I’ve written about the American Airlines LAX Flagship Lounge here, here, and most recently here. For trip report continuity reasons, I am reviewing it again since it was my most recent visit and food items might have been changed.
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American Airlines LAX Flagship Lounge Review
American Airlines LAX-JFK 767-200 Business Class
American Airlines JFK Flagship Lounge
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Radisson Blu Helsinki Seaside Hotel Review
Hotel Kamp Helsinki Hotel Review Part 1
Hotel Kamp Helsinki Hotel Review Part 2
The Sights and Sounds of Helsinki Finland
The Sights and Sounds of the Design District in Helsinki Finland
The Sights and Sounds of the Baltic Herring Festival in Helsinki
The Various Eats in Helsinki Finland
Helsinki Airport ASPIRE Lounge
Helsinki Airport Finnair Schengen Lounge
Helsinki Airport Almost at Home Lounge
Helsinki Airport Finnair Non-Schengen Lounge
Residence St-James Geneva Hotel Review
F6 Design Geneva Hotel Review
The Sights and Sounds of Lake Geneva in Switzerland
The Sights and Sounds of Geneva Switzerland
The Sights and Sounds of Old City Geneva Switzerland
The Various Eats in Geneva Switzerland
Geneva Airport Dnata Skyview Lounge
Geneva Airport Horizon Swissport Lounge
Geneva Airport SWISS Business Lounge
Le Meridien Beach Plaza Monaco Hotel Review Part 1
Le Meridien Beach Plaza Monaco Hotel Review Part 2
The Sights and Sounds of Monaco
The Sights and Sounds of Monte Carlo Monaco
The Various Eats in Monte Carlo Monaco
Le Meridien Nice Hotel Review Part 1
Le Meridien Nice Hotel Review Part 2
The Sights and Sounds of Nice France
The Various Eats in Nice France
Nice Airport Salon Azur Lounge
Finnair HEL-JFK A330-300 Business Class
It was early in the morning and I had just gotten to the Admiral’s Club at LAX at 5am. The Flagship Lounge doesn’t open until 5:15am. I was granted access because of my Executive Platinum status on American Airlines and I was on an international itinerary.
I was pretty much the first and only one in the lounge for the first thirty minutes, so the lounge was empty and there was plenty of available seating.
There is a small business center with computers and a printer.
There are also cool lounge chairs with an ottoman and music players with headphones.
The buffet spread was during breakfast and the menu reads as follows:
The cold spread consisted of berries, cereal, whole fruit, granola bars, mixed nuts, bagels, and pastries.
The hot selections were buckeye oatmeal, waffles, eggs, potatoes, and chicken sausage.
The alcoholic beverages were not out at this time, but there was a whole fridge full of cold water, juices, and soft drinks.
I wasn’t hungry that morning and had eggs, potatoes, and sausage.
The breakfast is nothing to write home about as the eggs were tasteless and the potatoes were a bit hard. The chicken sausage was good, but overall the breakfast is disappointing if you only like hot selections.
There’s nothing a large dose of ketchup can’t fix.
Ever try to get the Ricon printers at an AA lounge to work.
Oh and the food options were actually better a few years ago when catering was in-house, now its mostly sodexo and it stinks at most of these lounges, sadly MIA too. I bet AA is paying more now that it is outsourced, too bad they are getting less.