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!!

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

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

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

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 - 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!!!!

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? 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.

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