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Mar 23, 2014 | 4:20 am

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Originally Posted by slawecki

https://www.aa.com/i18n/amrcorp/corp...alshistory.jsp

1939. i recall specials in the early'50's offering lifetime admiral club membership for $100 or 150.

Airlines indeed did have them even before WW2. I would be surprised if there were not some even in the mid-1930s.

Train operators/stations had premium passenger lounges before airlines did the same.

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