Emirates Lounge at JFK

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Jan 28, 2018, 12:14 am

#31

Flaneurs

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ASismyfav

Ugh no lounge tomorrow? What other lounges are there with PP or Amex Plat with showers?

AFAIK the only other JFK T4 lounge is PP “Wingtips Lounge”. Don’t let the pictures fool you. It is AWFUL. Also, it is under capacity controls at peak times and PP may not get you in. Lousy food selection, dirty chairs, no service. Maybe I am spoiled with better lounges but honestly next time I will skip the lounge and just sit in one of the T4 restaurants. Hopefully EK will get the new lounge open soon!

If somehow you have a way to get into the LX lounge, you will have a nice experience. AFAIK there isn’t any way in without an LX same day ticket. Would be happy to be corrected.

Jan 28, 2018, 12:46 am

#32

ASismyfav

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I always wanted to buy a refundable ticket to Zurich in case I decide not to go!

Jan 28, 2018, 7:21 am

#33

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Originally Posted by Nevsky

Too bad. I just flew from there and not having the lounge was a big letdown. I really thought it would be open by our next trip in February. Had a horrible meal at the Palm last time and the voucher did not go very far anyway. The business class voucher is $40. How much is the first class voucher worth?

i just checked in and I’m in F to DXB. They gave me a $55 meal voucher. Frankly I’d rather a lounge. An Asian man checking in beside me was in total shock. You should have seen the look on his face. “You don’t have a lounge?!?!?? There’s absolutely no lounge???? Are you sure???? There’s no where I go into a lounge and wait!?!?!?”

It was quite funny.

Feb 6, 2018, 8:14 pm

#34

atlocal

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Originally Posted by Nevsky

Any news on when it will open? It is almost February.

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Feb 15, 2018, 1:08 pm

#35

Fagin

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Anything new here around reopening date? I am wondering if they will reopen before they reduce the service to 3 times March 25, will be tough to staff for the mid day flight if they won’t have that staff after March 25

Feb 15, 2018, 3:40 pm

#36

jsch3

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Fagin

No news but I was at the lounge area yesterday. From the hallway, it looks the same as it did when I departed on a Virgin flight a month ago...closed and papered doors, no sign of any activity, and a poster that says a new lounge is coming soon. I would guess, however, that any work is done late at night.

I have a EK F flight in early April and suspect I will be hanging out in the Delta lounge before my flight!

Feb 20, 2018, 4:35 pm

#37

S.R

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Anyone get any recent information of when they expect the lounge to reopen?
Also, is there an actual number to contact EK at JFK instead of the toll free number? Because I doubt anyone at the call centers around the world will know about the status of the JFK lounge. If there was a number to call at JFK itself then it would be easier to get up to date info.

Last edited by S.R; Feb 20, 2018 at 4:49 pm

Mar 11, 2018, 1:22 pm

#38

jsch3

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I'm at JFK now and while in route to check in with Delta, stopped at the Emirates kiosk to ask if there was any update on the reopening of the lounge. The agent told me there was no definite date but "people were talking about the first week in April".

We shall see.

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Mar 24, 2018, 2:01 am

#39

thomasincharge5

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Location: Monroe, NJ

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Date?

Anybody has the latest update on the lounge reopening? Its almost April. Hope flyers going thru JFK can ask around...

Mar 24, 2018, 6:09 am

#40

GlassMan36

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I'm not flying EK till they re-open the lounge..

The DL A359 is quite a ride..

Mar 24, 2018, 7:54 am

#41

kar69

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I was flying March 22..still closed .

Mar 24, 2018, 8:46 pm

#42

extramileage

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Early April is what they also told me when I was there last week.

Apr 2, 2018, 9:27 am

#43

dan88

Join Date: May 2009

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Just noticed this post on the facebook emirates JFK lounge page - doesn't look like there is confirmation this is the new lounge and not just old pictures uploaded, or maybe a different lounge that was tagged wrong.

edit: looks like i cant post links, but on the emirates JFK lounge facebook page, somebody posted bunch of pics from march 28

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