TheGreatChecko From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1110 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 2365 times:
I'm sure someone will come along with an answer shortly, but in my experience, a great source for this type of information is www.flyertalk.com. It's pretty much an Airliners.net for people who travel a lot.
Checko
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CODC10 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2166 posts, RR: 8 Reply 2, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 2298 times:
Free drinks, maybe some pretzels or peanuts. You'll likely spend more time on the ground than in the air on that sector, since the air time is less than one hour.
I take it you will be on an MD-80, which has a somewhat narrow F seat, but is super-quiet up front. I like them, but don't expect anything in the way of onboard service outside of a Coke and a smile!
Speedbirdegjj From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2003, 429 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 2259 times:
Thanks for the replies guys, i knd of thought as much, so i can presume no lounge access then?
And thanks Checko i had tried FT but couldnt find any info on a similar sector lenght only transcons etc
DLPMMM From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 3529 posts, RR: 9 Reply 5, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 2137 times:
Quoting Speedbirdegjj (Reply 3): Thanks for the replies guys, i knd of thought as much, so i can presume no lounge access then?
MAH4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31106 posts, RR: 74 Reply 6, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 2131 times:
AA is pretty good about serving meals in First, even on short flights like ORD-LGA, but 45 minutes definitely does not have a meal
Quoting Speedbirdegjj (Reply 3): Thanks for the replies guys, i knd of thought as much, so i can presume no lounge access then?
No lounge access unless you are on the flight as part of an international itinerary, an Admiral's Club member, have an American Express Platinum charge card (charge, not credit), or is OneWorld Emerald or Sapphire, with the status acquired through an airline other than AA.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21448 posts, RR: 24 Reply 7, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1955 times:
Quoting MAH4546 (Reply 6): or is OneWorld Emerald or Sapphire, with the status acquired through an airline other than AA.
How can the lounge attendant tell whether the cardholder earned their status miles from AA as opposed to another Oneworld carrier?
Also, while on that subject, I've always been curious why Oneworld uses such strange terminology as Emerald and Sapphire for status levels rather than the more usual Silver/Gold/Platinum etc.
Crosswinds21 From Netherlands, joined Jun 2009, 684 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1941 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 7): How can the lounge attendant tell whether the cardholder earned their status miles from AA as opposed to another Oneworld carrier?
Because the passenger will have a status card issued by his airline with that airline's logo on it.
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 7): Also, while on that subject, I've always been curious why Oneworld uses such strange terminology as Emerald and Sapphire for status levels rather than the more usual Silver/Gold/Platinum etc.
My guess is because each airline within Oneworld uses its own terminology for different elite levels so the Emerald/Sapphire/Ruby status is just a Oneworld-common term.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21448 posts, RR: 24 Reply 9, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1909 times:
Quoting Crosswinds21 (Reply 8): Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 7):
How can the lounge attendant tell whether the cardholder earned their status miles from AA as opposed to another Oneworld carrier?
Because the passenger will have a status card issued by his airline with that airline's logo on it.
My question was, for example, if someone was an IB/LA/JL FFP member with Sapphire or Emerald status, how would an AA lounge attendant know whether the status was acquired from flying carriers other than AA and not from flying AA.. MAH4546 said that for AA lounge access with a Oneworld Emerald/Sapphire card, the status miles had to be earned from flying carriers other than AA. Or maybe I'm misinterpreting.
Crosswinds21 From Netherlands, joined Jun 2009, 684 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1894 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 9): My question was, for example, if someone was an IB/LA/JL FFP member with Sapphire or Emerald status, how would an AA lounge attendant know whether the status was acquired from flying carriers other than AA and not from flying AA.. MAH4546 said that for AA lounge access with a Oneworld Emerald/Sapphire card, the status miles had to be earned from flying carriers other than AA. Or maybe I'm misinterpreting.
Oh ok, I understand your question. What MAH4546 was saying is that it's all about who issued your card. For purposes of gaining access to Admiral's Clubs on domestic US itineraries, the only way to do this would be to be a OW Emerald or Sapphire member with any airline other than AA. So if you have a card issued by AY or RJ or QF then you're good. If it's issued by AA, then it's a no go.
Now, different OW airlines have different criteria to earn Emerald or Sapphire status. It doesn't mean that, for example, if your primary FF program is with QF then you have to only fly QF to gain status. QF FF members can fly any OW airline (including AA) and earn miles towards status. (Although when you are flying a partner airline then in some cases not all fare classes earn miles but that's a different story.) So in the example you used, if someone is a IB/LA/JL frequent flyer, he probably wouldn't collect miles to different account. He would probably have a primary FF program - say, LA - and collect miles for all his IB/LA/JL flights there. Then, once he'd have enough EQMs, he'd get Oneworld status and get a card issued by LA.
Carfield From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1726 posts, RR: 9 Reply 12, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1780 times:
Well, there won't be any meal services between IAH and DFW at all! In general, most US airlines won't offer a meal service until the flight is above two hours.
There will be a full beverage service, accompanied by a bag of AA premium snack mix.
Crosswinds21 From Netherlands, joined Jun 2009, 684 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1751 times:
Quoting Carfield (Reply 12): Well, there won't be any meal services between IAH and DFW at all! In general, most US airlines won't offer a meal service until the flight is above two hours.
There will be a full beverage service, accompanied by a bag of AA premium snack mix.
Carfield
Although, as pointed out in this thread, AA is much better than other US airlines in terms of meal service. AA will, on some routes, serve a meal when the flight time is below the minimum required for a meal. Oftentimes, it will be hot meals as well. Certainly better than DL, where I think the minimum flight time for a meal is 3.5 hours and eevn then, it may be a cold meal IIRC.
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