Review: the (temporary) AA Admirals Club lounge, New York JFK Airport Terminal 8

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• krys_k says:

  17 Aug17 August 08:03

  For another JFK perspective – I used the BA lounge on Saturday at JFK. It was, I thought, pretty tired, with what I l consider was an odd set up – a lounge within a lounge – where BA passengers could have a hot meal (the mains were low quality, but the two deserts quite tasty).

  • Danksy says:

    17 Aug17 August 08:59

    Krys – was that an overnight flight back to UK?

    IIRC They offer a decent hot meal in the lounge rather than full cabin service on the night flights. We used the club world facilities when flying back from JFK last year and thought the food was good.. I don’t remember a cabin service but after a full belly and a few champagnes I was asleep within 30 mins of takeoff and didn’t wake up until breakfast was served!

    • krys_k says:

      17 Aug17 August 15:38

      It was a 19.30 flight, so full service on the flight. To be honest, I didn’t eat at the lounge because it just wasn’t tasty (after four weeks eating US food which was generally brilliant my expectations had risen). But there was a passenger at check in before me that he would be getting just a light meal on board, absolutely furious, I thought his braces would snap.

      Im also full of praise for the CW flight on BA. Great service, food etc. We flew as a couple and having the back two middle twin seats was pretty cool. I get how this set up isn’t to everyone’s liking, particularly if you’re flying solo. But for us, almost a double bed. Just goes to show that it’s horses for courses.

• Kipto says:

  17 Aug17 August 08:29

  Used the KAL lounge last night at LAX using priority pass to enter. It is in the Tom Bradley International terminal a five minute walk from American Airlines terminal 4. Quite impressed. Good selection of food on offer. Flew from LAX to Honolulu with American Airlines. Five and a half hour flight. Unless you pre purchased food prior to the flight, no food was offered and refreshments limited to two cans of soft drinks and a flight attendant occasionally walking down the aisle with a large bottle of water to top you up and they had the cheek to charge $5 for hire of headphones to watch a film. Flight attendants were scruffy as well.

  • Paul says:

    17 Aug17 August 08:51

    Thanks for the tip on the KAL lounge might try that on way home. Am on Big Island and got here on a ex DUB so It was comfortable. AA food in F / J is not bad and can pre ordered. However even in F after 8/9pm there is no food service on any flight operated by AA domestically.

    • Chris says:

      17 Aug17 August 10:53

      Use the BA lounge in Tom Bradley, it’s very good by European standards which means it’s excellent by American standards

• Oh! Matron! says:

  17 Aug17 August 08:40

  All of you stop whining! It’s still magnitudes better than the old ServiceAir Lounge at T1 Heathrow 🙂

• Frankie says:

  17 Aug17 August 09:04

  Ah… The good old carrots and celery and the soups and crackers. An AA staple..

• mark2 says:

  17 Aug17 August 09:23

  The BBC recently broadcast a series of three programmes under the title ‘City in the Sky’, which I found very interesting and not too gimmicky.
  They are not available on iPlayer but will no doubt be repeated soon.

  • Genghis says:

    17 Aug17 August 09:55

    Yes – I found this programme very interesting and I actually learnt something.

    • Scallder says:

      17 Aug17 August 11:59

      +1

      Was also interesting to see a plane getting torn apart!

  • The_Real_A says:

    18 Aug18 August 10:40

    Its on youtube…

• paul mc evoy says:

  17 Aug17 August 11:30

  Was in the Miami lounge in July and was terrible.
  Crackers and packet soup.
  Paid for drinks.
  Let’s not even start about F on a 737……………

• J says:

  17 Aug17 August 13:51

  I can’t wait to hear how you can get a business class fare from New York to Berlin for 60,000 Avios and just £3 of tax. I presume that this is a one-way fare (New York-Berlin) and not a return (Berlin-New York-Berlin)?

  Im looking to travel the first week or second week of Dec 2016 for about 5 days. Explored various options with 2for1 and just avios on BA website. Can’t seem to get a decent deal.

  • Rob says:

    17 Aug17 August 19:07

    One way. Return is £75 and 120,000 Avios.

    Although, remember, Dublin to Boston on Aer Lingus is only 75,000 Avios return and £75 of tax, as it is under 3,000 miles and falls into the cheaper Avios pricing band. Need to ring BA to book that though.

    Also remember that Iberia has more availability long-haul on its own planes if you move your Avios to Iberia Plus and book via iberia.com.

• Vince says:

  17 Aug17 August 15:11

  My wife got moved from BA to AA for a flight from JFK in November. Is this the lounge she will be using? She is travelling in Y but has BA Silver so she would not have got pre flight dining in the BA lounge but from memory at least it was a relaxing place to wait with drink. This temporary AA lounge does not look great.

  • Rob says:

    17 Aug17 August 19:06

    There is another Admirals Club lounge on Concourse C so it is possible she would be nearer that one.

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