elitetraveler

Does anyone have pics of this or the F lounge. I was picturing a giant hangar with some leftover parts from a TW L1011 in the corner blocked off with some tables that have surplus peanuts and pretzels leftover when NW decided to go snackless

LAX UA 1K

They seem to be working out the kinks of no invite cards. The evening I was there (October 15), there were several passengers who had connected and already had their boarding passes so had no need to check in at LAX. The bus agent was figuring out a procedure to log their lounge visit to the proper airline so they could go out without a card. I suspect they will have a system to handle this soon. They seemed surprised at first that someone could have checked in somewhere besides LAX.

I think the airlines at TBIT are well aware of the need to issue lounge cards and SQ at least had a detailed sign explaining who got access where and that cards were required.

Charles

LAX UA 1K

I didn't take pictures. But in my opinion the look is very elegant and relaxing, especially considering the large size. I liked the color schemes and furniture (although I don't know if there are lounge-type chairs for napping). I think the food was a little better than kiwi traveler's initial report (same idea but I saw a bit more variety). You do have to eat on disposable plates with plastic forks and use plastic cups.

And I actually liked the signboard to quietly announce boarding flights. But I agree with the implied suggestion that you should also have an idea when it is going to be time to board. If your airline has staff in the lounge, they can give you an idea when you will be called for boarding. Monitors with flight status would be a nice addition.

For a temporary lounge, I thought they made it nicer than necessary. I would be thrilled to find a lounge of this quality in many airports I visit both here in the USA and abroad.

Charles

Kiwi Flyer

Perhaps this shows the difference in our travel patterns. I found it a very fourth rate lounge.

Boraxo

i didn't think it was possible to find a lounge at TBIT worse than Korean Air (sadly shared with Swiss) but it sounds like we have a winner.

Pathetic. Guess I will have to look for int'l flights closer to home as I woould rather sit in the beautiful SFO international terminal any day than suffer through this crap at TBIT. Not to mention the horrid checkin setup, terminal, etc.

itsaboutthejourney

FWIW: The LA Times Biz section on Saturday had a very positive article on the lounge. link

wr_schwab

Please see post #28 in the thread http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=602997 for my review of the new F lounge.

PresRDC

If your flight is leavign from one of those remote gates, do you have to go back to Tom Bradley and connect to another bus or are the airlines providing direct bus service to the relevant remote gate?

Kiwi Flyer

I think you have to go back to the terminal and pick up another bus.

SanDiego1K

I'm currently in the F lounge and am underwhelmed. Besides the excellent information given in the link above, the designers have taken no consideration of the fact that many of us need to charge our laptops and phones. There is roughly 1 outlet for every 5 groups of 4 chairs. The larger groups appear to have no outlets available at all. You need to scope out the entire lounge before choosing a place to sit if this matters to you.

Internet costs $7.95/day. Why couldn't it be provided free? After all, we are F passengers.

LH tells me they offer no fast track nor assistance thru security. It is up to me to chose a time to leave the lounge that allows time for the security dance.

Food offerings are negligible; although they always were at Bradley.

DebbieS

I love SFO... but the last few times I connected there, I ended up in the SQ lounge. It was small and uncomfortable....

TerryK

Obviously, you haven't been to the interim lounges at LAX TBIT. They make the UA RCC look good.

DebbieS

No, I haven't... but my father had the misfortune of departing from TBIT last week. He had no idea how
bad the interim lounge is. He thought anything "new"
shouldn't be too bad... boy, was he wrong...

USDHS1984

Consider yourselves lucky. For many of us who are not flying C or F but normally get lounge access with elite status, there is NO lounge access at all for at least the next 8 months. But what the heck, I get a $15 voucher for the shops. Hey, that's enough to buy me a carton of duty free smokes.

alect

I thought KiwiFlyer or others have posted that elite-based status gets you into the interim J lounge? Or is that airline dependant?