Renovated BA Club Lounge at JFK now open
Apr 28, 2019, 7:28 pm
#16
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: All over the place often South Wales and Lake District
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Apr 29, 2019, 12:06 am
#18
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
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Apr 29, 2019, 1:51 am
#20
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: JAX
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Apr 29, 2019, 3:21 am
#21
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Plymouth, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,159
It was open two weeks ago when i passed through. I didn't like it. It has a school dinners, cheap restaurant feel IMO especially when there are loads of kids around. In my opinion they have done it cheaply and hope that the slogans might give it a bit of class... they don't. Not impressed I am afraid.
Forgot to say... they limit dining to those travelling in CW so if you are Silver/Gold travelling in WTP/WT you are out of luck if you wanted a meal.
Forgot to say... they limit dining to those travelling in CW so if you are Silver/Gold travelling in WTP/WT you are out of luck if you wanted a meal.
Apr 29, 2019, 3:26 am
#22
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 816
It looks completely unlike any other BA lounge, which is odd given the recent refurbs in places like FCO/LGW. Lots of slightly odd branding that's not used in other lounges (unless it's recently popped up in other US outstations?)
Apr 29, 2019, 3:55 am
#23
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
This has been the case for as long as I can remember, before any refurbs. CW passengers have access to pre-flight dining, F (& CCR) passengers have access to CCR dining.
Apr 29, 2019, 8:31 am
#25
Join Date: May 2005
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I was not aware of the American meaning! I meant mainly the bolded part of the sense here:
Apr 29, 2019, 9:45 am
#27
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: LHR, LGW
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BA Official PR
Taken from BA Media centre.
The Quiche Bar
Here is the link to see the whole piece.
British Airways - LUXURY LANDS AT JFK AIRPORT WITH NEW BRITISH AIRWAYS CLUB LOUNGE
I would have stuck these in a wiki, however I'm not sure how to, are images allowed in Wikis?! I'm pretty savvy with these things but clearly this stumps me!
The Quiche Bar
British Airways has opened its doors to the highly-anticipated new Club lounge at New York’s JFK airport. It completes a £50 million investment, following the unveiling of a plush new space for First customers in autumn last year. Customers at JFK Terminal 7 have also seen changes to the public areas and gate spaces to make them more appealing, welcoming and comfortable.
As British Airways’ flagship US lounge, the carefully curated space will play host to the hundreds of business and leisure customers that travel between New York and London on up to twelve Transatlantic flights a day.
Spread across 22,000 sq. ft. (spanning over half acre), the Club lounge is carefully laid out to offer designated areas that are designed to meet different customer needs. The new space includes elegant, relaxed seating areas as well as ample work stations with power outlets to maximise time in the office. Other spots include an entertainment room with state-of-the-art entertainment and sound from Sony, and the reopened Elemis Spa offers a range of treatments to help travellers relax and recharge ahead of their journey.
For Club customers that plan to take advantage of their flat bed and luxurious White Company bedding on board, the new lounge offers the ultimate pre-flight dining experience with a brasserie-style dining room where travellers can enjoy freshly prepared dishes from an extensive menu or a range of smaller items chosen to allow customers to ‘grab and go’.
There will be a granite topped Quaich Bar, created in partnership with the Quaich bar at the Craigellachie Hotel in Speyside, Scotland. An experienced bartender will be on-hand at peak times to serve a full range of fine wines and cocktails such as the Broadway Copper Cup made with Copper Dog whisky, orange bitters and berries. An innovative new addition to the lounge is a BrewDog craft beer room, in partnership with the brand, a beer has been designed specifically for British Airways, named after its flight call sign – Speedbird 100. The beer is available on flights from May 1.
This is the third lounge to feature our contemporary and luxurious design, following the lounge openings in Rome, Italy and Aberdeen, Scotland last year.
As British Airways’ flagship US lounge, the carefully curated space will play host to the hundreds of business and leisure customers that travel between New York and London on up to twelve Transatlantic flights a day.
Spread across 22,000 sq. ft. (spanning over half acre), the Club lounge is carefully laid out to offer designated areas that are designed to meet different customer needs. The new space includes elegant, relaxed seating areas as well as ample work stations with power outlets to maximise time in the office. Other spots include an entertainment room with state-of-the-art entertainment and sound from Sony, and the reopened Elemis Spa offers a range of treatments to help travellers relax and recharge ahead of their journey.
For Club customers that plan to take advantage of their flat bed and luxurious White Company bedding on board, the new lounge offers the ultimate pre-flight dining experience with a brasserie-style dining room where travellers can enjoy freshly prepared dishes from an extensive menu or a range of smaller items chosen to allow customers to ‘grab and go’.
There will be a granite topped Quaich Bar, created in partnership with the Quaich bar at the Craigellachie Hotel in Speyside, Scotland. An experienced bartender will be on-hand at peak times to serve a full range of fine wines and cocktails such as the Broadway Copper Cup made with Copper Dog whisky, orange bitters and berries. An innovative new addition to the lounge is a BrewDog craft beer room, in partnership with the brand, a beer has been designed specifically for British Airways, named after its flight call sign – Speedbird 100. The beer is available on flights from May 1.
This is the third lounge to feature our contemporary and luxurious design, following the lounge openings in Rome, Italy and Aberdeen, Scotland last year.
British Airways - LUXURY LANDS AT JFK AIRPORT WITH NEW BRITISH AIRWAYS CLUB LOUNGE
I would have stuck these in a wiki, however I'm not sure how to, are images allowed in Wikis?! I'm pretty savvy with these things but clearly this stumps me!
Apr 29, 2019, 3:03 pm
#28
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 137
I can confirm that the plug situation has improved significantly! As far as I can tell from a quick walk round, all the high tables (and bars) have plug sockets. About half the low seats have sockets. Some photos attached. Overall it's very smart and there is plenty of more relaxed seating than was obvious from the initial pictures.
Apr 29, 2019, 5:09 pm
#29
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Apr 30, 2019, 12:08 pm
#30
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: LHR, LGW
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,427
For any Instagram or Facebook users there is a 56 sec clip of the new lounge at JFK. It shows off more of the areas.
Head to the official BA accounts to see the clip as I can’t share a link to it as you will have to have an IG or FB account.
Head to the official BA accounts to see the clip as I can’t share a link to it as you will have to have an IG or FB account.
Last edited by rockflyertalk; Apr 30, 2019 at 12:35 pm