LAX Delta Sky Club

T2 -November 2021

My first stop was the Delta Sky Club to wait for batmandds' MSP-LAX flight arrive.

The lounge was packed, and since it was LA, lots of interesting guests. Nice to see another LA father-daughter trip.

I'm thinking why bother, maybe just stay home.... for the rest of your life.

Lots of "food" optons.

The pork carnitas was actually quite tasty.

While I had my just-in-case-72-hour-anitgen Covid test this morning in Denver, batmandds opted to do it at LAX. We trekked over to T6 and the very efficient Clarity test facility. Oddly, it would not be his last visit today.

Then another trek to the Bradley Terminal, which was packed... at least at the south check-in counters.

Much more civlized at Air France.

And the La Première lane which was oddly roped off. Our doc check went well until we got to the Covid PCR test part. While we both has current negative PCR results, neither of us had a test result with a QR code, an apparent requirement for Americans to enter Egypt. I got off easy when I showed the agent and supervisor my French-issued Pass Sanitaire and its QR code. The Pass Sanitaire is magic as they told me that I was good to go and didn't even need PCR test to enter Egypt. batmandds, not so much. He did not have a QR code so he needed a new PCR test stat. The AF supervisor said that batmandds didn't need the results by boarding time. All they needed to let him board was for him to have taken the test. So off he went back to T6 for round 2...

....while my La Première Personal Assistant escorted me thru security to the TBIT concourse...

... and Vino Volo, the temporary La Premiere Lounge since The Qantas First Class Lounge is still closed and AF's new lounge is under construction.

Air France gives each La Première passengers a $115 tab allowance, apparently a change after a few expensive 4 figure "open tab" experiences. I started with a Napa Cab wine sampler while I waited for batmandds to return.

The warm brie plate was delicous.

Our 77W arriving across the tarmac.

Once batmandds arrived, we celebrated with a bottle of Opus One, only $85 net after our La Première allowance.

At around T-40, our two Air France La Première PAs came to retrieve and escort us to our plane.

Vino Volo was a perfectly adequate alternative to a lounge. My PA told me that she anticipate that the new Air France LAX lounge should be open by April. And it will include a La Premiere section with full La Premiere dining.

January 2017

How far will I go to avoid Air Canada's crappy A320 and service? LOL.

I'm off to Montreal this afternoon for meetings and a quick family visit, then to New Orleans for SFO777Jr's significant round number birthday.

Mrs. SFO777 is flying solo to NOLA and I'll meet her there Saturday afternoon. Getting to Montreal from the west coast by lunch time is impossible without a redeye the night before. Resigned to a redeye, my options narrowed since JetBlue, DL and AA all wanted an arm and a leg for lie flats to New York. Then I remembered Cathay Pacific's YVR-JFK 77W and the best North American transcon flight. Mileage seats were indeed available on my date and I used some orphaned AsiaMiles to seal the deal.

I used Amex Pay with Points and the 50% rebate for my LAX-SEA-YVR First Class flights at a net cost of less then 10,000 Amex miles. And with these flights, I requalified for Flying Blue Silver into 2018. Not a lot of traffic this morning and I made it to LAX in just over an hour.

Since we're returning on Sunday on AA, I parked in the T4 garage.

And a couple minutes later was at T5.

With 30 minutes to spare, I headed to the Sky Club which was really quite nice.

And a food spread that puts the Admirals Clubs and United Clubs to shame.

At T-45, I headed to the gate where, despite the On Time note, the delayed LAX-JFK 767 was still occupying our gate.

Delta 1232

B717

1:00p-3:50p (sked)

1:20p-3:45p (actual)

January 11, 2017

Lunch

Pleasant SLC-based crew today and the usual DL pre-departure beverages.

For lunch today, a choice of BBQ chicken sliders or chicken quinoa, both with tomato bisque soup. Think I should have gone with the sliders as this salad was pretty tasteless.

As always, Dancing Deer is the best part of any DL meal.

Despite the late departure, we arrived pretty much on time at SEA.

I headed for the A1 Sky Club. Wow, for a domestic lounge, this one is very nice. And again much better food offerings than AA or UA clubs.

Then there was this guy. Oy, back and forth and back and forth yapping on the phone. Jeez, just sit in one place so we know where to go to escape you.