After arriving from San Francisco I headed straight for the Flagship Lounge, which is located inside the Admirals Club. The Flagship Lounge at LAX is definitely my favorite Flagship Lounge, and among my favorite first class lounges in the US (not my favorite, but it ranks up there). I've reviewed the lounge in the past,…
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Tell us what you really thought about the appetizer...
"The appetizer and salad tray was soon served, consisting of duck and crap."
"The appetizer and salad tray was soon served, consisting of duck and crap." LOL
I have to say that the menu for this flight looks really good. I am generally not a big fan of food on most airplanes (even F class) but I would have had a hard to choosing on pretty much every meal here.
speaking of "firm" landings, I was on an ORD-DCA one morning a couple weeks ago (at the end of doing MRs), and we experienced a "firm" landing. I believe this was in a smaller bird. The guy next to me turned to me after the landing and said, "Well, I think I know where the wheel is...under my ass."
Funny the AA first class lounge doesnt look any better than the Vancouver Plaza Premium Lounge independant lounge.
Ben, do you have pictures of the seat? I'm hoping to flight this route next year. If AA doesnt cancel it 😉
Crap, er, crab. Honest typo, sorry folks!
@ Pegasus -- Sure, there's a picture of the seats in this previous trip report I wrote:
https://onemileatatime.com/to-mendoza-for-the-masters-of-food-wine-american-airlines-first-class-from-orlando-mco-to-miami-mia-and-american-airlines-business-class-from-miami-mia-to-buenos-aires-eze/
Just curious Lucky, but what would you consider to be the top lounges in the US (including both domestic and foreign carriers)? I wonder what your top 5 would be.
While the menu looks good and the food quality good as well, those were some pretty skimpy meal options for the snack and pre-arrival meal, no? I've seen lots of trip reports in business class and usually the snack option has 4 or 5 choices...
@ Andy Bluebear -- I haven't put a lot of thought into it, but off the top of my head I would have to say the Lufthansa First Class Lounge JFK, Swiss First Class Lounge JFK, British Airways Concorde Room JFK, Virgin Clubhouse SFO, and maybe Virgin Clubhouse JFK. Am I leaving out any really good ones?
Lucky-
EK's JFK lounge is definitely noteworthy for a US lounge as well. I'd put that in my top 5 instead of Swiss's JFK F lounge.
Hmmm...interesting that JFK has most of them, and that there are no domestic carriers in the list. I guess JFK is the best airport for premium passengers to fly out of...
Thanks so much for posting this! I'm heading to PVG in a few weeks in J on AA. Your pics and commentary are exactly what I needed to read (and see).
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About to fly the same route (in LAX FS lounge now) and seat! Thanks for the preview!
LAX-PVG is awesome. I've flown roundtrip there twice in business class and it was awesome for a 14 hr flight. Great food, great seats, great entertainment.
Again, both lettuces over the side and icecream dish messed up! Starter was off center. Def. Not he precise table setting offered in SQ or CX!
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