Off to JFK

One of the best bargains on the past year was American's Seoul-NYC First Class "sale",  Round trip TPAC First Class on Japan Airlines and roundtrip transcon First Class on American, with stopover, all for $2,800.  I'm using my LAX-JFK segments tonight for my quarterly trip to Montreal.   Not much traffic to LAX this afternoon and I made the 59 mile trip from Orange County in an hour.  

Even though I had my boarding pass, I used the The Flagship First Check-in which is reserved for International and JFK First Class passengers.   

Pics from last month.   Comfy seating for those waiting for others and if by chance there was a queue to check in.   

The Flagship greeter/porter escorted me to the elevator.  Like last month, not sure if he would have escorted me just to PreCheck or all the way to the lounge but I declined further assistance and thanked him.  

Upstairs, once again there was absolutely no one in line at PreCheck. 

The LAX Admirals Club and the Flagship Lounge are under renovation, with the temporary Flagship Lounge an utter embarrassment and not even close to being ready for prime time.

The entrance is the only part of the Lounge that seems finished.  Inside not much different from 6 weeks ago.

Although the monitors were plugged in and working tonight. 

Really?

While AA is promising fine dining after the renovations are completed, they offer a weak serve yourself buffet.

And if anything looks good to you, you can eat in in the elegant Flagship First dining room.  LOL.

After my 5 minute spin around the lounge, I thanked the lounge staff and headed to TBIT and the Qantas First Class Lounge.