Admirals Club plan for DTW: what happened?
Jan 15, 2019, 11:46 am
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Admirals Club plan for DTW: what happened?
If my memory serves correct, AA announced several years ago that there would be an Admiral's club at DTW. What ever happened to that plan?
Jan 15, 2019, 11:50 am
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I can't recall LAA over the past 12 years announcing such, albeit maybe my memory is failing. Possibly was this something pre 2003 when the financial bottom fell out for AA and causing a near bankruptcy filing, averted only after employees gave up over a $1 billion in annual wages.
Jan 15, 2019, 12:29 pm
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Jan 15, 2019, 1:10 pm
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Perhaps I was in a different AA terminal at DTW last August? I thought it looked very new and modern. There seemed to be ample concessions once I was airside. Certainly much different from the DTW I remember from when I used to fly NW in the 90s and early 2000s.
For a non-hub airport, with only flights to hubs, and without any BA flights, I'm not sure how a club makes any sense. Are there other oneworld airlines at DTW that I'm forgetting?
I sometimes question why there's a club here at AUS, but then I flew BA from here....
For a non-hub airport, with only flights to hubs, and without any BA flights, I'm not sure how a club makes any sense. Are there other oneworld airlines at DTW that I'm forgetting?
I sometimes question why there's a club here at AUS, but then I flew BA from here....
Jan 15, 2019, 1:14 pm
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IIRC, the AA DTW club in the Smith Terminal (oldest of the old, replaced by North for carriers but not airport admin) was a quick cut after 9/11.
Jan 15, 2019, 1:18 pm
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Jan 15, 2019, 1:18 pm
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Perhaps I was in a different AA terminal at DTW last August? I thought it looked very new and modern. There seemed to be ample concessions once I was airside. Certainly much different from the DTW I remember from when I used to fly NW in the 90s and early 2000s.
For a non-hub airport, with only flights to hubs, and without any BA flights, I'm not sure how a club makes any sense. Are there other oneworld airlines at DTW that I'm forgetting?
I sometimes question why there's a club here at AUS, but then I flew BA from here....
For a non-hub airport, with only flights to hubs, and without any BA flights, I'm not sure how a club makes any sense. Are there other oneworld airlines at DTW that I'm forgetting?
I sometimes question why there's a club here at AUS, but then I flew BA from here....
but yes, I dont see why they would rush to build one there. DTW isnt a major connecting point.
Jan 15, 2019, 1:56 pm
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Unless you are connecting from another airline like southwest, jetblue, or spirit, and international all that comes in there is Jazz, LH, RJ, and Wow, Not exactly an obvious connection, given the only places AA goes is to a hub. They do go to lots of hubs, but it is still fundamentally operating like an outstation.
Jan 15, 2019, 2:41 pm
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Jan 15, 2019, 3:01 pm
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Jan 15, 2019, 3:16 pm
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I agree with regards to MSP - it is hellish when AA has four flights all leaving near the same time at the end of the E concourse. A Club that can be exited right at boarding there would be much appreciated.