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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 7:42 pm
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
I thought at one point that intl F passengers got the Five Star service, and I specifically remember seeing an agent discuss boarding time with some pax in the old Flagship Lounge at LAX (when it was the 3-class F lounge). Maybe this was only on some routes though? IIRC, to SYD and maybe HKG?
I got an email soliciting it, I think it was a few hundred for the first person and $150 for each additional person. Didnt seem worth it, but then I didnt know there would be a bus gate. What a crummy way to end an F trip. I really felt bad for our fellow F passengers who had paid thousands of dollars and were not even greeted with a requested wheelchair. Sad that AA had the planning in place to get the Escalade for the CK who wasnt even in F but could see fit to take care of paying F customers. I had 5 SWUs that I knew we wouldnt use in 2019 so burned them, so I wasnt expecting much.

We had a really good FA in F though, better service than I had on CX in F an J, really attentive to whoever was awake the entire trip. Usually there is a 9 hour period where nobody can be found. She was up and around, even came and cleared drinks when it got really bumpy and things spilled while I was asleep.
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