Flagship Lounges and Flagship First Dining to start reopening September 2021
#346
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#347
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Admirals Club / Flagship Lounge international access changes April 2021
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#348
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Thank you for the clarity! My FL blinders must have been on! LOL. I will report back with AA's judgement "in 7 to 10 business days".
#349
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Jus wondering on Transcon NO guests are permitted into FFD ? Or if the qualifying person has EXP can they guest someone in to FFD? The person being guested in has to be on a same day OW flight I assume? I know for International F you can guest in someone but was curious about Transcon and if status factored in. Curious about FFD only not just FL.
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Jus wondering on Transcon NO guests are permitted into FFD ? Or if the qualifying person has EXP can they guest someone in to FFD? The person being guested in has to be on a same day OW flight I assume? I know for International F you can guest in someone but was curious about Transcon and if status factored in. Curious about FFD only not just FL.
Edit: Correction
Last edited by ISTFlyer; Sep 22, 2021 at 12:00 am
#351
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I dont know why FT didnt let me paste this into a new window/message. I had to come here to Edit this and then could Paste it.
At any rate, this link does say 1 guest to FFD for FF International, unless I'm reading something wrong.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...rst-dining.jsp
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Yes, you're right but that's limited to AA International First only.
#354
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Quick question: I saw this on the flagship lounge access website: "*Departing flight must be the same-day (or before 6 a.m. the following day). Customers traveling on airline industry non-revenue tickets are not eligible for access." So what is being defined as a non-revenue ticket? If I'm flying a BA Avios reward in Flagship First JFK-LAX, will I have access to flagship lounge & dining @JFK? Thanks!
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#356
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Quick question: I saw this on the flagship lounge access website: "*Departing flight must be the same-day (or before 6 a.m. the following day). Customers traveling on airline industry non-revenue tickets are not eligible for access." So what is being defined as a non-revenue ticket? If I'm flying a BA Avios reward in Flagship First JFK-LAX, will I have access to flagship lounge & dining @JFK? Thanks!
Non-revenue refers to internal airline industry tickets as the sentence states.
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Quick question: I saw this on the flagship lounge access website: "*Departing flight must be the same-day (or before 6 a.m. the following day). Customers traveling on airline industry non-revenue tickets are not eligible for access." So what is being defined as a non-revenue ticket? If I'm flying a BA Avios reward in Flagship First JFK-LAX, will I have access to flagship lounge & dining @JFK? Thanks!
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The before 6am part just meaning if you wanted to get into FL/FFD the day/night before the the qualifying flight would have to leave the next morning before 6am. However, I feel like all the qualifying flights leave at 6am or later. I mean Transcon at least. And nearly all international flights too, from the US at least.
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I think there were flights departing at like 1am at one point. Maybe LAX-HKG? This rule was to ensure you could access FFD prior to the technical day of departure. I think there were also scenarios of early morning arrivals/connections but I'm not sure exactly how that would have played into it.
And the "before 6am" thing is a oneworld rule, not unique to AA. So while AA may not currently have many (if any) qualifying flights departing between midnight and 6am you can bet that other carriers like QR, CX, etc. do.
#360
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Yea, this is exactly the scenario the "before 6am" part is designed to cover. If I arrive at LAX at 10pm for a 1:30am flight to HKG I can go straight to the lounge, I don't have to wait 2 hours until it's technically the same calendar day.
And the "before 6am" thing is a oneworld rule, not unique to AA. So while AA may not currently have many (if any) qualifying flights departing between midnight and 6am you can bet that other carriers like QR, CX, etc. do.
And the "before 6am" thing is a oneworld rule, not unique to AA. So while AA may not currently have many (if any) qualifying flights departing between midnight and 6am you can bet that other carriers like QR, CX, etc. do.
I was actually pleasantly surprised I was welcomed in with no issue to LAX FL for a flight the night before the 10am flight from DFW. They explained that since it lands in DFW the same day as the departing international F flight thats why I got access at LAX.