Not a good experience by all account Japhydog, but then given what I've encountered with with certain ground stAAff, it makes me pretty grateful for LA. The whole thing with lounge access when travelling to IPC [for the uninitiated these flights leave from the domestic part of the terminal, while the lounge is inexplicably only for international flights] can be a pain, but I rather liked it when it comes to boarding time: a personal escort to take you from the lounge to the plane. You didn't even get that on Concorde...

VIajero see your point re making room for LA's top tier - but four rows?

All I know is LA have learned the art of being sno**y from BA's finest. Part of it's that Chilean way of being a little off and superior (Europeans: cf the Swiss), but if only this matched up to unparalleled excellence in the air - my overall experience is not.

Still, I'll probably be very grateful for LA's shortfallings after a few legs of Varig...