Air France is partnering with Clarins on its new spa at JFK Airport.
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Details of Air France’s new Clarins Spa at JFK
As of November 2022, Air France has opened a new spa at its lounge in New York JFK Terminal 1. The spa is now being operated in conjunction with French brand Clarins, replacing the previous partnership with Swiss brand La Prairie.
The Clarins Spa JFK covers an area of 30 square meters, and is equipped with two private treatment rooms.
This facility is accessible to Air France first class (La Premiere) and business class passengers, as well as Flying Blue SkyTeam Elite Plus members, including Platinum and Gold members. The spa is open daily from 2PM until 10PM, covering all Air France transatlantic departures.
The spa offers eligible passengers a selection of three complimentary face treatments, each lasting 20 minutes. These treatments include the following:
- “Jet lag relief”
- “Detox time”
- “Eye-must”
First class (La Premiere) customers can exclusively get a 30-minute treatment, which also includes a “relax and reset” add-on.
Reservations can be made in the Clarins reception area in the lounge on a first come, first served basis. On top of that, first class passengers can book these treatments by calling the La Premiere hotline in advance.
Clarins and Air France have had a partnership for 17 years. Clarins also partners with Air France lounges in Paris, and Air France premium passengers will find Clarins products in their amenity kits.
The Air France Lounge JFK is solid
I think Air France deserves some credit for the lounge that it operates at JFK, especially compared to what other airlines offer. For one, it’s physically a beautiful lounge, with two levels of seating, and plenty of natural light.
The lounge is open to Priority Pass members throughout the day, so the quality of basic food and drinks is scaled back quite a bit. However, the lounge does offer a la carte pre-flight dining to Air France business class passengers.
On top of that, there’s a separate room for first class passengers, with excellent service, food, and drinks.
Anyway, this really is an all-around solid lounge, especially when you add the spa back into the mix.
Bottom line
The Air France Lounge JFK has opened a new Clarins Spa, replacing the previous La Prairie Spa. The spa is open daily from 2PM until 10PM, and offers complimentary 20-30 minute treatments to Air France premium passengers. A pre-flight spa treatment is always a nice experience, so if you’re passing through the lounge soon, be sure you check this out.
Anyone plan on checking out the new Clarins Spa at the Air France Lounge JFK?
To clarify:
Sisley is in LP amenity kits. Clarins is in Business amenity kits.
Sisley is in the LP spa lounge area at CDG. Clarins is in the Business Spa lounge area at CDG.
"...Air France premium passengers will find Clarins products in their amenity kits."
No.
AF switched over to Sisley last summer, and that's what's in their La Première amenity at present, can't speak for business class.
Interesting that JFK is Clarins while CDG is Sisley…
Unless you’re hoping that your niceties about AF lounge will get some sort of sponsorship, AF lounge at JFK is terrible. I echo the sentiment of the other poster that staff is lazy. I got scoffed at for asking pre flight dining which I did not receive. The food offerings are bad. What kind of lounge takes away food on the upper level for J passengers? When I asked if there was any left they...
Unless you’re hoping that your niceties about AF lounge will get some sort of sponsorship, AF lounge at JFK is terrible. I echo the sentiment of the other poster that staff is lazy. I got scoffed at for asking pre flight dining which I did not receive. The food offerings are bad. What kind of lounge takes away food on the upper level for J passengers? When I asked if there was any left they told me to go downstairs for food.
So Ben I am highly skeptical of your view of this lounge.
They are pretty proactive about preflight dining, I have a feeling you probably asked for it during an early evening flight and it wasn't suitable to ask for preflight dining.
How many times did you use the lounge?
This lounge is TERRIBLE -used it twice this year
a) food was poor quality plus very small selection
b) no napkins of any kind- given paper kitchen towel to use
c) when they put the silverware in trays -staff used hands with no gloves and did it by touching the part that you put in your mouth
d) by entrance to the restrooms garbage was left outside overflowing in garbage can
This lounge is TERRIBLE -used it twice this year
a) food was poor quality plus very small selection
b) no napkins of any kind- given paper kitchen towel to use
c) when they put the silverware in trays -staff used hands with no gloves and did it by touching the part that you put in your mouth
d) by entrance to the restrooms garbage was left outside overflowing in garbage can
e) staff was just plain lazy
this is a disgusting lounge
The table we sat at at (was for 7 hour layover) and when the natural light was gone we had a lamp to turn on - IT DID NOT WORK - spoke to the staff and they said oh! it it has been this way for a week
I spoke to the manager and she said yes I was right as she heard same from others and the st