Surprising Airports with no lounge access for AA elites
May 29, 2017, 9:19 pm
#76
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Southwest has taken over most of the C gates that AA had at BNA at that time, but the AC there IMO is one of the best in the system because of the staff alone!!
May 29, 2017, 11:34 pm
#77
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Actually the BNA club closed in the cuts after 9/11 when other lounges closed too.. It was reopened in 2007. The one at RDU has stayed open the whole time however.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ring-07-a.html
Interestingly, the 3rd message in that thread from 2006 is someone asking if Houston IAH would ever get their Admirals Club back open. Hey it only took 11 years for Houston.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ring-07-a.html
Interestingly, the 3rd message in that thread from 2006 is someone asking if Houston IAH would ever get their Admirals Club back open. Hey it only took 11 years for Houston.
May 29, 2017, 11:40 pm
#78
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Having hubs in an overseas spoke makes perfect sense and is a definite exception to my spoke rule. I've used the BA lounge at IAH (actually while connecting from a US flight), and although it was small, it was very nice and got quite busy before the flight to LHR.
I know that BA also has a lounge in PHX, again makes sense as there could be connecting traffic. Plus people tend to arrive earlier for international flights, or at least I do.
And AA has several lounges around Europe and definitely at NRT. For NRT, I've used it when connecting from JL flights in Asia when I wanted to shower before an AA flight back to the USA, as the JL lounges don't have showers in the biz lounge.
All that said, I do wonder how many people purposely plan to arrive early for a domestic flight, say IAH-PHX/LAX and would pay to make it worthwhile for AA.
I know that BA also has a lounge in PHX, again makes sense as there could be connecting traffic. Plus people tend to arrive earlier for international flights, or at least I do.
And AA has several lounges around Europe and definitely at NRT. For NRT, I've used it when connecting from JL flights in Asia when I wanted to shower before an AA flight back to the USA, as the JL lounges don't have showers in the biz lounge.
All that said, I do wonder how many people purposely plan to arrive early for a domestic flight, say IAH-PHX/LAX and would pay to make it worthwhile for AA.
May 29, 2017, 11:52 pm
#79
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Right, thatīs what I thought.
Thus it was just a stupid excuse (the capacity) when a dragon in BA Galleries in IAH was denying the access to CX-Emerald who was flying with AA to some domestic AA destination (I witnessed the situation and the lounge was not too crowded).
Thus it was just a stupid excuse (the capacity) when a dragon in BA Galleries in IAH was denying the access to CX-Emerald who was flying with AA to some domestic AA destination (I witnessed the situation and the lounge was not too crowded).
May 30, 2017, 9:44 am
#80
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I'd love to see PBI get an AC. It seems to have about as many AA flights as SNA, and similar area demographics. A GA told me that there had been one (not sure if it was a US or AA club) but that it was closed after 9/11. The space is still there, he said.
Yeah, I know it's not likely to happen, but I can dream.
Yeah, I know it's not likely to happen, but I can dream.
May 30, 2017, 2:27 pm
#81
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I'd love to see PBI get an AC. It seems to have about as many AA flights as SNA, and similar area demographics. A GA told me that there had been one (not sure if it was a US or AA club) but that it was closed after 9/11. The space is still there, he said.
Yeah, I know it's not likely to happen, but I can dream.
Yeah, I know it's not likely to happen, but I can dream.