Flying F From LAX
Jan 30, 2013, 7:41 pm
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Flying F From LAX
We are on the 282 tomorrow, and it is my first time departing LAX on BA. I understand the lounge is operated by Qantas and can be crowded/underwhelming. What else can we expect...how is the ground experience? Is there a fast track/premium security?
Jan 30, 2013, 8:21 pm
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We were in the Qantas F lounge in LAX last month and thought it was terrific. Great food and virtually empty. Here's a couple of pictures. Can't remember about fast track, pretty sure there was one but I think it was pretty quiet overall. Having said that, it was Christmas eve so our experience might not have been typical.
Jan 30, 2013, 8:21 pm
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There is a fast track security IIRC. There are 2 sides - the "north" and "south". "South" is closer to the oneworld lounge - it is not operated by QF, it is a joint CX/QF/BA operation. Security is quite slow, inefficient. Terminal pretty dilapidated, lots of construction currently going on. Not a great experience by any measure.
Jan 31, 2013, 12:45 am
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Crowding depends on whether you hit it at the same time as the Qantas flights - never had this problem with the 282 so you should be fine.
And as golfmad says, it's a perfectly serviceable outpost. Only issue I've ever had was on one occasion someone had booked out the one meeting room for the whole day (never realised you could do this) but wasn't there and the staff weren't prepared to open it up to anyone else.
Oh, and an obnoxious passenger with little concern for those around him having a very loud conversation on his phone about some nasty medical problem. As it's pretty small lounge, everyone knew a lot more about his bowel problems than they probably wished to.
And as golfmad says, it's a perfectly serviceable outpost. Only issue I've ever had was on one occasion someone had booked out the one meeting room for the whole day (never realised you could do this) but wasn't there and the staff weren't prepared to open it up to anyone else.
Oh, and an obnoxious passenger with little concern for those around him having a very loud conversation on his phone about some nasty medical problem. As it's pretty small lounge, everyone knew a lot more about his bowel problems than they probably wished to.
Jan 31, 2013, 5:30 am
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I was there last week (on the 268 though, not the 282). Was in the J lounge as my traveling companions were not Golds and it was completely packed... my memory of the F lounge from previous visits are that it is much quieter but doesn't seem to have any windows which I don't really like, especially when transiting as it seems to emphasize the jetlag for me. The J lounge is a bit bigger as you'd expect. It has a bar and the red wines they had were drinkable. Food wise just seemed to have snacks but I didn't really check.
Either way it's not somewhere I'd choose to spend too much time in.
Either way it's not somewhere I'd choose to spend too much time in.
Jan 31, 2013, 5:45 am
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I've only visited the F lounge in TBIT twice but it shouldn't be all that busy for the first BA departure of the day from LAX. Am I right in thinking that BA282 doesn't really clash with any QF departures.
Jan 31, 2013, 7:55 am
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I've been on the BA282 twice in the last 6 months and the TBIT Flounge has been pretty much quiet. It's a pleasant enough lounge but nothing special as lounges go.
Security can be a breeze ... or a pain depending on what time you arrive, there is a Fast Track but not always much faster than the standard lane.
Security can be a breeze ... or a pain depending on what time you arrive, there is a Fast Track but not always much faster than the standard lane.
Jan 31, 2013, 11:34 am
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Being pedantic, the LAX First and Business lounges are joint-operated oneworld lounges (BA, CX and QF).