Flagship Lounges and Flagship First Dining to start reopening September 2021
Sep 16, 2021, 2:08 pm
#257
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Nice looking plate..
How was breakfast? Always seems like lunch/dinner were better but maybe just because how elevated can breakfast really be. Although at LAX FFD I swear they had a diff crew who worked 6-11 and then left b/c I had some pretty weak breakfast but quite good main menu options.
Thanks for the pics
How was breakfast? Always seems like lunch/dinner were better but maybe just because how elevated can breakfast really be. Although at LAX FFD I swear they had a diff crew who worked 6-11 and then left b/c I had some pretty weak breakfast but quite good main menu options.
Thanks for the pics
Sep 16, 2021, 2:10 pm
#258
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I really want to get into FFD on LAX-MIA-JFK in a few weeks. LAX-MIA in FF. These JFK agents better let me in. Will arrive 8pm and want to drink and have a nice dinner.
Funny thing is I probably have a better shot getting in at JFK for dinner than at MIA for lunch due to the incompetent dragons at MIA.
Funny thing is I probably have a better shot getting in at JFK for dinner than at MIA for lunch due to the incompetent dragons at MIA.
Sep 16, 2021, 2:17 pm
#259
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It’s Thursday at 4 pm and the Flagship Lounge at JFK is PACKED!!! There are no empty seats. I have never seen the Flagship Lounge this crowded. There must be a couple of hundred people in here. I wish I had one of my old complimentary FFD dining coupons!!!
Sep 16, 2021, 2:18 pm
#260
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Yes, LHR is among the 5 destinations served from PHL. I should have been more specific in my comment about what constitutes FS, which I believe is the whole experience. What is different between a FS JFK-LHR business class flight vs. a FS PHL-LHR business class flight? Answer: The pre-flight experience.
You're free to believe that, but it doesn't mean it's true. Just because in PHL you get the AC with drink chits instead of a Flagship Lounge doesn't mean it's not flagship service.
In any event, FFD looks great, surprised they have such a "full" menu given usage will probably be slow to ramp up.
On the bubbly, I imagine the Roederer is what they serve in the regular FL. Originally it was Bolly which I really like, but Roederer is fine.
I don't actually recognize any of the FFD red wines, but the Hermann Weimer Riesling is pretty good. Prob ~$20 retail.
Sep 16, 2021, 2:37 pm
#261
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I thought this is supposed to be a slow week for flying......
Sep 16, 2021, 3:04 pm
#263
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Sep 16, 2021, 3:06 pm
#264
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That is absolute peak hour for JFK, there is a good 4 hour time frame when JFK is packed but not during those hours its super nice. More people know about flagship lounge access top, the longer these lounges are open the more people figure out they can get in. You would be super surprised by how many flyers don't realize they have access to these nice lounges. Was the flagship bridge open while you were there? Its a bummer its connected now because that was one of the best benefits!
Sep 16, 2021, 3:07 pm
#266
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The correlation should be for which airports have the most flagship service flights, which PHL has never had any. But if they were building a lounge then it leads me to believe that marketing some routes would follow..
MIA has a lot of international destinations, but they don't all have flagship service. LAX has just LHR a few times per day as a passenger flight with FS, but also has JFK, BOS and MIA that also have FS.
PHL currently has 5 European routes, but none offer flagship service at the moment. Prior to the pandemic, PHL had 2x+ that many European routes in peak season
Obviously, this map is a moving target until the pandemic is better under control on a global scale.
https://www.aacargo.com/downloads/Do...0121d-2021.pdf
MIA has a lot of international destinations, but they don't all have flagship service. LAX has just LHR a few times per day as a passenger flight with FS, but also has JFK, BOS and MIA that also have FS.
PHL currently has 5 European routes, but none offer flagship service at the moment. Prior to the pandemic, PHL had 2x+ that many European routes in peak season
Obviously, this map is a moving target until the pandemic is better under control on a global scale.
https://www.aacargo.com/downloads/Do...0121d-2021.pdf
Sep 16, 2021, 4:18 pm
#268
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Sep 16, 2021, 4:31 pm
#269
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Nice looking plate..
How was breakfast? Always seems like lunch/dinner were better but maybe just because how elevated can breakfast really be. Although at LAX FFD I swear they had a diff crew who worked 6-11 and then left b/c I had some pretty weak breakfast but quite good main menu options.
Thanks for the pics
How was breakfast? Always seems like lunch/dinner were better but maybe just because how elevated can breakfast really be. Although at LAX FFD I swear they had a diff crew who worked 6-11 and then left b/c I had some pretty weak breakfast but quite good main menu options.
Thanks for the pics