Are Admiral Clubs kept open for delayed int'l flights?
Jun 10, 2007, 9:08 pm
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Are Admiral Clubs kept open for delayed int'l flights?
I know the LAX AC stays open until the QF flight boards. However, do clubs in places like DFW, JFK or MIA stay open late if an international flight is delayed?
Jun 10, 2007, 10:10 pm
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i'm not sure about AAmericAAn, but i know that Continental (CO) doesn't keep its clubs open late. bAAsicAAlly, its rough nuts if your flight is delAAyed as far as CO is concerned.
Jun 10, 2007, 10:18 pm
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Rough nuts?
Jun 10, 2007, 10:24 pm
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Atlanta's AC does not stay open for late departures...
they kick you out...
The infamous ATL to LGA last flight of the evening (with something like a 11% OT rate when I flew them a few months ago left long after the club closed for the night.
they kick you out...
The infamous ATL to LGA last flight of the evening (with something like a 11% OT rate when I flew them a few months ago left long after the club closed for the night.
Jun 10, 2007, 10:28 pm
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Jun 10, 2007, 10:40 pm
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Yes, the DFW D AC is routinely kept open late for INTERNATIONAL late flights.. not sure for a flight to LGA...
Jun 10, 2007, 10:43 pm
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Based on my experience, the AC in MIA Concourse D remains open for delayed international flights -- although the bar closes at the regularly scheduled time.
Jun 10, 2007, 10:46 pm
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The DFW AC's are Not routinely kept open late for delayed flights whether International or Domestic. There are exceptions during larger scale irregular operations and ground stops.
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Jun 10, 2007, 11:33 pm
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First of all.. it is ACs.
Secondly, My Angel in D told me that they do keep the D AC open for the flights to South America as a matter of protocol. What flight were you guys on that was delayed significantly and then you got kicked out of the AC?
Jun 11, 2007, 1:52 am
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CO does keep its clubs open for delayed flights; it depends on the circumstances, and the number of flights/pax that are delayed.
Jun 11, 2007, 2:05 am
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A bit OT, but I once had the misfortune to sleep in an ATL DL Crowne Room after irregular ops led to many pax missing connections and no hotel availability for miles. Kudos to DL for keeping the club open all night (though they did stop admitting new guests at a certain point). The only AC I've been in during a flight delay was LAX, which, as the OP mentioned, stays open until QF 108 departs. I've been there after 2 a.m. waiting for the Qantas departure.
Jun 11, 2007, 5:56 am
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hearsay, but . . .
In conversations with AC staff in DFW during that spate of storms this year, two different AC staff members spoke of the AC staying open late during the messes of delays.
Jun 11, 2007, 6:08 am
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Everytime we have taken the CO red-eye from Sea- Iah and it has been delayed (up to a couple hours) they have always kept the club open till boarding.^
Jun 11, 2007, 6:10 am
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I'm getting ready to quit the FT Misinformation Police as well, for the same reasons.
Jun 11, 2007, 6:57 am
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Not international, but the AC at SFO will stay open late if the midnight-ish flights to DFW and/or ORD are significantly delayed.