Flagship Lounges and Flagship First Dining to start reopening September 2021
Nov 20, 2022, 8:04 pm
#1636
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,372
Where and when did all of this news originate? I must have missed it all.. Feels weird to take away one of AA's premiere lounges by name. Not that it was great or anything. BA and AA arent teaming up at any other airports right?
Curious where will Soho be if Greenwich is taking up all the space of current FL/AC?
If the current FFD is in the least prestigious of the 3 lounges surely it wont be used as a dining room anymore? Just an overflow space?
Qualifying access is confusing enough with just an FL, now we have 3 lounges to learn rules on.
Curious where will Soho be if Greenwich is taking up all the space of current FL/AC?
If the current FFD is in the least prestigious of the 3 lounges surely it wont be used as a dining room anymore? Just an overflow space?
Qualifying access is confusing enough with just an FL, now we have 3 lounges to learn rules on.
I think the access rules are still simple, and actually maybe even simpler than the current setup, as it aligns with BA.
Greenwich is the J lounge for J passengers and OW sapphires (like the BA Galleries Club, or CX J lounge, etc.)
Soho is the "F" lounge, but actually a OW Emerald lounge (like BA Galleries First)
Chelsea is the true F lounge for passengers in First (like the CCR).
The new lounges (Soho and Chelsea) are in former office space, completely renovated on the other side of the former Bridge section of the Flagship Lounge. The space they will be in is not part of the current Flagship Lounge, but in large former office spaces above the current Gate 14 and the new gate areas being completed immediately adjacent.
Nov 20, 2022, 8:08 pm
#1637
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: So Cal
Programs: AA Platinum
Posts: 2,678
Sir, did you really miss the news about the new lounge situation from months ago?! I'm shocked.
I think the access rules are still simple, and actually maybe even simpler than the current setup, as it aligns with BA.
Greenwich is the J lounge for J passengers and OW sapphires (like the BA Galleries Club, or CX J lounge, etc.)
Soho is the "F" lounge, but actually a OW Emerald lounge (like BA Galleries First)
Chelsea is the true F lounge for passengers in First (like the CCR).
The new lounges (Soho and Chelsea) are in former office space, completely renovated on the other side of the former Bridge section of the Flagship Lounge. The space they will be in is not part of the current Flagship Lounge, but in large former office spaces above the current Gate 14 and the new gate areas being completed immediately adjacent.
I think the access rules are still simple, and actually maybe even simpler than the current setup, as it aligns with BA.
Greenwich is the J lounge for J passengers and OW sapphires (like the BA Galleries Club, or CX J lounge, etc.)
Soho is the "F" lounge, but actually a OW Emerald lounge (like BA Galleries First)
Chelsea is the true F lounge for passengers in First (like the CCR).
The new lounges (Soho and Chelsea) are in former office space, completely renovated on the other side of the former Bridge section of the Flagship Lounge. The space they will be in is not part of the current Flagship Lounge, but in large former office spaces above the current Gate 14 and the new gate areas being completed immediately adjacent.
Nov 20, 2022, 8:13 pm
#1638
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: SJC/SFO. EWR/JFK
Programs: AS MVP 100K, DL PL
Posts: 539
Sir, did you really miss the news about the new lounge situation from months ago?! I'm shocked.
I think the access rules are still simple, and actually maybe even simpler than the current setup, as it aligns with BA.
Greenwich is the J lounge for J passengers and OW sapphires (like the BA Galleries Club, or CX J lounge, etc.)
Soho is the "F" lounge, but actually a OW Emerald lounge (like BA Galleries First)
Chelsea is the true F lounge for passengers in First (like the CCR).
The new lounges (Soho and Chelsea) are in former office space, completely renovated on the other side of the former Bridge section of the Flagship Lounge. The space they will be in is not part of the current Flagship Lounge, but in large former office spaces above the current Gate 14 and the new gate areas being completed immediately adjacent.
I think the access rules are still simple, and actually maybe even simpler than the current setup, as it aligns with BA.
Greenwich is the J lounge for J passengers and OW sapphires (like the BA Galleries Club, or CX J lounge, etc.)
Soho is the "F" lounge, but actually a OW Emerald lounge (like BA Galleries First)
Chelsea is the true F lounge for passengers in First (like the CCR).
The new lounges (Soho and Chelsea) are in former office space, completely renovated on the other side of the former Bridge section of the Flagship Lounge. The space they will be in is not part of the current Flagship Lounge, but in large former office spaces above the current Gate 14 and the new gate areas being completed immediately adjacent.
Nov 20, 2022, 8:41 pm
#1639
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,372
Nov 21, 2022, 7:18 am
#1641
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: charlotte NC
Programs: AA EP
Posts: 573
Just bumping BlooJoo's question. (I never saw an answer after the Nov 12 post.) I would cetainly HOPE that the leak was repaired by now, but looking for confirmation that the DFW FL is open. And DFW FFD as well! AA's schedule change and equipment swaps (77W -> 772) on the LHR-JFK route last night now have moved my connection from JFK (so won't see Chelsea Lounge this trip) to DFW to stay in F and connect same day.
Nov 21, 2022, 4:20 pm
#1643
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Gold
Posts: 181
Nov 21, 2022, 4:24 pm
#1644
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Phoenix/Columbus
Programs: Delta Silver Medallion, United Gold, US Airways silver
Posts: 1,717
Last time I asked (2 weeks ago) I got an "eye roll" with the comment that it will be a long way off. This was after getting rejected at the BA lounge.
Nov 21, 2022, 4:27 pm
#1645
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2019
Programs: AA: CK
Posts: 2,230
No, it wouldn't.
Yes, and CK on all flights, appropriately. AA needs to do a better job differentiating CK from The Platinums, and this is a step in the right direction.
Yes, and CK on all flights, appropriately. AA needs to do a better job differentiating CK from The Platinums, and this is a step in the right direction.
Nov 21, 2022, 4:52 pm
#1646
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 968
I am very confused between different threads on lounge access.
About to buy JFK-SFO in Transcontinental F for December. Will this get us into the new Chelsea lounge? We are both only BA Gold/OWE.
Have a longish stop over from another domestic, which I didn't mind when I thought it would be FFD.
Thanks,
C
About to buy JFK-SFO in Transcontinental F for December. Will this get us into the new Chelsea lounge? We are both only BA Gold/OWE.
Have a longish stop over from another domestic, which I didn't mind when I thought it would be FFD.
Thanks,
C
Nov 21, 2022, 5:08 pm
#1647
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Programs: AA: CK
Posts: 2,230
I am very confused between different threads on lounge access.
About to buy JFK-SFO in Transcontinental F for December. Will this get us into the new Chelsea lounge? We are both only BA Gold/OWE.
Have a longish stop over from another domestic, which I didn't mind when I thought it would be FFD.
Thanks,
C
About to buy JFK-SFO in Transcontinental F for December. Will this get us into the new Chelsea lounge? We are both only BA Gold/OWE.
Have a longish stop over from another domestic, which I didn't mind when I thought it would be FFD.
Thanks,
C
Nov 21, 2022, 5:59 pm
#1648
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Gold
Posts: 181
I mean, it sounds like us EXP proles are going to have access to Soho when flying internationally, even in coach. Just saying it would be nice if they could extend that to "Flagship" transcon J tickets, which usually cost multiples of international Y fares.
Possible Soho is pretty small, though, if the only people who would access it are EXPs flying internationally and non-AA OWE.
Possible Soho is pretty small, though, if the only people who would access it are EXPs flying internationally and non-AA OWE.
Nov 21, 2022, 6:58 pm
#1650
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Gold
Posts: 181
Can't imagine AA would still be running the A321T if they weren't actually selling the premium seats – economics would make no sense. At least in my experience, J is often almost full on LAX<>JFK well before upgrade windows. For example, most 11/28-11/29 LAX-JFK flights are J0 right now. If anything, based on some anecdotes on here, I'd guess that F on the transcons has a higher percentage of award/upgrade/non-rev than J.