Paris Charles de Gaulle Lounges (CDG): Every Lounge and How to Get In

Think of CDG as three airports sharing runways. Terminal 1, rebuilt and reopened in stages through 2023, is Star Alliance and Qatar Airways territory. Terminal 2 is a string of separate buildings: 2A and 2C share an airside zone used by Gulf and long haul carriers, 2B and 2D form a connector terminal with a single contract lounge, 2E is the Air France long haul fortress split into halls K, L and M, 2F handles Air France Schengen flying, and little 2G sits in a field with its own bus. Terminal 3 has no lounge at all.

Hours below were checked on 26 May 2026. Air France keeps its 2E doors open until 23:30, which is late by European standards, but nothing at CDG runs 24 hours apart from the YotelAir lobby in 2E. The bigger catch is access: most lounges here admit by cabin, alliance status or airline contract only. The pay in and card options exist, but they are few, and they are covered honestly in the access decoder further down.

2A and 2C connect airside, which matters because the lounges cluster between them. Salon Paul Maxence is the quiet overachiever of the whole airport: a contract lounge that out designs several airline flagships. If your carrier buys you in, take it. Everyone else in these two buildings is waiting at the gate, because nothing here sells walk up entry.

2E is where Air France spends its money, and it shows. The three halls connect by an internal train, and the lounges sit past security inside each hall, so go to your own hall and stay there: hopping from M to K for a better lounge costs 20 to 30 minutes each way and another walk through crowds. The YotelAir lobby before security in hall L is the lone Priority Pass door at CDG, and it is a hotel lobby with a 10 euro credit, not a lounge. Treat it as a shower and nap stop, which is exactly what our sleeping guide uses it for.

Class of travel and status rule CDG. Air France and SkyTeam business plus Flying Blue Gold and Platinum unlock the 2E, 2F and 2G lounges. Star Alliance premium cabins and Gold open the Terminal 1 satellite lounge. Qatar Airways and oneworld keys work at the Qatar Premium Lounge in Terminal 1, and Emirates runs its own room in 2C. If you hold mid tier alliance status, CDG treats you well.

Priority Pass is close to useless here, and that is worth knowing before you fly. The Star Alliance lounge that accepted the card closed in early 2024, and its airside replacement does not take it. What remains is the YotelAir lobby in 2E hall L: entry for up to 3 hours, a 10 euro refreshment credit per person, paid showers, all before security. The full strategy, including when the YotelAir stop is actually worth it, is in the CDG Priority Pass guide.

DragonPass coverage is similarly thin. The Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge accepted it before closing for terminal works; check the app for live listings rather than trusting any printed list.

American Express has no Centurion lounge at CDG. Platinum cardholders get whatever their bundled Priority Pass membership gets, which means the YotelAir lobby, plus airline lounge access only where their travel class or status already earns it.

Paying at the door works at exactly two lounges: Extime in Terminal 1 and Extime in the 2B and 2D connector, daily 06:00 to 21:30, booked on the Extime site or paid on the spot from 95 euros, with a hard 3 hour limit. They are genuinely pleasant rooms, but at that price a long sit down meal in the terminal often makes more sense.

Operators and rules at CDG have changed repeatedly since the Terminal 1 rebuild, so treat the tables above as the map and confirm the one door you are counting on the day you fly.