Review: New American Flagship Lounge LAX

You should do an article about how you deal wit jetlag and which are the best airlines to get status in each alliance.

You put alot of work into this article. Thank you. Great review.

I was at the JFK Flagship lounge a few Fridays ago around 6pm (right before all the European Flights were heading out). It was a mob scene; the Admirals Club would have probably been more relaxing.

Thanks for the comprehensive review. I can fold beautiful omelets on a flat top griddle all day long, but ask me to make one in a pan and that’s how it looks. 😛

The lounge and food looks nice. I wish there was some kind of middle ground between the cheese cubes and snack towers of sadness in the regular Admirals Club and the cornucopia of choices in the Flagship Lounge. Having just a few more substantial things in the AC doesn’t seem like it would break the bank, especially now that the infrastructure is in place to provide the food for this buffet.

That looks fantastic - especially the food. Grey Goose and Belvedere are extremely high-end vodaks - very impressive.

Hey Lucky you often stay in a lounge for 5+ hours to review 2 different meal periods (and we thank you for that!). Do you ever get quizzed by lounge staff as to why you have such a long transit, especially when there are earlier flights available? Do they ever try and insist you move to an earlier flight to limit the cost to them of you hanging around for another meal?

What is your record for the longest time you've spent in a lounge? (by choice?).
Mine is 6 hours in both the TG BKK F Lounge and the QF MEL F Lounge. Both were by choice and both were fantastic.

AA's efforts in improving its lounges is a big reason why I have stuck with them this year and plan to again next year.

Fantastic review, Lucky. I particularly enjoyed the pictures of the food. That’s quite an amazing variety they’ve got there

By the way, I think it’s “Banana Foster”not Banana’s 😉

I actually second Debbit's recommendation regarding status with alliance.

Good review, though I will note, all the Flagship lounges seem to be fairly cookie cutter copies of each other. Obviously done for a reason, but like you mentioned for Miami, it would have been nice to add a little local flair to each one.

Wow this looks way better than any Centurion

I'm really truly disappointed at the lack of desks for a small private working area in the LAX Admiral's Club. They used to have a really nice secluded spot for us road warriors, now there is nothing.

I was in ORD Admiral's Club 3x this week and they have a good spot for desks even if it is sort of crowded together.

AA should really look into having dedicated desks for us road warriors who want to come into the lounge and get some work done.

Hi. I read somewhere, I believe it was on aa website that LAX to MIA transatlantic First and bus pax were also eligible for entry. Is that not correct?

@ John K -- Not anymore. Los Angeles to Miami used to be considered a premium transcon route, but that's not the case anymore.

Bollinger was in ORD FL when it opened but now is Tattinger which I consider a downgrade. JFK was also Bollinger, will check it out tomorrow, fingers crossed.

Looks Nice. Too bad they sacrificed the space for the regular AC to the point of it being standing room only most days. And don't tell me there is a lounge in T5, if your flight is going out of T4, why would anyone make three walk? Also, why does AA allow One World Emeralds in but bit their own? Why does AA allow those flying premium transcon JFK-LAX/SFO but not the new premium transcon LAX-BOS? Rules without logic

They still have lounges to open up in London, Dallas and Philadelphia right? Any knowledge of what the timetable is for those lounges?

Great review! Any thoughts on how this compares to the Qantas lounge for those who have access to both?

@ Roger -- Separate post coming about that. 🙂

@lucky — any chance it will be up in the next 36 hours?

Why are these American lounges always so ugly! The furniture is hideous.