Jun 1, 2020, 4:17 pm
Last edit by: AAway
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
- Săo 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
Feb 17, 2022, 11:04 am
#887
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In general some of the clubs are just way too crowded. I've seen lines at a number of the clubs with the staff walking through looking for an empty seat. Trying to conduct business and take calls is impossible. Or the wifi crashes because it can't handle the bandwidth. It's come to the point where I leave the club and go looking for empty gate areas because I can't talk over the people getting three sheets to the wind on their way to Cancun. So much for ambience.
Feb 17, 2022, 3:20 pm
#888
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Yes it's re-opened. Supposedly it was temporarily closed because so much of the staff had COVID. The D15 club is far less crowded than the D30 crowded. D30 is out of control. AA needs to get the E club re-opened. Not sure what's going on with that club.
In general some of the clubs are just way too crowded. I've seen lines at a number of the clubs with the staff walking through looking for an empty seat. Trying to conduct business and take calls is impossible. Or the wifi crashes because it can't handle the bandwidth. It's come to the point where I leave the club and go looking for empty gate areas because I can't talk over the people getting three sheets to the wind on their way to Cancun. So much for ambience.
In general some of the clubs are just way too crowded. I've seen lines at a number of the clubs with the staff walking through looking for an empty seat. Trying to conduct business and take calls is impossible. Or the wifi crashes because it can't handle the bandwidth. It's come to the point where I leave the club and go looking for empty gate areas because I can't talk over the people getting three sheets to the wind on their way to Cancun. So much for ambience.
Anyhow, I'm heading back soon, and D15 being open will at least give me another option. Thanks for the info EXP100 and nole1.
Feb 21, 2022, 6:16 am
#889
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I was at MIA on 2/13 and used D15 and like the others said it was pretty empty.
Feb 22, 2022, 10:41 am
#890
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Mar 1, 2022, 4:43 am
#891
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Avoid the DCA "B" club from what my travel partner reports this morning. Apparently, a clogged grease trap has forced them to have nothing but take away offerings (I'm sure it's a bagel and cream cheese and maybe a boiled egg?).
Mar 2, 2022, 2:30 pm
#892
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Though I am firmly in the camp of "chicken is not barbecue," the barbecue chicken slider setup at JFK is not bad. On the left is with pickles and slaw; on the right is with "cucumber salad"; both were fine, but eating the chicken with chips was better than either. Next time I would just make a pile of "nachos" with chips, chicken, and the sour cream and onion dip.
Mar 10, 2022, 5:33 pm
#895
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Mar 11, 2022, 1:46 pm
#896
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PHL Lounges
Had a long layover at PHL today (debated about ubering to Harrah's but decided against it). Flew into Terminal F, spent some time in F Admirals Club then moved over to B/C Club. Both had the same soup options, but in my opinion the food at F Club was much better than B/C. F had the make your own ciabatta sandwiches with choices of swiss and provolone cheeses, hot peppers, anitpasto salad, condiments, sliced meat plus pasta salad, baba ganoush. B/C had the make your own sliders, blah. Both had cheese cubes, hummus, grape tomatoes, etc. I'm not a meat eater so YMMV! I should have stayed at Terminal F longer.
Mar 12, 2022, 5:04 am
#898
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Had a long layover at PHL today (debated about ubering to Harrah's but decided against it). Flew into Terminal F, spent some time in F Admirals Club then moved over to B/C Club. Both had the same soup options, but in my opinion the food at F Club was much better than B/C. F had the make your own ciabatta sandwiches with choices of swiss and provolone cheeses, hot peppers, anitpasto salad, condiments, sliced meat plus pasta salad, baba ganoush. B/C had the make your own sliders, blah. Both had cheese cubes, hummus, grape tomatoes, etc. I'm not a meat eater so YMMV! I should have stayed at Terminal F longer.
DCA "C" had breakfast tacos which were kind of novel. For those love bacon, a pot of unlimited bacon is very, very dangerous.
Mar 12, 2022, 6:31 am
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Mar 12, 2022, 10:05 am
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I was in the AC at LAX T5 for the first time yesterday. It's a nice club and not busy at all and has great plane spotting.
FWIW again I walked off the national car shuttle bus at T2 and walked across the maze to get to T5. With one of the parking lots closed you have to do a little maze walking but nonetheless much quicker than sitting in that bus inching ahead 1 foot at a time.
FWIW again I walked off the national car shuttle bus at T2 and walked across the maze to get to T5. With one of the parking lots closed you have to do a little maze walking but nonetheless much quicker than sitting in that bus inching ahead 1 foot at a time.