Flagship Lounges and Flagship First Dining to start reopening September 2021
Sep 26, 2021, 9:04 am
#406
Join Date: May 2021
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Sep 26, 2021, 9:05 am
#407
Join Date: May 2021
Programs: Marriott Gold, Delta Silver, AA Platinum
Posts: 81
FFD is only if you are flying Flagship First. Business class doesn't qualify. They have made this product quite difficult to access.
Also, from what I could tell from their website, only JFK has a Flagship Lounge that's open. If you're on an international J ticket, you can probably use the Admiral's Club.
Also, from what I could tell from their website, only JFK has a Flagship Lounge that's open. If you're on an international J ticket, you can probably use the Admiral's Club.
Access
If you’re flying on American Airlines in Flagship® First on qualifying international or transcontinental flights, you automatically have access.*Qualifying international flights
Flights between the U.S. and:
- Asia
- Australia
- Europe
- South America
Qualifying transcontinental flights
3-class non-stop flights between:
- New York (JFK) and Los Angeles (LAX)
- JFK and San Francisco (SFO)
- JFK and Orange County (SNA) – traveling on A321T aircraft only
- LAX and Boston (BOS) – traveling on A321T aircraft only
- LAX and Miami (MIA) – traveling on Boeing 777-300 aircraft only
Sep 26, 2021, 11:53 am
#408
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: ORD, MCO
Programs: UA 1K
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Sep 26, 2021, 12:53 pm
#409
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Denver
Programs: AS, AA, UA, Hilton, Marriott, Caesars DE
Posts: 2,070
Doubtful AA would want to spend money on a new lounge. They can’t even bring back normal services to their onboard product. If anything they’ll continue pushing people to the BA/AS lounges, or find a way for OW to build one of the shared lounges they alluded to in their 2019(?) meeting notes. Again, the other key part is SEA doesn’t have any Flagship domestic routes or any heavy competition that JFK/LAX/ORD has. Not even delta flys D1, except I think maybe 1 or 2 flights to JFK a day.
Last edited by safari ari; Sep 26, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Sep 26, 2021, 1:20 pm
#410
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: So Cal
Programs: AA Platinum
Posts: 2,722
Today? I thought it opens Tuesday with FFD opening Thursday.. Just curious what the hours are for FFD Miami, hoping they do it right this time and open for breakfast. With all the 77W's to LAX they should do it.
Sep 26, 2021, 1:24 pm
#411
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: So Cal
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Posts: 2,722
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Sep 26, 2021, 8:40 pm
#412
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
Sep 26, 2021, 9:45 pm
#413
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: BOS, LAX
Programs: AA Gold, HH Diamond
Posts: 804
I'm flying in F on Sep 27 from LAX to BOS on A321T. Which lounge will I qualify for based on the ticket? Only the Admirals Club? Should I ask for drink chits? How about the OneWorld First Lounge in Tom Bradley?
Sep 26, 2021, 10:01 pm
#414
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: PHX
Programs: AAexp, AC75k, HertzPC, NationalEE, Accor/MariottP, Hilton/HyattG
Posts: 3,614
Interesting to see that they kept the drinks still self serve at JFK FL, with the amount of touch points! Things are slowly going back to normal... I hope
Sep 26, 2021, 11:51 pm
#415
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP.
Posts: 1,325
F gets you FFD. Qantas F Lounge in Bradley is closed and apparently 50/50 chance of getting you in anyway. When FFD/FL was closed drink vouchers were not given due to the vouchers themselves having Covid. lol
Sep 27, 2021, 7:06 am
#416
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,691
But the LAX FL/FFD is still closed, so yes, you will only get the regular AC.
Sep 27, 2021, 4:00 pm
#419
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Denver
Programs: AS, AA, UA, Hilton, Marriott, Caesars DE
Posts: 2,070
Sep 27, 2021, 4:27 pm
#420
Join Date: May 2000
Location: HH Gold, Marriott Gold, PC Plat, Emirates Silver
Posts: 2,679
Making it difficult (or expensive) to access keeps it exclusive and lets them serve a higher quality product with better service. Personally I have no issues and its not like the FL is a dump so the alternative for those in business is quite acceptable.