Flagship Lounges and Flagship First Dining to start reopening September 2021
Sep 18, 2021, 2:36 pm
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Assuming it is for BA, yikes! When you look at the space they currently have in their JFK lounges, the Bridge might be 20% of their current space. (Purely a guess.) The FL already gets packed in the late afternoon. I can't imagine how full it would be if you added all the folks from BA flights, post-COVID. Yikes!
Sep 18, 2021, 3:08 pm
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BA is eventually moving the T8. The original plan was 2022, when the JFK expansion of Terminal 8 is complete. I have to believe that was slowed because of COVID.
Assuming it is for BA, yikes! When you look at the space they currently have in their JFK lounges, the Bridge might be 20% of their current space. (Purely a guess.) The FL already gets packed in the late afternoon. I can't imagine how full it would be if you added all the folks from BA flights, post-COVID. Yikes!
Assuming it is for BA, yikes! When you look at the space they currently have in their JFK lounges, the Bridge might be 20% of their current space. (Purely a guess.) The FL already gets packed in the late afternoon. I can't imagine how full it would be if you added all the folks from BA flights, post-COVID. Yikes!
Sad to see The Bridge go.
Sep 18, 2021, 3:28 pm
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No way thats enough space for a BA lounge. I believe once BA is over at T8 that will mean more ppl in FFD as just like CX I think BA will be allowed in. Still though I dont see how that space is enough for a proper lounge. Is there more they knock down like whats on the other side or there is no more space?
Sad to see The Bridge go.
Sad to see The Bridge go.
Sep 18, 2021, 3:40 pm
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The agent didn't give me a specific date. She said that it's being delayed ( they don't know the reason ) and they were originally told that the Flagship Lounge was supposed to open September-October.
Sep 18, 2021, 4:39 pm
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No way thats enough space for a BA lounge. I believe once BA is over at T8 that will mean more ppl in FFD as just like CX I think BA will be allowed in. Still though I dont see how that space is enough for a proper lounge. Is there more they knock down like whats on the other side or there is no more space?
Sad to see The Bridge go.
Sad to see The Bridge go.
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Sep 18, 2021, 4:48 pm
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Yes, there should be plenty of space. I believe AA is relocating the JFK Flight Operations (pilot) office space that's located behind the fake wall at the far end of The Bridge space. There would be plenty of room there to add a new lounge with the Bridge being used as an entranceway of sorts. Not quite as large a footprint as the FL itself, but probably more than half the size, IIRC.
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Sep 18, 2021, 5:51 pm
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Sep 18, 2021, 7:00 pm
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1. Wow to the booze selections, a lot of improvements on the spirits. Whistlepig 10, Johnny Blue, Macallan 18, DJ 1942. Not everything is for everyone but that's a decent variety of higher shelf stuff.
2. I think DFW had some sort of weird dining room that wasn't FFD at some point... I never went, but it was in terminal D. Assuming that's what enviroian is recalling, rather than the (previously) strictly-controlled FFD.
2. I think DFW had some sort of weird dining room that wasn't FFD at some point... I never went, but it was in terminal D. Assuming that's what enviroian is recalling, rather than the (previously) strictly-controlled FFD.
Sep 18, 2021, 7:18 pm
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2. I think DFW had some sort of weird dining room that wasn't FFD at some point... I never went, but it was in terminal D. Assuming that's what enviroian is recalling, rather than the (previously) strictly-controlled FFD.
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Sep 18, 2021, 7:38 pm
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1. Wow to the booze selections, a lot of improvements on the spirits. Whistlepig 10, Johnny Blue, Macallan 18, DJ 1942. Not everything is for everyone but that's a decent variety of higher shelf stuff.
2. I think DFW had some sort of weird dining room that wasn't FFD at some point... I never went, but it was in terminal D. Assuming that's what enviroian is recalling, rather than the (previously) strictly-controlled FFD.
2. I think DFW had some sort of weird dining room that wasn't FFD at some point... I never went, but it was in terminal D. Assuming that's what enviroian is recalling, rather than the (previously) strictly-controlled FFD.
Sep 18, 2021, 10:19 pm
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No way thats enough space for a BA lounge. I believe once BA is over at T8 that will mean more ppl in FFD as just like CX I think BA will be allowed in. Still though I dont see how that space is enough for a proper lounge. Is there more they knock down like whats on the other side or there is no more space?
Sad to see The Bridge go.
Sad to see The Bridge go.
Yes, there should be plenty of space. I believe AA is relocating the JFK Flight Operations (pilot) office space that's located behind the fake wall at the far end of The Bridge space. There would be plenty of room there to add a new lounge with the Bridge being used as an entranceway of sorts. Not quite as large a footprint as the FL itself, but probably more than half the size, IIRC.
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Purely speculation, but I suspect that might be the plan. Or, make a larger dedicated F (Concorde Room type) section in addition to FFD and the regular Flagship portion. If we ever get back to anything close to normal, there’s absolutely no way the current FL has enough space for all of AA’s and BA’s eligible passengers.
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Sep 19, 2021, 12:31 am
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