ARCHIVE: All About AA Flagship Check-In at JFK, LAX, MIA, ORD (master thread)
Apr 29, 2019, 1:05 am
#286
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It to the far right end of the checkin hall.
Apr 29, 2019, 1:15 am
#287
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if you take a cab, get out at the first set of doors, the flagship check in area looks like this when you walk in:
the only thing to the "right" of it (assuming you're facing the terminal as you enter from the curb) is the elevators/corridor
Apr 29, 2019, 1:18 am
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Agreed, it's entrance is closish to the road.
Last edited by serfty; Apr 29, 2019 at 1:27 am
Apr 29, 2019, 1:21 am
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Separate entrance, but it basically feeds into the TSA Pre-Check line. There isn't a special Flagship First security line, as far as I'm aware.
If you're coming from the AirTrain, it is best to take the elevators, as they basically drop you right by the Flagship First entrance.
If you're coming from the AirTrain, it is best to take the elevators, as they basically drop you right by the Flagship First entrance.
Apr 29, 2019, 1:45 am
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Apr 29, 2019, 4:02 am
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And if you don't have TSA Pre?
Apr 29, 2019, 11:01 am
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Apr 29, 2019, 12:48 pm
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I had my first pushback for use of Flagship Check-In at ORD last week.
Agent asked for my name peering down at the list and I said as a OW Emerald I wouldn't be on the list and was getting my BA Gold card from my wallet. She asked if I was Concierge Key and when I said I wasn't she tried to direct me to the regular Priority check-in area. I was about to get my phone out to pull up the AA website on my phone when she told me "FINE!" in a rather passive aggressive way and let me enter.
This is hardly a new rule and is pretty black and white, if you're a non-AA OW Emerald then you can use Flagship Check-In regardless of your destination/COS etc. Never had any quibbles in dozens of uses at JFK (never even had to show my card or anything) nor the handful of times I've used it at LAX.
Agent asked for my name peering down at the list and I said as a OW Emerald I wouldn't be on the list and was getting my BA Gold card from my wallet. She asked if I was Concierge Key and when I said I wasn't she tried to direct me to the regular Priority check-in area. I was about to get my phone out to pull up the AA website on my phone when she told me "FINE!" in a rather passive aggressive way and let me enter.
This is hardly a new rule and is pretty black and white, if you're a non-AA OW Emerald then you can use Flagship Check-In regardless of your destination/COS etc. Never had any quibbles in dozens of uses at JFK (never even had to show my card or anything) nor the handful of times I've used it at LAX.
Apr 29, 2019, 1:17 pm
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Separate entrance, but it basically feeds into the TSA Pre-Check line. There isn't a special Flagship First security line, as far as I'm aware.
If you're coming from the AirTrain, it is best to take the elevators, as they basically drop you right by the Flagship First entrance.
If you're coming from the AirTrain, it is best to take the elevators, as they basically drop you right by the Flagship First entrance.
Apr 29, 2019, 2:14 pm
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Have the LAX-BOS explats in J on the 3 class A321T been allowed Flagship Checkin at LAX?
Apr 29, 2019, 2:19 pm
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This is hardly a new rule and is pretty black and white, if you're a non-AA OW Emerald then you can use Flagship Check-In regardless of your destination/COS etc. Never had any quibbles in dozens of uses at JFK (never even had to show my card or anything) nor the handful of times I've used it at LAX.
This is hardly a new rule and is pretty black and white, if you're a non-AA OW Emerald then you can use Flagship Check-In regardless of your destination/COS etc. Never had any quibbles in dozens of uses at JFK (never even had to show my card or anything) nor the handful of times I've used it at LAX.
*unless non AAdvantage oneworld Emerald flying on AA.
Apr 29, 2019, 4:03 pm
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