Jan 5, 2024, 11:41 am
Last edit by: Prospero
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JFK Chelsea Lounge | la mise ŕ jour du champagne
JFK Chelsea Lounge | la mise ŕ jour du champagne
British Airways and American Airlines Chelsea Lounge - JFK Terminal 8
Apr 11, 2023, 7:04 pm
#1216
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Apr 11, 2023, 9:30 pm
#1217
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I'm pretty sure DP Luminous is normal DP (which is a perfectly decent but not amazing champagne), but with a LVMH ~$70 "idiot tax" added on top in recognition that only fools or people running nightclubs with fools as customers would ever buy it. Unless AA/ BA is literally buying individual bottles from the sale aisle of a nearby bodega, it's hard to imagine that they've found a way to buy the shiny bottle for the same price as the normal stuff.
Apr 12, 2023, 2:44 am
#1218
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Particularly given the trade discounts that a place like the Chelsea lounge would be offered from regular purchasing. In fact, that might be the answer - they're buying so much Moet that they might have an agreement for a "13th bottle free" from their higher end brands to then pass off as special deals... which would explain why it's so random.
Apr 14, 2023, 4:08 pm
#1220
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: New York
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Here now, they’re out of the Krug but they have LPGS
Side note, I did find it amusing how the server whispered to me when I asked about the premium champagne on offer tonight, like it’s a secret Lol
Side note, I did find it amusing how the server whispered to me when I asked about the premium champagne on offer tonight, like it’s a secret Lol
Apr 15, 2023, 1:23 am
#1221
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL / GfL
Posts: 3,266
We have fallen a long way from the JFK CCR room
(which EI will begin using when they move to T7 next month apparently!)Also - I have given up trying to understand the entry rules - if arriving on BA (CW) and connecting to AA transcontinental (3-class) in J, do I still get access as GGL?
Pilot37
Apr 15, 2023, 2:05 am
#1222
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: London
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It is a bewildering policy mind which I suspect alienates a few!
Apr 15, 2023, 6:48 am
#1223
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Apr 15, 2023, 7:26 am
#1225
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Location: UK
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Apr 15, 2023, 7:39 am
#1226
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I understand a GGL on an AA domestic flight, with no international connection, and not in flagship F, would only get access to Soho.
I think that a GGL on an international BA/AA flight in any cabin should get access to Chelsea, and that should also apply if connection from such a flight on to an AA domestic flight.
I think that a GGL on an international BA/AA flight in any cabin should get access to Chelsea, and that should also apply if connection from such a flight on to an AA domestic flight.
Apr 15, 2023, 7:54 am
#1227
Join Date: Jan 2022
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I had the impression that GGL with either a long haul on BA/AA or an AA transcon in any cabin would get access to Chelsea. That seems to be confirmed by the BA website. God knows if agents will interpret this some other way 🤷🏻♂️
Last edited by RichieMc; Apr 15, 2023 at 11:34 am
Apr 15, 2023, 9:15 am
#1228
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Aberdeenshire
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So...any last minute advice...should I head to the Chelsea or avoid disappoint and just go for the Soho? Flying Monday on 172, so I would be in the lounge from 1830.
Apr 15, 2023, 10:10 am
#1229
Join Date: Aug 2014
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They both use the same lift/reception so head on up and ask which lounge they will let you into based on your status/itinerary
Apr 15, 2023, 10:35 am
#1230
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If you are wanting to try for the Chelsea I would head out of the lift and to the right to the two agents sat at that reception to improve your chances.