In terms of the passenger experience, JFK is one of my least favorite airports in the country. A majority of the terminals aren't connected airside, which makes connections between terminals complicated and time consuming, as you have to leave security, take the AirTrain, and then reclear security. The good news for oneworld lately has been…
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Lucky, if I'm connecting from an AA-metal domestic flight to AB's business-class to Europe, could I access the T8 flagship lounge before I change terminals?
JFK is great when flying Delta or JetBlue, terrible with everything else. T4 and T5 are two of the nicest terminals in the country.
I spent the night at JFK for an experiment a few months ago and landed at 8pm and departed the next morning at 8am.
I wondered around the entire night between the terminals, to be honest it was really interesting seeing the airport like that at night.
I know...I'm odd.
I fly this route often. The T8 security line is often overflowing, and Airberlin isn't signed up for TSA Pre. Perhaps both of those will improve after the move.
This move was announced internally back in April.
AA continues its anti-AB stance and builds on the cancellation of codeshare flights between the carriers.
This reminds me of something regarding the Flagship Lounge at JFK. When it first opened, I had asked if it was for outbound passengers only, or whether connecting arriving passengers could use it. Initially Lucky said no. However, I can confirm that when I flew LAX-JFK in Business, and then had a connection JFK-DCA in First, I was granted access to not only the Flagship Lounge, but also the Flagship Bridge Dining (with the orange cards) for my 3 hr layover. I have no status with AA or oneworld. And yes, because of people like me probably, the Flagship Lounge was crowded.
T7 is a gem and I miss it since UA pulled out...only go a couple times a year now
Why doesn't BA just add on to T8 instead of remodeling? From what I recall, T8 wasn't fully built out according to original plans. At any rate, I don't think it's being used to capacity and a couple of additional gates to accommodate BA would probably suffice
This gives AS/Virgin, airBerlin and others T7.
Because you can be curb to gate in T7 in 5 minutes, which isn't happening at T8
And if IIRC BA owns T7 and thus has control there
"JFK is great when flying Delta or JetBlue, terrible with everything else. T4 and T5 are two of the nicest terminals in the country."
Which is true but still speaks volumes about the deplorable quality of airports in the United States.