bukzin

How might I find a direct phone number for both One World or KAL lounges?

Or another way to get updated operational info?

bukzin

In general, how are FT folks keeping up on changes at lounges?

Thx

SCChris

For things like what lounges airlines are using at specific airports, I'll look at the airline websites, alliance lounge finders and the airline forum on FT.

For lounge hours, the website of the airline or lounge itself.

For what offerings a lounge has right now, I look at discussions on the appropriate forum on FT and/or any recent reviews that have been written.

In terms of the AF lounge situation at LAX, it still sounds like they use the KE lounge and it also appears that the lounge has limited hours that means it is closed for some of the AF flights. This thread on the AF fourm talks about AF lounge access in general, but don't see any recent discussion of LAX. You could also use the DL SC's in T2 but may not be worth the hassle of bus rides or going through security multiple times.

mochi0172

To update for anyone whom this may be relevant for, yes—Air France is sending their J passengers to the One World Business class lounge. We are here right now. It’s kind of a zoo though and food isn’t great. Trying to see if it’s worth the effort to go over to the new Delta lounge at T2/T3 (which is very, very nice) since we have at least another couple of hours to kill. Anyone know if easy to get to T3 from TBIT without clearing security again?

Goldorak

Thanks for the update. When you say "OW lounge", do you mean QF lounge, as I don't think there is a OW-branded lounge in LAX ? And were you sent there because it was outside opening hours of KE lounge ?

mia

There is. https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=LAX Scroll down to oneworld Los Angeles Lounge (LAX) Los Angeles International Airport Tom Bradley International Terminal

SCChris

Yes, its the same lounge, perhaps just a matter of semantics. The OW site refers to the J lounge at LAX as the "oneworld Los Angeles lounge" even though it is operated by QF. The QF F lounge is specifically called out as QF.

IIRC, pre-Covid some SkyTeam carriers (such as AF/KL) used the OW/QF J lounge instead of the KE lounge as the latter is not very good. Seems like they have restarted the arrangement.

DL operates a bus service from TBIT (the north end roughly gate 146) to T2. There is also a bus from T1.5 to TBIT-W (the 200 series gates AF/KL operates out of). At times there may be long lines for the shuttles, so YMMV.

mochi0172

The QF lounge was closed so we went to the One World lounge. AF agent originally told us to go to QF lounge and then try OW if it was closed. KE lounge was also opened and we went in there briefly too.

bukzin

We are flying AF business to Paris soon. Have no status, only a Chase Sapphire Preferred CC.

Are any of those lounges (free or paid) open to us? Thx

Mwenenzi

I expect you meant the QF first lounge was closed so we went to the QF/One World lounge. [just 1 lounge].
Anyway you would not have had access to QF F lounge
https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=LAX
QF F lounge has been closed for the pandemic, with no indication when it will open

tomte

29 Apr : flew in J from LAX to CDG (AF coded ticket on AF65 - Plat with FB) : Check-in staff told us to use the KAL lounge. At the lounge counter they let us in but they were sending away pax departing on the same flight with a Delta BP.. The QF lounge that we used for a time pre-COVID seemed to have reopened (it wasn't the case when we last departed from TBIT late Dec 2021).

bukzin

Thx. What is Plat with FB. ?

tomte

Platinum Status (Skyteam Elite+) with Air France's loyalty Program Flying Blue. I put that in because at some point in 2017 IIRCC while they kept sending Y and "Premium Economy" Pax with with Skyteam Elite+ Status to the KAL lounge, the J and F pax would be directed to the QF lounge. Before that it was KAL for all, like it is now.

Goldorak

If you fly business, then you have lounge access included. No need for a FFP status or a credit card benefit.

hanglevst

any updates on whether AF j instead of using the subpar Sky Team lounge, have been directing Biz class passengers over to the One World Lounge? thanks