Jun 4, 2014, 8:51 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
Admirals Club Annual and Citi Executive Card Memberships
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One Day Passes
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One Day Passes
Link to Admirals Club membership page (including rates, etc.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP (including Citi® AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard®)
1. The most economical way to gain full Club membership is with the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World EliteTM MasterCard® ($450 annual fee). See Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World EliteTM MasterCard®. Also see Link to Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World EliteTM MasterCard® Terms and Conditions.
Authorized cardholders are entitled to access Domestic and international Admirals Club locations as well (not Alaska or Qantas Clubs, etc.) and may guest Immediate family (spouse, domestic partner and/or children under 18) or up to 2 guests.
2. Annual membership can be purchased. The rate depends on your status. See the page linked to above to determine your fee in US Dollars or AA miles (you can also use Business Extra Points from the Business Extra account). If you have not held membership, there is also a $50.00 initiation fee. See link
3. "Household" memberships are also sold for spouses, people who are spousal equivalents and registered domestic partners.
4. Where members can go
- Domestic and international Admirals Club locations
- All Alaska Airlines Lounges (when departing on flights marketed and operated by American, Alaska Airlines or Virgin America)
- All Qantas Clubs (when departing on same-day flights operated by Qantas, or operated by American out of Auckland, New Zealand or Sydney, Australia)
- Select partner lounges operated by third parties (on same-day flights operated by American)
6. If members have airside access and are not flying AA, they may access the Admirals Club. If they do not have airside access, they no longer can get a gate pass through the Club or from ticket agents. See below.
Thirty day memberships are no longer available as of 25 Jul 2016.
WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN Admirals Club lounges?
Welcome to the Admirals Club! (link)
What's complimentary:
- Wi-Fi
- House wine, beer and spirits
- Light snacks as well as coffee, specialty coffee drinks, tea and soft drinks (now expanded to oatmeal and baked goods mornings, soups, guacamole to order afternoons)
- Personal use computers with Internet access*
- Cyber-cafes*
- Power outlets to help you stay connected
- Work areas with access to copiers and printers
- Shower suites*
- Children’s play areas*
- Personal travel assistance with your reservations
- As well as other amenities including:
- Premium brand spirits available for purchase in all U.S. locations**
- Food for purchase** in most U.S. locations (menus may vary by location)
- Conference rooms* (discounted member rates and catering available)
- Admirals Club lounge
**Complimentary in international club locations
Link to Admirals Club Drinks /Spirits Offerings & Policies (link)
ONE DAY PASS
American Airlines also sells a One Day Pass for $59, usable by one person (non-transferable and non-refundable) good for any Clubs* the individual may have access to during their travel day (and if traveling overnight the first Club in the point of arrival the following day if the member can access a inside or Club location).
*one day pass holders may be denied access for capacity reasons at Clubs under refurbishment.
NOTE: The sale of One Day Passes is generally suspended at Admirals Clubs under active refurbishment.
One Day Pass does not offer any membership privileges, and allows no (adult) guest privileges, although up to 3 children under the age of 18 years of age may be admitted at no additional charge with adult One-Day Pass visitor. Those One Day Pass holders purchasing a full Admirals Club membership within 30 days will get a $59 credit applied to their membership fee.
One day pass links no longer work; one day passes may no longer be purchased on line. Purchase one day passes at airport Clubs not under refurbishment.
Notes: *Please note Admirals Club lounges in Canada, Europe, Asia, Central and South America located beyond passport control may not be accessible due to airport imposed restrictions. These include: BOG, CCS, CDG, GIG, GRU, LHR, MEX, NRT, SCL, YYZ.
● Admirals Club has reciprocity agreements for access under specified conditions to Alaska Airlines Board Room, Qantas Club, and some individual lounges (e.g. DUB, DUS, FRA, MXP, ZRH etc. Please use the Lounge Dashboard "sticky" thread to easily find the threads discussing these other airline lounge access requirements and to the master threads pertaining to specific lounges. (These do not apply to One Dap Pass holders.)
● Note: Members are able to contact Admirals Club Member Services (see below) 24 hours in advance even when not flying and request gate passes for themselves and others meeting at an Admirals Club for business purposes:
[quote]VISITING THE Admirals Club WHEN NOT FLYING
Members not flying can access Clubs when they have airside access and the airport doesn’t restrict lounge access to departing passengers.
Members can not secure a gate pass from a ticket agent.
Members can not secure a gate pass with merely "declared business purpose" for themselves and others any longer (14 Sep 2016).
Members and non-members can schedule and attend business meetings in the Admirals Club® or Executive Center without traveling if they have rented a conference room in a Club with such and are registered on the daily meeting list. See below.
This requires arrangements at least 24 hours in advance.
FAQ link including a Club access.
Q. I am a member and would like to meet someone at the airport, but I'm not flying today. Can I get through Security to get to the Admirals Club lounge?
A: No. Only those registered in advance and attending a conference in a rented conference room may have access. Casual access / walking up to the ticket counter to request a gate pass is not permitted; please do not put employees in an uncomfortable position by asking.
To do so you must :
- Present a valid government I.D.
- Have your name on the daily meeting list
- Admirals Club number/AAdvantage® number
- Legal name as it appears on government issued identification for each individual
- Birth dates, including year, for each individual (maximum of two guests allowed for non-conference room meeting)*
- Location, date and time of non-conference room meeting
*(Times corrected to current service center hours)
Q. CAN I PUR HASE A FULLY REFUNDABLE AA TICKET FOR ACCESS?
It's honestly not a good idea, as this practice is specifically prohibited by American Airlines' Conditions of Carriage (Link):
American specifically prohibits practices commonly known as:
...Fraudulent, fictitious and abusive bookings: Fraudulent, fictitious and/or abusive bookings are prohibited. These types of bookings are defined as ... or to gain access to airport facilities....
...Fraudulent, fictitious and abusive bookings: Fraudulent, fictitious and/or abusive bookings are prohibited. These types of bookings are defined as ... or to gain access to airport facilities....
CONTACTING Admirals Club
Have questions or comments about our Admirals Club lounges? Need information about locations, membership or club amenities?
Send us an email
Visit our web page
Call us
Within the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico: 800-237-7971
Other locations: 817-963-6100; 817-963-6015 (Fax)
Monday - Friday 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (CT)
Send us a letter
Admirals Club
4333 Amon Carter Blvd.
MD 5307
Fort Worth, TX 76155
Executive Card - additional information: As one Club employee posted on millionmilesecrets:
"* Here are the rules…I work at the Club
1. Only the primary card holder is a member. Note the word member... The member is allowed to bring in 2 guests Or immediate family which cannot exceed 2 people over 18 and all children under 18. For example John cannot bring in his wife, his 2 daughters and their husbands. He can bring in 2. If his daughters are under 18 they do not count toward the guest count of 2...
NOTE: Please read this wiki thoroughly to see the recent changes allowing access to authorized users / secondary or ancillary card holders.
2. Our computers tell us if one is an authorized user. (Your AAdvantage number and if you are a cardholder in good standing - jd.)
3. Choice of airline doesn’t matter (as long as you have airside access). You can fly anyone and access the Club. We might not be able to help you with your ticketing but you can come in to charge your phone or computer… or even use ours, all the while enjoying a complimentary glass of wine or well drink".
1. Only the primary card holder is a member. Note the word member... The member is allowed to bring in 2 guests Or immediate family which cannot exceed 2 people over 18 and all children under 18. For example John cannot bring in his wife, his 2 daughters and their husbands. He can bring in 2. If his daughters are under 18 they do not count toward the guest count of 2...
NOTE: Please read this wiki thoroughly to see the recent changes allowing access to authorized users / secondary or ancillary card holders.
2. Our computers tell us if one is an authorized user. (Your AAdvantage number and if you are a cardholder in good standing - jd.)
3. Choice of airline doesn’t matter (as long as you have airside access). You can fly anyone and access the Club. We might not be able to help you with your ticketing but you can come in to charge your phone or computer… or even use ours, all the while enjoying a complimentary glass of wine or well drink".
"House Rules" link to updated Club Terms and Conditions, including house rules.
HOUSE RULES
- During your visit to an Admirals Club lounge, American requires that your attire and conduct are consistent with a professional environment.
- American asks that you maintain a quiet environment within each Admirals Club lounge and to step outside with any crying or disruptive children or guests.
- As a courtesy to other guests, please wear headphones when using personal devises such as MP3 players, video games, or DVD players, and refrain from using the speaker feature on any personal devise, including cellular telephones.
- Smoking cigarettes, pipes or cigars (including electronic products), chewing tobacco, and the use of smokeless tobacco are prohibited inside Admirals Club lounges.
- American reserves the right to refuse to serve alcoholic beverages to any guest who appears to be intoxicated or is otherwise unruly.
- Complimentary food, alcoholic beverages and periodicals provided by Admirals Club are for consumption and use inside the Admirals Club only and may not be removed.
- Airport luggage carts are not permitted inside Admirals Club lounges.
- Service animals are welcome in Admirals Club lounges. Quiet pets accompanying guests onboard the aircraft are also permitted, provided they remain in their carry-on kennels.
- Families with small children and nursing mothers may use family rooms in Admirals Club lounges, where available.
- Any conduct that is deemed by American to be inappropriate, undignified, disruptive, abusive or violent is prohibited, and American reserves the right to remove any member or visitor for such conduct, or for failing to comply with membership terms and conditions.
Older posts have archived. Link to archive thread.
Update: 24 Jan 2018 by JDiver
ARCHIVE: Admirals Club membership inc. Citi AAdvantage Executive card, 1 Day Pass
Jan 23, 2014, 9:29 am
#256
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: ONT/FRA
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 878
Would she get into the Admirals club when travelling by herself?
Jan 23, 2014, 9:30 am
#257
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA ExPlat, Marriott Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 110
How often do they update the destinations list for future months? It's already the end of January and they still have December 2013 destinations there.
Jan 23, 2014, 9:30 am
#258
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: in the vicinity of SFO
Programs: AA 2MM (LT-PLT, PPro for this year)
Posts: 19,781
However, they do not come with Admirals club access; only the primary cardholder gets that (although your wife can come in with you as usual for an individual membership, as long as she's traveling with you.)
There was not, as of when the car was new and I asked, any way to buy up to a "+ spouse" membership.
I don't know if any of the other travel benefits apply to authorized users.
Jan 23, 2014, 9:31 am
#259
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: UA Plat
Posts: 754
You might wonder how this works. The two cards look the same, except the primary cardholder's card has Admiral's Club printed on the back. The spouse card does not have that printed. I am sure there are electronic signals as well.
Jan 23, 2014, 9:34 am
#260
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: ORD
Posts: 1,845
75K AAmiles @ $450. is less than one cent per mile. It's $.006 cpm.
I guess you were writing six tenths of one penny. Ops. My mistake.
Even better if we can figure out how to use the CVS Vanilla Reload.
Last edited by zznoname; Jan 23, 2014 at 9:42 am
Jan 23, 2014, 9:40 am
#262
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: KHOU/KIAH
Programs: AA EXP | Marriott Bonvoy Titanium| Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 11,308
Jan 23, 2014, 9:58 am
#264
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: SNA
Posts: 410
I'm sure there must be. They've never even looked at the back of my card when I've entered the lounge. They just swipe it on the computer. I guess next time my wife and I are traveling together we can give them her card and see what happens...
Jan 23, 2014, 10:15 am
#265
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,946
They are asking at the Club whether they can photo an identification with picture these days, so they do not have to ask you for one when you arrive; it works pretty well, in my experience. In this instance, even if they got a spouse card and FFN proffered, there wouldn't be any traction when they look at the photo identification whether tendered or from their computer record.
Jan 23, 2014, 10:21 am
#266
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: ONT/FRA
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 878
Primary or Authorized User is encoded in the magnetic strip on the card, so when they swipe the card at the entry desk, they can see if the card allows AA Club access.
Jan 24, 2014, 11:09 am
#267
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,074
Authorized users' cards for a 2nd+ person cost nothing.
However, they do not come with Admirals club access; only the primary cardholder gets that (although your wife can come in with you as usual for an individual membership, as long as she's traveling with you.)
There was not, as of when the car was new and I asked, any way to buy up to a "+ spouse" membership.
I don't know if any of the other travel benefits apply to authorized users.
However, they do not come with Admirals club access; only the primary cardholder gets that (although your wife can come in with you as usual for an individual membership, as long as she's traveling with you.)
There was not, as of when the car was new and I asked, any way to buy up to a "+ spouse" membership.
I don't know if any of the other travel benefits apply to authorized users.
I continue to be completely baffled as to why folks who are AA elites and don't need the 10K EQMs to qualify (or who can't drive the spend to obtain those EQMs) choose this card.
People complain about the $450 fee for Amex Platinum, but it actually does offer benefits. This Citi card, for elites, is essentially a "crippled" (i.e. no spouse option) AC membership with really no other benefits, whatsoever.
But, I'll tip my hat to their marketing team; they sure seem to have lassoed a number of folks in this forum.
Regards
Jan 24, 2014, 1:27 pm
#268
Join Date: Jan 2008
Programs: AA EXP, AMEX Platinum, Global Entry, TSA PreCheck
Posts: 312
Jan 26, 2014, 4:32 pm
#269
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: LAX, SNA
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt DM, SPG GLD, Hertz 5*, AMEX PLT, GE
Posts: 340
Have any of the posters with November qualification for the 10k EQMs received theirs yet? I qualified at the beginning of December and have yet to receive mine. I'm hoping they're at processing them, albeit slowly and not that they system has just stopped.
Jan 26, 2014, 9:12 pm
#270
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ORD, LAS
Programs: AA-EXP, BAEC Silver, Hyatt-Globalist, Hilton-gold, SPG-gold
Posts: 855
I am in the same boat. I am getting anxious because I have a reservation I need a evip added.