eefor jfp

In September I bought two first class tickets from Croatia to the US for around £2450 each which I thought was a good deal. I am in the middle of my second trip and wanted to give a very very brief trip report on a few highlights.

My first trip was a mix of BA on the A380 and AA on the 777W. Both were excellent with good crews, good food, good drink, etc. The only hiccup was that AA wouldn't check my bags through to Croatia because of an overnight in London but that turned out to be a blessing in disguise since I had to re-tag the bags and thus avoided customs in Croatia (they've gotten really strict of late, opening almost everything from non-EU countries). Was able to access the CCR on the way back despite the overnight since it was less than 24 hours in London. Brilliant. And very relaxing and quiet at 7 a.m..
Today I enjoyed three of the lounges in T3 since my flight was on AA. Loved the breakfast at the CX lounge (the Chinese set with noodles, dim sum and congee), the fruit salad at the Qantas lounge and the smoothies in the AA lounge. Had a really great crew on the AA flight to MIA and, best of all, they had LPGS in first!!! I think I drank at least half a bottle (six glasses??) before lunch and with the snack served 90 minutes before landing. Anyway, just wanted to let LPGS fans know that, at least this month, AA has stepped up their champagne game in first.

When I get back from this trip in.a few days,, I will also get back to Gold after dropping to Silver for a year--looking forward to having priority rewards available as well as the extra miles.

sxc

So this is mostly a review of AA? ;-)

TravelManBiz

Did you get CCR access the next day? I thought the rule is only the same day if incoming flight is in F or if next flight is before 0600 next day?

I have a similiar situation in April. Arriving BA (F if I upgrade with Avios) to T5 and I have a connecting flight next day with AY (BA ticketed) from T3. Does this mean that I will have access to the first class lounge in T3 the next day? I am flying in C to HEL.

eefor jfp

I did get CCR access the next day (the day of my C flight) but that flight was from T5. But I was assured by members of this forum that at the very least I would have access to the First wing and the first lounges in T% if I was turned away by the CCR. So my guess is that you would have F lounge access if it's less than 24 hours. Just save your F boarding pass.

eefor jfp

Well, kind of. I really wanted to point out that AA now has LPGS. But this was a BA ticket and I'm earning points and status with BA, and the flights are all BA coded and a few were BA operated so.... ;-).

TravelManBiz

Deltus

In my book (or indeed, anywhere that I'm pouring the champagne), 6 glasses is a whole bottle. Does AA have very small servings, or were you enjoying it too much to keep count by that point...?

eefor jfp

Well, the glasses weren't full but they were the regular champagne flutes. Anyway, that was spread out over eight hours. But I got the impression that there were plenty of bottles on hand. The flight attendant asked me toward the end of the fight if I would like to take home the rest of the open bottle but unfortunately I was connecting. I didn't look around but I don't think that many people were having champagne (seemed like mostly cocktails and soft drinks).

When I Travel The World

Excellent on the AA LPGS, this will make my AA flight a lot more fun.

noFODplease

How on earth did she expect you to be able to do that?! Surely an open bottle of champagne (which can't be re-corked in my experience) for the journey home would be impossible. And if she decanted it it would be getting flatter by the minute. Unless there is some clever way that I have been missing out on