YUL and the Air France Lounge run by Plaza Premium list no guest limit for Priority Pass holders, subject to per-person charges and space. Desjardins limits the discount to one companion plus three children per visit. Card benefits are stricter: one guest is the standard allowance on Canadian premium cards, and on the Amex Platinum a second guest pays the retail rate. For a group of four, expect to pay for at least two people at most lounges.

Timing can also block a guest you have paid for. The Air France Lounge at YUL is reserved for Air France and KLM customers every day from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Those customers have priority at all other times. Arrive in that window with a paying companion and neither of you gets in.

Plaza Premium First at YVR: the $110 exception

Vancouver's Plaza Premium First section is not an upcharge lounge for Priority Pass members — Priority Pass is not accepted there at all. The change is indefinite and was made to control crowding. There are two ways in: pay $110 for a two-hour visit directly, or enter the standard Plaza Premium Lounge next door on a card benefit and pay a $30 upgrade. No card, membership or premium-cabin ticket gets you in without one of those payments. The standard lounge still takes Amex Platinum and Business Platinum, Amex Gold Rewards (four visits a year), DragonPass through Visa Airport Companion and Mastercard Travel Pass, premium cabin tickets, or a walk-in fee from $69. Plaza Premium's US-departures and domestic lounges at YVR still accept Priority Pass. WestJet passengers get 20% off the standard walk-in price with a boarding pass.

What changes on January 1, 2027 for Amex Platinum holders

The Amex Platinum is the only Canadian card with unlimited Priority Pass and Plaza Premium visits and a complimentary guest. That ends on January 1, 2027. From that date a basic cardholder gets 6 Plaza Premium and 6 Priority Pass visits per calendar year. A supplementary cardholder gets 2 of each. A guest uses one of those visits, so there is no complimentary guest under the capped model. Spend $20,000 on the account in 2026, or in any later calendar year, and unlimited access with one complimentary guest comes back for the rest of that year and all of the next. Visits reset every January 1 and do not roll over. Once they are gone you can still enter by paying the lounge's regular rate. Centurion Lounges, Delta Sky Club, Aspire, Swissport and other airline-run lounges in the Global Lounge Collection stay unlimited.

The guest-fee consequence is blunt: a couple burns a network's six visits in three trips. Two more things changed in 2026 — on July 8, 2026 the Centurion Lounge guest allowance for Canadian Platinum cardholders dropped from two to one, with the guest required to be on the same flight; and the one-guest rule is not uniform. Our full guide covers the card: Amex Platinum airport lounge access in Canada. If unlimited guests were the reason you wanted the Platinum, compare the cards with at least one complimentary lounge guest before the cap starts.

Canadian cards that give you at least one complimentary guest visit

No Canadian card includes unlimited Priority Pass guests. This table lists what the terms actually support, with the constraint that matters beside each card.

Fees verified September 11, 2026.

10 guest fee traps nobody warns you about

1. "One guest" depends on the network. One guest is standard at Priority Pass and Plaza Premium on the Amex Platinum. Centurion dropped to one guest on the same flight on July 8, 2026. Some dual-network Canadian lounges let allowances stack. Children under 2 usually do not count.
2. The Amex Aeroplan Reserve's Priority Pass is not free for anyone. The membership fee is waived; every visit, yours included, is billed at the prevailing rate.
3. A DragonPass pool counts people, not trips. You and one guest use two visits. Six visits is three trips as a couple.
4. Odyssey lounges are zone-restricted and coverage varies. The international lounge needs an international boarding pass; the transborder lounge is US-bound only. Priority Pass listing differs by location. Check the app.
5. The Amex Platinum 2027 cliff. Guests consume visits from a six-visit allowance per network. A couple is done in three trips unless the card sees $20,000 of spend.
6. The Desjardins delay penalty. A pass covers three hours before departure. A delay costs another pass for you and everyone with you.
7. Retail DragonPass entry tiers allow no guests. Only higher tiers list a paid guest. A membership does not automatically mean you can bring someone.
8. Some pools belong to the primary cardholder only. Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite + visits cannot be used by a supplementary cardholder travelling alone. The Privilege version gives ten per cardholder.
9. Capacity beats your receipt. Priority Pass members are the first turned away at WestJet Elevation when it is full, and every lounge on this page admits "subject to space."
10. Peak-hour lockouts. The Air France Lounge at YUL is closed to non-Air France and KLM customers from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. A paid guest cannot enter a lounge you cannot enter.

Which card gets you and your guest in for the least?

Run your own numbers. The following table compares what you would pay in guest fees against the annual fee of each card that includes a guest. It ignores your own access and the card's other benefits on purpose. It answers one question: do guest fees alone justify the card?

Table compares your guest fees to each card's annual fee only and ignores the cardholder's own access, points, credits and insurance. Card fees verified September 11, 2026.

Filter by what you fly and where: Canadian cards that include at least one complimentary lounge guest.

Methodology

Every fee on this page comes from an operator page (Priority Pass, DragonPass, Air Canada, WestJet, Desjardins, National Bank, Plaza Premium via Frugal Flyer's review) or an issuer's benefits guide or product page, checked on September 11, 2026. Where operator sources conflict (Maple Leaf Lounge pre-purchase prices, the Desjardins walk-in rate, the Aeroplan Reserve per-visit fee, Amex Platinum's Plaza Premium guest allowance), the conflict is stated rather than resolved. Break-even figures are calculations shown in full. No card ratings are displayed.

Change log

• September 11, 2026: Full re-verification. Corrected Amex Aeroplan Reserve (Priority Pass pay-per-visit, Maple Leaf guest only), Desjardins Odyssey Priority Pass coverage, Plaza Premium First YVR pricing and access, and Maple Leaf Lounge pre-purchase. Added the January 1, 2027 Amex Platinum cap, the July 8, 2026 Centurion guest change, National Bank World Elite Mastercard, Desjardins card rules, children and capacity sections, current Priority Pass tiers, and per-cardholder vs. per-account DragonPass pools. Removed Chase Sapphire Reserve. Expanded traps from 7 to 10.
• June 6, 2026: First published.

Sources

• American Express Canada — Aeroplan Reserve Card membership benefits (Priority Pass fee waived, visits at prevailing rate for cardmember and guests); Prince of Travel — How to access Priority Pass lounges.
• Rewards Canada — Platinum Card lounge access changes effective January 1, 2027; Prince of Travel — Centurion Lounge guest and layover rules for Canada; Flytrippers — Amex Platinum lounge access; Milesopedia — Platinum Card benefits.
• Priority Pass — Canada lounges, Montréal-Trudeau lounges, National Bank Lounge, Air France Lounge, Aspire Domestic, Aspire International; Chase — Priority Pass membership levels and cost.
• DragonPass — Memberships; Scotiabank — Passport Visa Infinite + welcome kit and Passport Visa Infinite Privilege; CIBC — Aeroplan Visa Infinite Privilege benefits guide and Aventura Visa Infinite Privilege benefits guide; BMO — Ascend World Elite Mastercard; Air Canada — TD Aeroplan cards.
• Air Canada — Maple Leaf Lounges, Maple Leaf Lounge travel option, Maple Leaf Lounge terms, One-Time Guest Pass; Maple Leaf Club — Worldwide membership; Prince of Travel — How to access Maple Leaf Lounges.
• WestJet — Elevation Lounge and Airport lounges.
• Desjardins — Odyssey Lounges access rules and Desjardins Odyssey Lounge at YUL; Milesopedia — Desjardins Odyssey Lounge, transborder; Rewards Canada — Salon Odyssée Desjardins Plaza Premium Lounge opens.
• National Bank — World Elite Mastercard and National Bank Lounge; Ratehub — National Bank World Elite review; Milesopedia — National Bank World Elite Mastercard.
• Frugal Flyer — Plaza Premium First YVR review (Priority Pass not accepted, $110 / $30); Plaza Premium — Montréal lounges; Rewards Canada — Lounge access guide (Plaza Premium walk-in ranges).
• AirportLounges.ca — Priority Pass lounges in Canada, Montréal airport lounges, Canadian lounges with showers, Best lounges for remote work.

All fees and rules on this page reflect information current as of September 11, 2026. Rules and offers change without notice — always confirm with the operator and issuer before travelling. Next scheduled review: December 2026 (TD and CIBC guest terms; Amex Platinum cap on January 1, 2027).