Review: OneWorld First Class Lounge Los Angeles

LAX's OneWorld lounges are both long overdue for a make-over - new business class and first class lounges will open next year, operated by Qantas.

The 'Qantas Los Angeles Business Lounge' is due to open in April 2014, with the 'Qantas Los Angeles First Lounge' following by year's end.

Pics & deets at http://www.ausbt.com.au/first-photos-qantas-reveals-new-hong-kong-los-angeles-lounges

Can you let us know what does Alaska domestic flight service and seat look like?

@ Shannon -- What route, and coach or first class?

Looks very similar to the Star Alliance lounge at LAX, but the Star Alliance lounge has a bar at the end of the lounge with a bartender serving good beers out of taps and also pouring wine and champagne for you. The food selection also seems to be much better on the Star Alliance Lounge.

If you fly to JFK or London on AA in first class, they will escort you to the front of the security line at LAX.

That lounge looks identical to the lounge that as recently as a couple of months ago you use when flying Iberia in J. In fact, I'm sure it's the same. Do they now just call the old OW business lounge a first class lounge and move business passengers elsewhere?

Thanks for the close up of the wine and spirits! I'll be checking it out in February, looks like the booze offerings will be better on the plane (CX). But the hard stuff was serviceable if one was dying for a drink. Looks like AA Admiral's Club offerings, but free.

Paris is "nonstop," not direct, mate.

@ Larry -- The business class lounge, which I'll review in the next installment, does have very similar decor.

@TomOFCT
All nonstop flights are direct flights as well. I'd venture a guess that none of the oneworld airlines have "direct" Paris service, in which case his statement is correct.

So I'm confused as to whether there will be then multiple one world lounge at TBT? If this lounge is new, and run by Qantas (cutlery, plates etc)? Will then Qantas opens it's new one and run those parallel? Decor isn't very qantas

@Alex, Qantas will open the business class lounge first at the new TBIT side and close the old first/business class lounge section. Then the old first/business class will turn into the brand new first class lounge. At the end, the One World lounge will be biggest lounge at TBIT.

I was under the impression that this lounge was fairly new? Guess that explains it all!

I thought this lounge was newly renovated! Seems like the same layout and food offerings as well. I reviewed this exact same lounge back in April - http://first2board.com/pointssummary/2013/04/25/tom-bradley-international-terminal-lax-oneworld-alliance-lounge/

I've flown Lufthansa First Class back to MUC this summer. The agent there also escorted me to the front of the security line at LAX.

Wow--that was an early start to your day for a mid-aft departure.

How do you rate the lounge champagne? Nothing like what was to come later in the trip, I suppose?

Maybe "paris" is the code only for Air France users so the club can track which airlines' guests are using the wi fi. Or maybe I'm over thinking it. 😉

As they say, "timing is everything"!
My Cathay flight in November apparently was one of a number of International flights leaving LAX between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., and the lounge was packed.
I was disappointed in the food offerings and even more so by the wifi speed.

@ Peter -- Hah, for what it's worth the "Paris" password was plastered all over the lounge, including for the British Airways passengers that later showed up.

The champagne was fairly good for a US first class lounge, in my opinion.

PS--The second link above in the header seems to be broken.

@ Peter -- Whoops, thanks, fixed!

@ Lucky The link to this page is still broken on two of the other pages in this series.

@ Ken -- Thanks, they should all be fixed now. The joys of copying and pasting. 😀

The comment about maintenance was uncalled for. I'm sure he was there to fix whatever necessary so spoiled brats like you wouldn't complain because your toes weren't warm enough or something. Have a little class. Just because you get comped to sit in first class doesn't mean you exude any. Don't choke on your paté.

Paris is the WiFi password? That means that the wifi security is either non-existent (you have to enter the password on a web page to access the internet) or WEP. Tsk.

When I find wifi access with no or WEP security, I'll use my own hotspot, thankyouverymuch...

This lounge is now closed. We've just turned up to be told the new lounge won't open till Dec 2014/Jan 2015

So it's the one world business lounge for everyone till then. It's nice and new, the barman was really helpful and made me a strong Bloody Mary 🙂

The food is a bit lacklustre though. 6 Bain Maries with no identifiers. One looks like a stew or curry, some rice, some pasta...

So far, so OK

Both the new and the old KAL lounge at LAX had a first class section, so no clue why you said it didn't in your article....

That sign about the a380 / how the future has arrived hasn't aged well.