Aug 16, 2018, 11:04 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
The interim “Premium Lounge” opened with the closing of the original Terminal D Admirals Club and interim “Flagship Dining” facility in what had previously been the smoking room. The Terminal D Admirals Club closed 7 April 2018 (concurrently with the reopening of the refurbished Terminal A Admirals Club). The new D Club reopened 16 May 2019 encompassing a Flagship Lounge that will serve qualifying passengers of AA, BA, QF, QR (instead of their operating contract lounges), an Admirals Club and Flagship First Dining facility.
The DFW Terminal D interim Premium Lounge was accessible from near Gate 36.
The access policy for the interim Premium Lounge was the same as the American Flagship Lounges located at ORD, JFK, LAX, and MIA: First Class and Business Class on a qualifying international flight or AAdvantage Executive Platinum, Platinum Pro, and Platinum status with AA (oneworld Emerald or Sapphire status) in any cabin on a qualifying international flight.
It is NOT accessible to Admirals Club members not meeting the criteria above; the qualifying international flight must be flown the day of access or by 6 am the following day.
Extended food options are available, and premium alcoholic beverages at the tiki bar, Express machines. Better than the Club, not as good as FFD. Furnishings are temporary, mostly recycled from the pre-refurbishment A and closed D Clubs. Spacious, dated, better than the gates waiting areas and often less crowded than the Centurion Club. See Andy’s illustrated report on BoardingArea here.
The lounge will be replaced by a true Flagship Lounge with Flagship First Dining, serving qualifying passengers on other oneworld airlines in addition to AA “sometime in 2019”.
The new Terminal D Admirals Club, Flagship Lounge and Flagship First Dining facility is OPEN. This thread is now archived. Please follow and discuss the facility here: Dallas DFW “D” Admirals Club, Flagship Lounge, Flagship First Dining 16 May 2019
The access policy for the interim Premium Lounge was the same as the American Flagship Lounges located at ORD, JFK, LAX, and MIA: First Class and Business Class on a qualifying international flight or AAdvantage Executive Platinum, Platinum Pro, and Platinum status with AA (oneworld Emerald or Sapphire status) in any cabin on a qualifying international flight.
It is NOT accessible to Admirals Club members not meeting the criteria above; the qualifying international flight must be flown the day of access or by 6 am the following day.
Extended food options are available, and premium alcoholic beverages at the tiki bar, Express machines. Better than the Club, not as good as FFD. Furnishings are temporary, mostly recycled from the pre-refurbishment A and closed D Clubs. Spacious, dated, better than the gates waiting areas and often less crowded than the Centurion Club. See Andy’s illustrated report on BoardingArea here.
The lounge will be replaced by a true Flagship Lounge with Flagship First Dining, serving qualifying passengers on other oneworld airlines in addition to AA “sometime in 2019”.
ARCHIVE: Temporary “Premium Lounge” DFW (CLOSED 16 May 2019)
Mar 21, 2019, 12:31 pm
#61
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Every time I have visited this Temporary Premium Lounge during the past year, they have never verified that the person traveling with me is ticketed on an onward Oneworld flight.
Mar 21, 2019, 5:53 pm
#62
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Mar 28, 2019, 4:34 pm
#63
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Sorry after reading all this I'm still not quite clear - can I use this lounge as a BA Gold (=OWE) on a domestic AA flight?
Mar 28, 2019, 4:39 pm
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Oneworld® EmeraldSM and SapphireSM
Get access if you’re departing on or connecting to any flight marketed and operated by American or a oneworld® airline (regardless of cabin).
Mar 28, 2019, 4:51 pm
#65
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yes. See the DFW section here: https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...hip-lounge.jsp
Get access if you’re departing on or connecting to any flight marketed and operated by American or a oneworld® airline (regardless of cabin).
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AAdvantage Executive Platinum, Platinum Pro, and Platinum status with AA (oneworld Emerald or Sapphire status) in any cabin on a qualifying international flight.
Mar 28, 2019, 7:44 pm
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Maybe. My trips to the Centurion in DFW have shown it to be packed, every time. Slightly better stuff, but way more people.
Mar 29, 2019, 4:58 am
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May 11, 2019, 7:57 pm
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Late last night the “premium lounge” had the best food I’ve seen there, yet with the worst presentation I’ve seen. They had 2 varieties of boneless chicken “wings” (buffalo and barbecue) and they were both actually very, very good. They also had blue cheese and ranch dressing. The presentation was odd though...the dressings were in lidded individual serving cups and the chicken was in those thin disposable aluminum trays used for catering (one per type of chicken). They also had rice in the heavy enamel pots you usually see there, plus the usual sandwiches, hummus, etc.
I saw half eaten plates of Asian-style chicken strips (which looked terrible) and rice scattered throughout the lounge (in quantity that was a problem in and of itself) so I’m guessing that was the planned entree, they ran out a bit earlier than expected, and ordered the boneless wings from an airport restaurant so they had hot food until closing. This is strictly a guess, though. If that’s what happened, it was obviously poor planning, but I give them big kudos for improvising so they could still offer hot food options.
I saw half eaten plates of Asian-style chicken strips (which looked terrible) and rice scattered throughout the lounge (in quantity that was a problem in and of itself) so I’m guessing that was the planned entree, they ran out a bit earlier than expected, and ordered the boneless wings from an airport restaurant so they had hot food until closing. This is strictly a guess, though. If that’s what happened, it was obviously poor planning, but I give them big kudos for improvising so they could still offer hot food options.
May 11, 2019, 9:56 pm
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Boneless wings on offer at the premium lounge.
Lol great is what they’re going for!
Lol great is what they’re going for!
May 11, 2019, 10:37 pm
#70
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p.s. enviroian, you accidentally left the quotes off of premium
May 12, 2019, 6:51 am
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Only a few more days..
I'm going to miss this thread as it certainly going to be closed in a few days. Worst thing is, I never got to visit this lounge in person, just walk by it..
I don't actually feel that bad.
I don't actually feel that bad.
May 12, 2019, 8:31 am
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I think we’re going to be much better served in the new Admirals Club, Flagship Dining (and for a few, Flagship First Dining) than this temporary space with a used furniture collection from other since-refurbished Clubs and some of the ad hoc food offerings this place offers. I will express thanks to AA that they didn’t just abandon Terminal D travelers to Clubs in other terminals.
May 12, 2019, 8:39 am
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I think we’re going to be much better served in the new Admirals Club, Flagship Dining (and for a few, Flagship First Dining) than this temporary space with a used furniture collection from other since-refurbished Clubs and some of the ad hoc food offerings this place offers. I will express thanks to AA that they didn’t just abandon Terminal D travelers to Clubs in other terminals.
May 12, 2019, 1:53 pm
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I hope May 16 is a hard date. Our string of TATL flights start mid June.
May 12, 2019, 2:07 pm
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I think we’re going to be much better served in the new Admirals Club, Flagship Dining (and for a few, Flagship First Dining) than this temporary space with a used furniture collection from other since-refurbished Clubs and some of the ad hoc food offerings this place offers. I will express thanks to AA that they didn’t just abandon Terminal D travelers to Clubs in other terminals.