Aa258 las-jfk (first)
 

Well this was my first time in First on AA- albeit on a 757. I must admit I was pleasantly surprised. I booked it as part of my Christmas trip home from JFK in Club World (Trip report to come on that as I am sat in the lounge as I type this!).

I got to the check in - only 1 in front and no real hassle or wait - got my bags booked through to Glasgow even though I had 2 different bookings albeit all oneworld. Whether I see them in Glasgow is of course a different matter!! :p

No lounge so I just waited around the boarding area - I did have a wander around the D terminal and they have opened up another leg - I got quite confused at 0600 when I went down a corridor that used to be a wall :confused:

Boarding was a bit of a scrum but once the 'non first' passengers were told to get out of the way it was easier. Sat down - OK now this is not the lap of luxury, however on a domestic US flight I was quite impressed with the width and comfort of my seat. There was also a blanket which was very welcome - it was very chilly in Vegas this morning :td:

We got airborne late due to a crew issue the night before (they were late in) but I had no doubt the whole AA staff were trying their hardest to get us to JFK as soon as they could.

Airborne after de-icing and I must admit I had one of the best views on a flight that I have ever had - we cruised at 25000 and it was clear most of the way - fabulous.

Food was an omlete, fruit and a bagel - all very nice - and an orange juice - not even I could stomach a wine at that time of the morning but it would appear I was in the minority in First :rolleyes:

Other than that the flight crew were attentive and the time past really quickly to JFK.

We landed, and had caught up about 20 mins of our late departure and I saw a load of ice and snow at the airport - they had obvioulsy done a good job keeping the airfield open. A greatful Scot on way home to Christmas I can tell you! ^ The gate arrival was comical - we started our turn in - to then stop and get waved off by the ground crew :confused: - at first I thought we had gone to the wrong gate but nope - it would appear that we were head to head with another aircraft and the only way out was for us to do a lap of the pan before coming back to the same gate. This also involved a little trip acros a snow mound so all very exciting and I sure the captain was delighted

Off loading complete and I was quickly into JFK nightmare. Now is it me or is JFK a really confusing airport? I have travelled an awful lot but appeared to take a wrong turn looking for the sky train as I ended up landside and having to go back through security - albeit BA Club World security so it was relatively painless. However I did feel like I had walked the london marathon just to get from Term 8 to Term 7 - and that included the skytrain!!!!:td:

Now sat in the lounge waiting for my next adventure across the pond - more to come.

Regards AKS120

Great. Looking forward to the forthcoming TR for your JFK flight.

Are you at the BA lounge next to the RCC ?

How is it, I always wondered...

Nice report !

Cheers,
Seb.

Really? :confused: I've been under the impression that LAS doesn't even have any de-icing equipement, hence the airport shut down last week during the freak snowstorm.

:confused: again. You have to go landside to change terminals at JFK, and then obviously re-clear security at your departure terminal. It's really no different from LHR, except obviously there's no immigration to clear upon arrival into JFK from a domestic flight, so you technically are landside whereas at LHR you're still in a secured area. But the procedure is similar.

Exiting AA at JFK is a pain. I recently did this for the first time. I'm a UA flyer, but the AA trip was an award ticket. It took a while meandering my way until I found the Airtrain.

The BA club at T-7 is one of the better clubs that I've been to. ^

Agreed, Dan -- for a newly designed terminal building, the connection to the AirTrain is extremely annoying and poorly planned.

Well they definately took us to a different pan and hosed us down with fluid that looked suspiciously like de-icing fluid! I know they said there was no snow clearing equipment at LAS but there did appear to be de-icing fluid on Sat.

AKS120

Glad it was not just me :)

AKS120