New Flagship Check-in, Lounges open at JFK
Apr 17, 2024, 9:37 am
#466
Join Date: Jan 2014
Programs: PlatPro, Globalist, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 60
I'm still having trouble parsing out what I have access to at JFK. I'm Executive Platinum flying to Madrid on American but in coach. Will I have access to the Premium Check-In area? Which of the lounges will I have access to?
Apr 17, 2024, 9:41 am
#467
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,520
Yes, an EXP flying on a same day qualifying flight you can use the Premium check-in area and have access to the Soho Lounge.
Apr 17, 2024, 9:44 am
#468
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 27,241
Your EXP status on a long-haul international flight allows you access to the Greenwich or Soho lounge; the latter is the "better" one. Your Soho lounge access grants you access to the Premium Check-in Area.
Apr 17, 2024, 11:43 am
#469
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, NY
Programs: BAEC Gold, Delta Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, AMEX Platinum (US)
Posts: 18,487
I wondered this when I had an early flight a few months ago. Was in the Soho Lounge around 6.30am and assumed alcohol was off limits but saw someone else get a Bloody Mary or similar and the bartender was happy to make me one too...I usually fly ex-JFK in the afternoons so never an issue but I recall a few years back being told local law didn't permit booze before a certain time.