Can you book AA rewards flights for others?
Aug 16, 2018, 10:27 pm
#16
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When she exits from flagship checkin she'll be at the front of the line (and she should get an escort to front of precheck)... and if memory serves right (I once flew this with someone who didn't have precheck) she'll still get to use the precheck lane even if she doesn't have it on her boarding pass, but that might not be SOP. Also you can never really predict what any employee at JFK will do but the AA flagship folks tend to be the best ones around there.
LAX has the flagship dining experience as well, correct? Everything is complimentary yes? I’ll be dropping her off at LAX around 9:30am (assuming the drive from Universal Studios area to LAX isn’t longer than an hour on a Saturday morning...) Would the dining part of the lounge be open that early? Worth telling her to get breakfast in there?
Kinda wish there was some premium service up the West coast after talking about all this! Lol
Aug 16, 2018, 10:46 pm
#17
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Well, as it stands the AA flight was too tight with when she was working till.... so I booked her JetBlue Mint from JFK to LAX. She will be going F on AA home so she’ll get to use the flagship check in and lounge and such at LAX and I guess experience lunch on the flight home, departure is 11:30am.
LAX has the flagship dining experience as well, correct? Everything is complimentary yes? I’ll be dropping her off at LAX around 9:30am (assuming the drive from Universal Studios area to LAX isn’t longer than an hour on a Saturday morning...) Would the dining part of the lounge be open that early? Worth telling her to get breakfast in there?
Kinda wish there was some premium service up the West coast after talking about all this! Lol
1) Flagship Checkin at LAX LINK
2) Flagship Dining at LAX LINK <—-
3) A321T Flagship First Solo Suite (Zodiac Cirrus as used by the 777-323ER / 77W in Business) LINK). TPG says this is the most comfortable seat on AA (of all).
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2) Flagship Dining at LAX LINK <—-
3) A321T Flagship First Solo Suite (Zodiac Cirrus as used by the 777-323ER / 77W in Business) LINK). TPG says this is the most comfortable seat on AA (of all).
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For the best seat, see https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...er-thread.html.
Aug 17, 2018, 1:26 am
#18
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Man, that is not very positive comments for the flagship dining at LAX... I may decide to just bit mention anything other then “make sure to go check out the lounge, ask the flagship check in for directions” and leave it at that. :-/
Aug 17, 2018, 4:11 am
#19
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JFK is worth stopping into for dinner after the flight if your friend is still hungry. All she has to do is pop into the lounge and show her boarding pass and she should be walked to the flagship first dining area. Nice selections at the bar there as well -- very well worth stopping in before grabbing a taxi back to the real world.
Aug 17, 2018, 11:43 am
#20
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LAX isn't as good as JFK, but still, I think SFO777 had a couple of unusually bad experiences.
JFK is worth stopping into for dinner after the flight if your friend is still hungry. All she has to do is pop into the lounge and show her boarding pass and she should be walked to the flagship first dining area. Nice selections at the bar there as well -- very well worth stopping in before grabbing a taxi back to the real world.
JFK is worth stopping into for dinner after the flight if your friend is still hungry. All she has to do is pop into the lounge and show her boarding pass and she should be walked to the flagship first dining area. Nice selections at the bar there as well -- very well worth stopping in before grabbing a taxi back to the real world.
Aug 17, 2018, 12:14 pm
#21
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Haha, no, they don't offer a concierge service for your bags. They'd probably circle the belt until they're eventually taken off and stored by baggage services. It probably wouldn't be *too* problematic to retrieve them, it might add a little extra time, so you'd need to balance that against the desire to use the lounge. Of course if she can do carry-on, that's much better. Plenty of overhead space on the 321T! (Only 102 pax vs. normally ~185 in regular configuration)
Aug 17, 2018, 2:09 pm
#22
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I think the JFK and LGA baggage attendants tend to be fairly attentive... her bags would probably get picked up and stored safely in the baggage office. No dispatching agents to do that as they come out though.
I am currently in JFK Flagship First Dining... and it is excellent as ever, even with a rather boisterous group at the center table.
I am currently in JFK Flagship First Dining... and it is excellent as ever, even with a rather boisterous group at the center table.