Flagship Lounges and Flagship First Dining to start reopening September 2021
Dec 9, 2021, 7:06 am
#841
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Dec 9, 2021, 7:52 am
#842
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Flying ORD-AUH in business your only option will be whatever 3rd party lounge EY has partnered with at ORD T5 (they're all terrible).
Dec 9, 2021, 5:35 pm
#845
Join Date: Dec 2018
Programs: One World
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Good for you.. unfortunately us 3rd class citizens flying out of ORD are stuck with the United Club and/or the Admirals Club.. how exciting. ORD really needs some help in the lounge department.
Dec 9, 2021, 6:07 pm
#846
Join Date: Apr 2009
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I'm with you on the lack of love at ORD. In my previous experience, ORD had the best food of any Flagship Lounge.
Dec 9, 2021, 6:20 pm
#847
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Which, given the .... situation of ORD, might be worth the 60 bucks.
Dec 9, 2021, 10:55 pm
#848
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Location: Magic Kingdom
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Dec 10, 2021, 8:42 am
#849
Join Date: Dec 2018
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Posts: 130
ohh really? Is the lounge being gutted or is this just a new furniture thing? Fingers crossed for a world class lounge at ORD!
Dec 10, 2021, 10:35 am
#850
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Ultimately it worked out. Plane was a bit late and I got there at 9:15 pm. AAgents consulted among themselves as to when FFD closed (they were told 10:00, even though officially it’s 10:30). Escorted to FFD and was the only customer for the hour-plus I was there, letting my checked bag gather dust on the carousel. Fine food and liquor as you’d expect. My appetite was modest after feasting on the plane (including ice cream sundaes once again). Had a couple of nicely cooked fish dishes. They were out of all but one red wine…..
also the espresso martini was awful but rest of food and drinks were top notch
Dec 10, 2021, 10:37 am
#851
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Dec 10, 2021, 5:52 pm
#852
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: London; Bangkok; Las Vegas
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If AA drops the standards just a wee bit more, they will equal the disgusting and poor F and C BA lounges at LHR.
Dec 10, 2021, 11:34 pm
#853
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I guess renovation was an inaccurate choice of words. It's part of the Terminal 5 expansion and repurposing. Delta will relocate to this terminal and there will be a new Delta Sky Club. Apparently this will serve as the lounge for the Sky Team airlines. So given present announced plans it appears we've seen the last of the mostly unloved and probably mostly unmissed AF/KLM lounge.
Dec 11, 2021, 12:33 am
#854
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: DFW
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Posts: 320
Can confirm it was unlimited. Put a large dent in the EWR UC's Buffalo Trace when flying TATL Polaris over the summer. And United has reopened a majority of its Polaris lounges again. Disappointed AA hasn't followed suit.