Any advantages being BA gold when flying AA
May 17, 2010, 5:55 am
#16
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA CCR/GGL, Hilton Diamond
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Not first class check in, but business class. The benefits are herehttp://www.oneworld.com/ow/ffp/oneworld-status with Silver being Sapphire (if you see what I mean).
I do find it interesting that AA Gold is a lower status that BA Silver - maybe a case of the Americans upgrading everything
I do find it interesting that AA Gold is a lower status that BA Silver - maybe a case of the Americans upgrading everything
May 17, 2010, 8:17 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: New York, NY, USA
Programs: BAGold; AA3MMPlat; UA1MMGold; FBGold; MarriottAmb; AccorPlat; HHGold; ICPlatAmb; HyattDiscoverist
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Unfortunately, access to the F lounges when carrying the OW Emerald card gives you access to only one guest.
I have had the dragon at LAX call from downstairs to ensure that our son wasn't getting into the AA F lounge with my wife and I. He has to stay in the Biz section.
This was despite having AA EXP as well as BA and QF equivs all current... AND the lounge was less than half full.
On the positive side, F check ins are able to be accessed without issues as are the Priority lines.
In any case, after you are used to the BA F lounges the AA ones aren't really worth getting in a sweat about .
I have had the dragon at LAX call from downstairs to ensure that our son wasn't getting into the AA F lounge with my wife and I. He has to stay in the Biz section.
This was despite having AA EXP as well as BA and QF equivs all current... AND the lounge was less than half full.
On the positive side, F check ins are able to be accessed without issues as are the Priority lines.
In any case, after you are used to the BA F lounges the AA ones aren't really worth getting in a sweat about .
While I agree that the food/drink offerings at the AA FLs don't in any way compare with the BA F lounges at LHR, I do like the spaces at both JFK and LAX. (ORD and MIA, OTOH, are rather cramped.)