AS Moving to (Harvey Milk) Terminal 1 at SFO in 2024
Mar 24, 2022, 6:14 am
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AS Moving to (Harvey Milk) Terminal 1 at SFO in 2024
Alaska announced today that they are formally moving to T1 at SFO and opening a new lounge in 2024.
https://news.alaskaair.com/guest-exp...st-experience/
https://news.alaskaair.com/guest-exp...st-experience/
Mar 24, 2022, 8:02 am
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Already reported, but it wasn't known whether they'd have a lounge. Note that this release is a bit vague about when the lounge will open.
This is a bummer. T1 is a hassle, whereas T2 is the best terminal at SFO in terms of convenience. Really hope their gates are not way out at the end like AA.
This is a bummer. T1 is a hassle, whereas T2 is the best terminal at SFO in terms of convenience. Really hope their gates are not way out at the end like AA.
Mar 24, 2022, 8:17 am
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Bad news: no access to Priority Pass (unless AF-KLM Lounge in Intl A is accessible)
Good news: there will still be a Board Room, and now the Admirals Club will also be accessible
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Good news: there will still be a Board Room, and now the Admirals Club will also be accessible
I liked going to a minimum of two PP restaurants
-J.
Mar 24, 2022, 8:17 am
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I'd like AS to open a lounge in T1 before moving to their gate operations from T2.
Mar 24, 2022, 9:50 am
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Everything old is new again. South Terminal (which changed names to T1) with a BR, to Int'l A gates, to T2, back to T1 with an AL.
I wonder if the foster care facility has finally found a permanent home for this orphan airline.
I also wonder if AS will have gate use of the inner B gates that provide direct access to International arrivals.
I wonder if the foster care facility has finally found a permanent home for this orphan airline.
I also wonder if AS will have gate use of the inner B gates that provide direct access to International arrivals.
Mar 24, 2022, 10:46 am
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You can already easily walk from T1 to the A gates giving you access to the AF Lounge with PP and to the VS lounge with an AMEX Platinum card without needing to reclear security.
Mar 24, 2022, 11:14 am
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Guessing this coincides with the last phase of the T1 redevelopment. I would think as part of it, there would be an airside T1-T2 connection. I remember a month ago, there was a big open gap between the current T1 and T2, where they haven't started building construction.
Mar 24, 2022, 11:54 am
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Mar 24, 2022, 3:35 pm
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I love T2, so my initial reaction is one of disappointment. To be fair, I haven't been to the new Harvey Milk Terminal, but I really love the views of the runways from the AS gates, and the waiting areas are very bright and spacious. I get wanting to be near AA, but then why did AA move out of T2 in the first place? Seems like musical chairs to me. The article also mentioned "shorter taxi times" as a benefit to T1, to which I'm skeptical since it depends on the runways in use. But with the normal fair-weather pattern of departures on the 1s and landing on the 28s, the taxi times upon landing to T2 are about as short as they get!
Mar 24, 2022, 3:57 pm
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I was in T1 for the first time last month and was really impressed- the waiting areas felt the most lounge like of any airport I’ve been to so far, the PA system is purposely kept low so it was relatively quiet, and the bathrooms were really nice for an airport (reminded me more of bathrooms you’d find in a convention center hotel).
Mar 24, 2022, 3:59 pm
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While you can walk from concourse A-G, its going to be a nice long hike that re-clearing security is probably the wiser move.