Northampton is a very nice town with all the other colleges around its great for young people. However my youngest chose a state school and saved us a lot of money.

It looks like the proximity and lack of traffic from/to BDL makes it worth adding a connection from SFO, rather than the nonstop to BOS. If they had put Logan to the west of Boston it might have been different.

This might be too late to matter, but it really depends on your layover. With a long enough layover, I'd probably have my snack and first drink at the Escape lounge. I'd then head to whatever Sky Club was closest to my gate until boarding. The MSP Escape lounge lacks bathrooms, and tends to be less busy.

How's the food now? The last few times I went the selection was very small and they didn't seem to be in any hurry to replenish anything.

At MSP? I was there in late October and it was very not good.

Pretty impressive food at the OAK location last week at lunchtime.

Specifically what?

I've been a few times and always been satisfied with the food and staff. Did they change the sliders? Mac n cheese? Tomato soup? Salad? Cookies?

Don't remember any sliders. Some sort of small sandwiches. Yes on the others. Plenty of choices for a decent meal.

I visited RNO today, very good with lots of great food options��

Yeah I think this lounge is getting better. Service also super friendly.

Flying DL ex-OAK is the bay's best travel secret.

OAK always been hit or miss (some of the best food I had there was when it was in its first few months) and still is hit or miss really imo...the key is to avoid the international fight times when the facility proves to be too small. Otherwise, it's a real gem. 80% of the time I'd stack this lounge up with the Centurion across the bay...the latter always being a bit too crowded for me. The 20% of the time when this one is packed though, it becomes difficult to tolerate.

Had a nice breakfast at a nearly empty BDL lounge this am. Frittatas French toast and bagels. Relaxed before our flight to CUN.

Experiences with an extra guest (member + 3) at OAK on a Saturday at 5AM
 

All,
I know that this is a YMMV kind of question. I'm just trying to get a sense of any experiences with having the OAK Escape allow an extra guest on a Saturday right at open. We have a flight AS: OAK-KOA memorial day weekend. Two of us (Cardmember and wife) are flying in F (but I know that AS premium is nit listed as an entrance criterion) and 2 (brother and sis-in-law) in Y.

Does anyone have experiences with this lounge as far as rule-bending in a case like this? The flight is at 6:40AM, so this is not a big deal, but could be nice.

Cheers.

I would expect a firm NO, as the lounge will be giving you access for free, because AX won't reimburse. You may consider checking out Groupon, which has had periodic OAK lounge access promos. (There are time restrictions, typically limited to when the Euro flights depart later in the day.)

Makes sense. Thanks. I didn't realize that the lounge was not compensated for this. A firm NO is very reasonable. We'll be there ourselves in March to check it out. Of course, I'll try in May, while being prepared for denial :)

With a 6:40AM flight, not really worth paying much at all.

Cheers.