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Admirals Clubs began opening 22 June 2020. (Flagship Lounges and Flagship First Dining have no immediate plans for reopening.)
Link to AA lounge changes and updates page
As of May 7, 2021:
We adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and use enhanced cleaning measures throughout our clubs.
You're required to wear a face covering in the club, but you may briefly lift or lower it while eating or drinking.
Seating in these clubs is also not available at this time.
The official notification from AA on 4 Jun 2020 (link):
“American Airlines will begin reopening Admirals Club lounges in phases, beginning June 22, after making improvements to adapt the clubs and product offerings to reinforce the well-being of customers and everyone who works in the clubs. See post 61 for a recent Club experience.
The following locations (did) open June 22 with pre-packaged snack offerings and a full-service bar for customers to enjoy complimentary and premium beverages. Hours vary by location and capacity and offerings could be limited due to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines or local orders or restrictions. List updated 15 July 2020. Link to Club openings, changes.
As food and beverages are served again, these are discussed in https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...ug-2020-a.html
.
Food and drink service
As we begin to reopen, we'll have modified food and drink service. Here is what you can expect: (link to Club f&b thread)
.The following safety actions have been taken.
Link to archived 2020 posts from this thread.
Link to AA lounge changes and updates page
As of May 7, 2021:
An update on our lounges
Admirals Club® lounges are reopening in phases with new improvements to reinforce your well-being.We adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and use enhanced cleaning measures throughout our clubs.
You're required to wear a face covering in the club, but you may briefly lift or lower it while eating or drinking.
Reopened clubs
- Atlanta (ATL)
- Austin (AUS) – Gate 22
- Boston (BOS) – Terminal B
- Charlotte (CLT) – Concourses B and C
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD) – Concourse H/K; Concourse G (re-opened August 2021); and Concourse L (re-opened July 2021)
- Dallas / Fort Worth (DFW) – Terminals A, B, C, D, and E
- Denver (DEN) – Concourse A
- Houston Intercontinental (IAH) – Terminal A
- Los Angeles (LAX) – Terminal 4, Terminal 5 and Eagle Regional Terminal
- Mexico City / CDMX (MEX)
- Miami (MIA) – Gates D15, D30
- Nashville (BNA) – Concourse C
- New York Kennedy (JFK) – Terminal 8 (in the Flagship® Lounge)
- New York LaGuardia (LGA) – Concourse D
- Orange County (SNA) – Gate 8
- Orlando (MCO) – Gate 55
- Paris, France (CDG)
- Philadelphia (PHL) – Terminals B/C
- Phoenix (PHX) – Gate A7 and B5
- Raleigh / Durham (RDU) – Terminal 2
- San Francisco (SFO) – Terminal 1
- São Paulo (GRU)
- St. Louis (STL) – Concourse C (Only open Monday - Friday 5am-6:30pm)
- Tampa (TPA) – Gate 85
- Washington Reagan (DCA) – Terminal B & C
- Buenos Aires (EZE) - In front of Gate 8 - Terminal A
Clubs reopening as service centers
These locations are open as service centers and are available to offer travel assistance:- Pittsburgh (PIT) – Main Lobby
Seating in these clubs is also not available at this time.
Temporarily closed Admirals Clubs
- Honolulu (HNL)
- London Heathrow (LHR)
- Miami (MIA) – Gates E
- Newark (EWR)
- Philadelphia (PHL) – Terminal A and F
- Phoenix (PHX) – Gate A19
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GIG)
- Toronto, Canada (YYZ)
- Chicago (ORD)
- Dallas / Fort Worth (DFW)
- London Heathrow (LHR) – International First Class Lounge
- Los Angeles (LAX)
- Miami (MIA)
- New York Kennedy (JFK)
- DFW
- LAX
- MIA
- JFK
The official notification from AA on 4 Jun 2020 (link):
“American Airlines will begin reopening Admirals Club lounges in phases, beginning June 22, after making improvements to adapt the clubs and product offerings to reinforce the well-being of customers and everyone who works in the clubs. See post 61 for a recent Club experience.
The following locations (did) open June 22 with pre-packaged snack offerings and a full-service bar for customers to enjoy complimentary and premium beverages. Hours vary by location and capacity and offerings could be limited due to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines or local orders or restrictions. List updated 15 July 2020. Link to Club openings, changes.
As food and beverages are served again, these are discussed in https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...ug-2020-a.html
.
Food and drink service
As we begin to reopen, we'll have modified food and drink service. Here is what you can expect: (link to Club f&b thread)
- Complimentary pre-packaged snacks
- Disposable, single-use glassware
- Full-service bar
- Touchless menus with signage and QR codes. Physical menus will be available upon request.
- Self-serve areas will remain closed for now.
.The following safety actions have been taken.
- Plexiglass shields at reception and service desks.
- Foot-operated door openers to enable touchless operation of restroom doors (where feasible).
- Hand sanitizer stations for customers.
- Signage and floor decals to remind customers to practice social distancing.
Link to archived 2020 posts from this thread.
Admirals Club / Lounges: Openings, Closures, etc. 2021-2022
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Btw, UA has only opened clubs in its hubs, as opposed to AA, which has many outstations open. AA is much more customer friendly on this point. So complaining about AA relative to UA makes no sense at all.
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Undoubtedly because the AA traffic at EWR doesn't support opening them.
Btw, UA has only opened clubs in its hubs, as opposed to AA, which has many outstations open. AA is much more customer friendly on this point. So complaining about AA relative to UA makes no sense at all.
Btw, UA has only opened clubs in its hubs, as opposed to AA, which has many outstations open. AA is much more customer friendly on this point. So complaining about AA relative to UA makes no sense at all.
*Intentional typo because I used to be a UA FF and at one of the locations (ORD?) the "C" had fallen off the wall and was just lying there on the dirty floor, sad and distressed, which to me fully demonstrated the ethos of post-merger UA. Little did I know what was about to happen to AA... anyway it'll always be the United Lub to me.
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So I'm new to the Admirals Club, have only visited as a guest in the past - pre-Covid, but being DFW based I decided to finally bite the bullet and get a club membership. I have to say, at least those clubs I've been to at DFW are pretty sad, very worn out and have more of a feel of a Dr. Office waiting room. I've previously been very loyal to Delta and have to say their current Sky Club offering with many more free food choices, glassware, larger and better liquor/wine selection and an overall more upscale feel beats the AC hands down. I'm not cancelling my AC membership by any chance (got it through the Credit Card) but Terminal C and Terminal E are pretty underwhelming. Is it time for AA to up their game?
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So I'm new to the Admirals Club, have only visited as a guest in the past - pre-Covid, but being DFW based I decided to finally bite the bullet and get a club membership. I have to say, at least those clubs I've been to at DFW are pretty sad, very worn out and have more of a feel of a Dr. Office waiting room. I've previously been very loyal to Delta and have to say their current Sky Club offering with many more free food choices, glassware, larger and better liquor/wine selection and an overall more upscale feel beats the AC hands down. I'm not cancelling my AC membership by any chance (got it through the Credit Card) but Terminal C and Terminal E are pretty underwhelming. Is it time for AA to up their game?
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So I'm new to the Admirals Club, have only visited as a guest in the past - pre-Covid, but being DFW based I decided to finally bite the bullet and get a club membership. I have to say, at least those clubs I've been to at DFW are pretty sad, very worn out and have more of a feel of a Dr. Office waiting room. I've previously been very loyal to Delta and have to say their current Sky Club offering with many more free food choices, glassware, larger and better liquor/wine selection and an overall more upscale feel beats the AC hands down. I'm not cancelling my AC membership by any chance (got it through the Credit Card) but Terminal C and Terminal E are pretty underwhelming. Is it time for AA to up their game?
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DFW Airport plans to renovate one of its original terminals while new sixth terminal is on hold
Terminal C is the only original terminal at DFW to never get a major overhaul.
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DFW International Airport is planning to renovate one of its original terminals while it waits for traffic to rebound and demand to return for the future Terminal F project.
The airport board of directors approved a $75 million design management project Thursday that will kickstart upgrades on Terminal C, the 28-gate terminal that is one of the key hubs for American Airlines’ operations at the airport.
Construction on the project likely won’t start for at least a year, airport CEO Sean Donohue said Thursday. But it would give a much-needed update to both the customer-facing sections of the terminal as well as behind-the-scenes updates to systems, such as electrical and HVAC.
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DFW International Airport is planning to renovate one of its original terminals while it waits for traffic to rebound and demand to return for the future Terminal F project.
The airport board of directors approved a $75 million design management project Thursday that will kickstart upgrades on Terminal C, the 28-gate terminal that is one of the key hubs for American Airlines’ operations at the airport.
Construction on the project likely won’t start for at least a year, airport CEO Sean Donohue said Thursday. But it would give a much-needed update to both the customer-facing sections of the terminal as well as behind-the-scenes updates to systems, such as electrical and HVAC.
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It would be nice if they had more premium drink (liquor, beer, champagne) offerings, and allowed you to redeem AAdvantage miles for them. DL seems to do pretty well with this, and the mileage redemptions are good value. And if the Krug firesale-induced mania here on FT is any indication, they could do pretty well offering premium champagnes, again, same as DL SkyClubs.
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It would be nice if they had more premium drink (liquor, beer, champagne) offerings, and allowed you to redeem AAdvantage miles for them. DL seems to do pretty well with this, and the mileage redemptions are good value. And if the Krug firesale-induced mania here on FT is any indication, they could do pretty well offering premium champagnes, again, same as DL SkyClubs.
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