HNL lounge situation
Jan 18, 2024, 6:30 pm
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HNL lounge situation
My MIL will be flying JL from HNL to HND in J on 28 Jan. The Sakura Lounge Hale (opened in 2018, apparently closed in 2020 due to the [mod edit] Coronavirus restrictions) still shows "now temporarily closed" on the website:
https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/inter/se...ge/hnl/sakura/
Are premium JAL pax at HNL really still stuck with the AA Admiral's Club joint lounge?
https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/inter/se...ge/hnl/sakura/
Are premium JAL pax at HNL really still stuck with the AA Admiral's Club joint lounge?
Last edited by NewbieRunner; Jan 19, 2024 at 1:46 pm Reason: Edited unnecessary term
Jan 18, 2024, 8:01 pm
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My MIL will be flying JL from HNL to HND in J on 28 Jan. The Sakura Lounge Hale (opened in 2018, apparently closed in 2020 due to the Coronavirus restrictions) still shows "now temporarily closed" on the website:
https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/inter/se...ge/hnl/sakura/
Are premium JAL pax at HNL really still stuck with the AA Admiral's Club joint lounge?
https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/inter/se...ge/hnl/sakura/
Are premium JAL pax at HNL really still stuck with the AA Admiral's Club joint lounge?
Last edited by NewbieRunner; Jan 19, 2024 at 1:44 pm Reason: Conform with edited version
Jan 19, 2024, 6:45 am
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I am not sure I would say "stuck with" it is more a JAL Sakura Lounge than an Admirals Club. Most if not all you'd find in an outstation Sakura Lounge usually, you'd also find here. But yes, the second lounge is still closed. Though traffic is getting closer to being back to normal.
The only other remaining "restriction" that comes to mind is the LAX Flagship Dining also still closed, nearly four years later. Quite a virus!
Jan 19, 2024, 7:18 am
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Thanks for the update. Most of the lounge guides including the airport website itself show the JAL Sakura Lounge Hale as existing and not as closed. I haven't seen the joint lounge but Mrs. D (JAL Diamond/OW Emerald) pans it. She is spoiled by the new HND lounges.
The only other remaining "restriction" that comes to mind is the LAX Flagship Dining also still closed, nearly four years later. Quite a virus!
The only other remaining "restriction" that comes to mind is the LAX Flagship Dining also still closed, nearly four years later. Quite a virus!
Food and drink is the same in the two lounges. The design of the Hale lounge is nicer and newer.
Jan 19, 2024, 7:34 am
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That has nothing to do with Covid, it's all about costs. With AA now planning to eliminate Flagship First, it doesn't see much point in supporting that particular expense. There's been a similar change at JFK, where AA eliminated FF dining and instead opened a joint F lounge with BA (Chelsea).
Jan 26, 2024, 7:42 am
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My MIL will be flying JL from HNL to HND in J on 28 Jan. The Sakura Lounge Hale (opened in 2018, apparently closed in 2020 due to the [mod edit] Coronavirus restrictions) still shows "now temporarily closed" on the website:
https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/inter/se...ge/hnl/sakura/
Are premium JAL pax at HNL really still stuck with the AA Admiral's Club joint lounge?
https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/inter/se...ge/hnl/sakura/
Are premium JAL pax at HNL really still stuck with the AA Admiral's Club joint lounge?
That's if you're departing on JL73 at 1140.
Jan 26, 2024, 7:47 am
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Apr 21, 2024, 5:46 pm
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Apr 22, 2024, 7:37 am
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Apr 22, 2024, 7:45 am
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Sorry, I thought you meant the one just mentioned in the post before. The JAL AA joint lounge is in the middle of the central terminal. towards the E gates so to say, above The Local. Up from the main concourse.
Apr 22, 2024, 9:54 am
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Its very quiet and very bright but a nice oasis of air con away from the crowds outside ! Spartan and a bit of a trek to my C gate,but nice nonetheless
outside downstairs is like a zoo this morninh
