Originally Posted by
crfgon
Hello, apologies if this is the incorrect place or way to ask these questions.
I just flew from LAX to DFW, and am continuing onwards to another city, all on AA. Currently sitting in the Admirals Club at Terminal D with the following questions.
I have LATAM Black, which is emerald. I read that OW Emeralds could utilize the Flagship First Checkin at LAX. When I went to go utilize it, I was told no because it was only for AA international first class and JFK bound first class, even though the AA website says Emeralds can use it when flying on any AA flight, not solely international.
QF Plat/OW Emerald. I used the AA Flagship Check in at LAX T5 last October, twice, without issue. Was turned away from T4 the year before. Was flying Y LAX-SFO and F LAX-SEA.
Now at DFW, I've gotten access to the international first dining room on multiple occasions thanks to Emerald, including on flights that were <30 min or less. Now I'm being told it's only for international bound Emeralds, although I cannot find such a policy change anywhere.
When they first started rolling out the new Flagship Dining rooms in 2016, I was given an invite to the DFW room. This was during the period of the Flagship Lounges being renamed to International First Lounges during the refit process. Once the lounge refits were complete and they were renamed back to Flagship Lounges, you need to be flying in AA F on long haul or F on a 3 class transcon to access the Flagship Dining.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...rst-dining.jsp Same rules as the BA Concorde Room/Bar.
At LAX, you would have been better off heading through the T4-TBIT connector and using the QF F lounge.