Alaska Lounges (2020 and Earlier)
Feb 6, 2019, 10:23 pm
#76
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BTW, I notice that there used to be some chicken breast (in cube) and other fruit for toppings for salad. I didnt see that in JFK. is that gone?
Feb 6, 2019, 10:35 pm
#77
Join Date: Jan 2017
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”I am sending out a quick note to make you aware that we are closing the Portland Alaska Lounge at 8pm each night starting on January 14th to accommodate our renovation. We will return to our normal operating hours when construction is complete, which is expected to be in February or March.”
Feb 20, 2019, 9:52 pm
#78
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: California
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I'm traveling on JL business class from HND-SFO, and connection onwards on Alaska SFO-SNA in first class. Will I have any sort of lounge access at SFO T2? There's no AS lounge there only AA Admirals club. Do I have access to that since I am flying business class on JL on the previous leg? Thanks!
Feb 20, 2019, 9:59 pm
#79
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I'm traveling on JL business class from HND-SFO, and connection onwards on Alaska SFO-SNA in first class. Will I have any sort of lounge access at SFO T2? There's no AS lounge there only AA Admirals club. Do I have access to that since I am flying business class on JL on the previous leg? Thanks!
One other possibility: take a stopover in SFO (you get one on a one way), fly to LAX on a separate AA ticket, then use the AS SFO-SNA segment on another, different trip.
Feb 20, 2019, 11:22 pm
#80
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Feb 21, 2019, 10:36 am
#81
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: California
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No. Oneworld lounge access rules that give you access after a longhaul flight only apply if you fly OW airlines. AS is not a OW member. If you were flying AA SFO-LAX you would have access (but that can’t be booked as one award with AS miles). If you really wanted to you could buy a throwaway ticket, or just buy a lounge pass ($59), or get the AA credit card that includes Admirals Club membership.
One other possibility: take a stopover in SFO (you get one on a one way), fly to LAX on a separate AA ticket, then use the AS SFO-SNA segment on another, different trip.
Feb 21, 2019, 10:44 am
#82
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG, IHG Diamond Elite
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Thanks for clarifying the rules and providing some options! I know AS allows the use of the CX lounge if flying out of the international terminal... is it possible to get in there since I am on a confirmed first class Alaska ticket (albeit I'm at the wrong terminal)? I know it's a completely different terminal and I'd have to go thru security again, but just playing with my options as it's a 3.5 hour layover. It's no big deal if I don't have lounge access, but just seeing what is possible.
Feb 21, 2019, 1:11 pm
#83
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Feb 22, 2019, 2:04 pm
#84
Join Date: Apr 2017
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Virginia Mason and Alaska must use the same ad or design firm. That font and swooping lines was immediately obvious....
Feb 25, 2019, 9:26 am
#85
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Salem, OR
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House wine in AS lounges turning into admiral's club special (aka "motor oil")
Is it just me, or have the lounge "enhancements" with the introduction of paid "premium" wines also equaled the downgrading of the free house wine? In the PDX lounge, they got rid of the two different choices of red wines from Washington state and replaced it with some awful cheap crap from California.
I also noticed this in the Seattle C lounge, that the Washington state red house wine was replaced with awful undrinkable crap from California. It tastes like what I call the "Admirals Club special".
Really Alaska? Where are the "local" wines?
Also, for their outrageously priced "premium" wine in the PDX lounge, they are selling people Duck Pond Pinot Noir. Look, while I appreciate that if you go to the Duck Pond winery, they give you free tastings, there is also a reason why they do that. Their Pinot Noir is drinkable, but it is NOT premium. Eight bucks for Duck Pond Pinot Noir? Really??
I renewed my AS lounge membership last October, and what I should have done is just gotten a credit card with PP Pass and just gone to Capers, where you can get awesome glasses of wine and listen to the nice live music there next to Stumptown.
I also noticed this in the Seattle C lounge, that the Washington state red house wine was replaced with awful undrinkable crap from California. It tastes like what I call the "Admirals Club special".
Really Alaska? Where are the "local" wines?
Also, for their outrageously priced "premium" wine in the PDX lounge, they are selling people Duck Pond Pinot Noir. Look, while I appreciate that if you go to the Duck Pond winery, they give you free tastings, there is also a reason why they do that. Their Pinot Noir is drinkable, but it is NOT premium. Eight bucks for Duck Pond Pinot Noir? Really??
I renewed my AS lounge membership last October, and what I should have done is just gotten a credit card with PP Pass and just gone to Capers, where you can get awesome glasses of wine and listen to the nice live music there next to Stumptown.
Feb 25, 2019, 9:31 am
#86
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Is it just me, or have the lounge "enhancements" with the introduction of paid "premium" wines also equaled the downgrading of the free house wine? In the PDX lounge, they got rid of the two different choices of red wines from Washington state and replaced it with some awful cheap crap from California.
I also noticed this in the Seattle C lounge, that the Washington state red house wine was replaced with awful undrinkable crap from California. It tastes like what I call the "Admirals Club special".
Really Alaska? Where are the "local" wines?
Also, for their outrageously priced "premium" wine in the PDX lounge, they are selling people Duck Pond Pinot Noir. Look, while I appreciate that if you go to the Duck Pond winery, they give you free tastings, there is also a reason why they do that. Their Pinot Noir is drinkable, but it is NOT premium. Eight bucks for Duck Pond Pinot Noir? Really??
I renewed my AS lounge membership last October, and what I should have done is just gotten a credit card with PP Pass and just gone to Capers, where you can get awesome glasses of wine and listen to the nice live music there next to Stumptown.
I also noticed this in the Seattle C lounge, that the Washington state red house wine was replaced with awful undrinkable crap from California. It tastes like what I call the "Admirals Club special".
Really Alaska? Where are the "local" wines?
Also, for their outrageously priced "premium" wine in the PDX lounge, they are selling people Duck Pond Pinot Noir. Look, while I appreciate that if you go to the Duck Pond winery, they give you free tastings, there is also a reason why they do that. Their Pinot Noir is drinkable, but it is NOT premium. Eight bucks for Duck Pond Pinot Noir? Really??
I renewed my AS lounge membership last October, and what I should have done is just gotten a credit card with PP Pass and just gone to Capers, where you can get awesome glasses of wine and listen to the nice live music there next to Stumptown.
Feb 25, 2019, 11:45 am
#87
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVP Gold 100K
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Is it just me, or have the lounge "enhancements" with the introduction of paid "premium" wines also equaled the downgrading of the free house wine? In the PDX lounge, they got rid of the two different choices of red wines from Washington state and replaced it with some awful cheap crap from California.
I also noticed this in the Seattle C lounge, that the Washington state red house wine was replaced with awful undrinkable crap from California. It tastes like what I call the "Admirals Club special".
Really Alaska? Where are the "local" wines?
Also, for their outrageously priced "premium" wine in the PDX lounge, they are selling people Duck Pond Pinot Noir. Look, while I appreciate that if you go to the Duck Pond winery, they give you free tastings, there is also a reason why they do that. Their Pinot Noir is drinkable, but it is NOT premium. Eight bucks for Duck Pond Pinot Noir? Really??
I renewed my AS lounge membership last October, and what I should have done is just gotten a credit card with PP Pass and just gone to Capers, where you can get awesome glasses of wine and listen to the nice live music there next to Stumptown.
I also noticed this in the Seattle C lounge, that the Washington state red house wine was replaced with awful undrinkable crap from California. It tastes like what I call the "Admirals Club special".
Really Alaska? Where are the "local" wines?
Also, for their outrageously priced "premium" wine in the PDX lounge, they are selling people Duck Pond Pinot Noir. Look, while I appreciate that if you go to the Duck Pond winery, they give you free tastings, there is also a reason why they do that. Their Pinot Noir is drinkable, but it is NOT premium. Eight bucks for Duck Pond Pinot Noir? Really??
I renewed my AS lounge membership last October, and what I should have done is just gotten a credit card with PP Pass and just gone to Capers, where you can get awesome glasses of wine and listen to the nice live music there next to Stumptown.
Feb 25, 2019, 12:26 pm
#88
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Between SFO and STS
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold, United Serf, Delta Gold
Posts: 731
Is it just me, or have the lounge "enhancements" with the introduction of paid "premium" wines also equaled the downgrading of the free house wine? In the PDX lounge, they got rid of the two different choices of red wines from Washington state and replaced it with some awful cheap crap from California.
I also noticed this in the Seattle C lounge, that the Washington state red house wine was replaced with awful undrinkable crap from California. It tastes like what I call the "Admirals Club special".
Really Alaska? Where are the "local" wines?
Also, for their outrageously priced "premium" wine in the PDX lounge, they are selling people Duck Pond Pinot Noir. Look, while I appreciate that if you go to the Duck Pond winery, they give you free tastings, there is also a reason why they do that. Their Pinot Noir is drinkable, but it is NOT premium. Eight bucks for Duck Pond Pinot Noir? Really??
I renewed my AS lounge membership last October, and what I should have done is just gotten a credit card with PP Pass and just gone to Capers, where you can get awesome glasses of wine and listen to the nice live music there next to Stumptown.
I also noticed this in the Seattle C lounge, that the Washington state red house wine was replaced with awful undrinkable crap from California. It tastes like what I call the "Admirals Club special".
Really Alaska? Where are the "local" wines?
Also, for their outrageously priced "premium" wine in the PDX lounge, they are selling people Duck Pond Pinot Noir. Look, while I appreciate that if you go to the Duck Pond winery, they give you free tastings, there is also a reason why they do that. Their Pinot Noir is drinkable, but it is NOT premium. Eight bucks for Duck Pond Pinot Noir? Really??
I renewed my AS lounge membership last October, and what I should have done is just gotten a credit card with PP Pass and just gone to Capers, where you can get awesome glasses of wine and listen to the nice live music there next to Stumptown.
Mar 5, 2019, 12:35 pm
#89
Join Date: Jan 2012
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Traveling on J ticket, Lounge Access at SFO?
If you are traveling on a J ticket is there any lounge access at SFO? Only thing I see is that IF YOU are an Alaska Lounge Member, partner access at CX Lounge...
Mar 5, 2019, 1:19 pm
#90
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 1,445
Correct. No lounge option for AS First passengers right now. They announced plans for an SFO lounge in T2, expected to open in 2020, but that's still a way's off.