Admirals Club Entry..JFK what the best way for non status?
Feb 18, 2011, 1:30 pm
#16
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Thank you all for fast replies. I usually don't care about the Wi-Fi - I mostly use Verizon MiFi on the road. Would I get an access to FL with a One Day Pass though?
Feb 18, 2011, 2:04 pm
#17
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(Some, but not all, scenarios where one would gain access to the FL: EXP traveling on international itinerary, 3 class F booked into F/Z on a 3-class transcon flight, international F passenger, etc.)
Feb 18, 2011, 2:09 pm
#18
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Feb 18, 2011, 3:22 pm
#19
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Dude, do the platinum Amex card deal for $450.
Get Platinum AmEx - $450/yr (50k MR bonus for $1k spend)
Get Delta AmEx Gold - free (20k delta use for first use)
Transfer to Delta using borrowed 50k MR with 50% bonus - 75k delta mile + 25k EQM miles (mqm)
with 95k delta miles you can get $800 AmEx GC (at 11k miles/$100)
Purchase 4 -$50 AA gc for $200. AmEx will reimburse you so this is free.
-$450
+$800 AmEx GC
+$200 AA GC
Free access to all lounges for AA/Delta/United/USAir (btw AA lounges suck!!)
USAir lounges can be used without flight tickets.
+ bunch of other crap, search this forum for more details.
This is way to go. Oh you get no free wi-fi with this but who cares.
Get Platinum AmEx - $450/yr (50k MR bonus for $1k spend)
Get Delta AmEx Gold - free (20k delta use for first use)
Transfer to Delta using borrowed 50k MR with 50% bonus - 75k delta mile + 25k EQM miles (mqm)
with 95k delta miles you can get $800 AmEx GC (at 11k miles/$100)
Purchase 4 -$50 AA gc for $200. AmEx will reimburse you so this is free.
-$450
+$800 AmEx GC
+$200 AA GC
Free access to all lounges for AA/Delta/United/USAir (btw AA lounges suck!!)
USAir lounges can be used without flight tickets.
+ bunch of other crap, search this forum for more details.
This is way to go. Oh you get no free wi-fi with this but who cares.
Feb 18, 2011, 3:33 pm
#20
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A related question (for a non-frequent AC user)
As an EXP, and a non-AC member, I will be on SFO-ORD-DEL (and back) in cattle class shortly. As an OW Emerald, I understand I will have access to the ORD AC/FL with my wife as a companion. Does my son (<18years) get in too? Or would he count as a second companion for whom I would need to buy a one-day pass?
The rules aren't too clear on this; the statement about kids needing an adult companion leave it vague as to whether the kid counts toward the companion count.
That said, I'm still waiting (most likely in vain) for my SWUs to clear, at which point this becomes moot.
As an EXP, and a non-AC member, I will be on SFO-ORD-DEL (and back) in cattle class shortly. As an OW Emerald, I understand I will have access to the ORD AC/FL with my wife as a companion. Does my son (<18years) get in too? Or would he count as a second companion for whom I would need to buy a one-day pass?
The rules aren't too clear on this; the statement about kids needing an adult companion leave it vague as to whether the kid counts toward the companion count.
That said, I'm still waiting (most likely in vain) for my SWUs to clear, at which point this becomes moot.
Feb 18, 2011, 4:04 pm
#21
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That said, I'm still waiting (most likely in vain) for my SWUs to clear, at which point this becomes moot.
Feb 19, 2011, 4:10 am
#22
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I've asked on multiple trips through ORD and have never gotten more than 1 guest in
Feb 19, 2011, 9:21 am
#23
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Get Platinum AmEx - $450/yr (50k MR bonus for $1k spend)
Get Delta AmEx Gold - free (20k delta use for first use)
Transfer to Delta using borrowed 50k MR with 50% bonus - 75k delta mile + 25k EQM miles (mqm)
with 95k delta miles you can get $800 AmEx GC (at 11k miles/$100)
Purchase 4 -$50 AA gc for $200. AmEx will reimburse you so this is free.
-$450
+$800 AmEx GC
+$200 AA GC
Get Delta AmEx Gold - free (20k delta use for first use)
Transfer to Delta using borrowed 50k MR with 50% bonus - 75k delta mile + 25k EQM miles (mqm)
with 95k delta miles you can get $800 AmEx GC (at 11k miles/$100)
Purchase 4 -$50 AA gc for $200. AmEx will reimburse you so this is free.
-$450
+$800 AmEx GC
+$200 AA GC
Feb 19, 2011, 10:08 am
#24
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This is correct - I have seen individuals and couples with up to three kids allowed entry at several ACs and the ORD FL. This is not a rule, it is a possibility, and will depend on who is staffing the admission desk, AFAIK.
This seems interesting, but I can't understand what you are talking about. Could you re-phrase?
As en EXP traveling with two family members (one PLT and one non-elite) in J and then F, I was allowed to bring all three of them into the ORD FL while traveling LHR-ORD-HNL when the ORD-HNL flight was delayed by six hours. That was against policy, I believe, but at least it's possible to get additional guests in if they are being nice that day, or if they feel sorry for you
As en EXP traveling with two family members (one PLT and one non-elite) in J and then F, I was allowed to bring all three of them into the ORD FL while traveling LHR-ORD-HNL when the ORD-HNL flight was delayed by six hours. That was against policy, I believe, but at least it's possible to get additional guests in if they are being nice that day, or if they feel sorry for you
Feb 19, 2011, 10:47 am
#25
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.601 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/417)
If you're going to spring for the one-day pass, you might as well buy it at YYZ, so that you can access the club there also. (One-day passes permit access to multiple club locations on the same day.)
Originally Posted by jchacko2
Economy redemption so no access 
$50 seems reasonable to kill sometime. Cheap way to lose my AA virginity
Haha unless someone from the board happens to be kicking around JFK on April 21st
$50 seems reasonable to kill sometime. Cheap way to lose my AA virginity
Haha unless someone from the board happens to be kicking around JFK on April 21st
Feb 19, 2011, 11:18 am
#26
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Though, you should brace yourself to be thoroughly unimpressed if it's the club in T3.
Feb 19, 2011, 3:53 pm
#27
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Thanks all. I suspected that I'd be out of luck (at least as far as policy goes), but it rarely hurts to ask.
Still keeping fingers crossed for the SWUs to clear (fat chance)...
Still keeping fingers crossed for the SWUs to clear (fat chance)...
Feb 21, 2011, 5:27 pm
#28
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Update - miracles do happen. SFO-ORD-DEL SWUs cleared at ~T-72, for all three pax with adjacent seats - 9E,G,H - woohoo. Return looks like crap though, oversold in Y and J with a few slots still open in F. Resigned to cattle class on the return, I suppose.
Well, at least lounge access on the outbound is a given
Well, at least lounge access on the outbound is a given
Feb 21, 2011, 5:35 pm
#29
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Congrats, enjoy the trip!
Feb 21, 2011, 8:02 pm
#30
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Since my original post I got approved for Platinum AmEx, so One Day Passes questions are no longer relevant to me My next question then is would I get an access to FL with that card or only to the AC?
My next question then is would I get an access to FL with that card or only to the AC?
Last edited by foxberg; Feb 21, 2011 at 8:45 pm Reason: spelling