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Lost in Translation: American Airlines Flagship Lounge Los Angeles

From Los Angeles, I had onward travel with American Eagle, so I stopped by the American Airlines flagship lounge before my flight due to my same day international itinerary.

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Lost in Translation: JAL Business Class Osaka to Los Angeles

Japan Airlines 60 Osaka Kansai (KIX) – Los Angeles (LAX) Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 Depart:  5:25PM Arrive: 11:25AM Duration:  10 hours minutes Aircraft: Boeing 787-846 (JA-826J) Seat: 9D (Business Class) Like our outbound flight to Japan, we were on a … Continue reading

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Lost in Translation: JAL Business Class Los Angeles to Osaka

JAL operates its 787 with angled lie-flat business class seats from LA to Osaka. Due to our flight delay, we had been given two $20 meal vouchers at check-in.  However, due to the free food at the lounge, we decided … Continue reading

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Lost in Translation: The Qantas First Class Lounge LAX and KAL Lounge

As a bit of a reboot until things can be backfilled, I’m jumping ahead in trip reports to mid-2016. As a oneworld Emerald, we were able to stop by the first class lounge at LAX.  Due to apparent lounge rules, … Continue reading

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Europe for the Holidays: Lufthansa First Class Los Angeles to Munich

My gate was a quick walk from the lounge, so I took a moment to admire the planes preparing to depart to Europe that evening. The flight was already starting to board economy, so whatever line there might have been … Continue reading

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Europe for the Holidays: Star Alliance First Class Lounge Los Angeles

With my flight to Munich departing at 5:15PM, I dropped off my rental car just before 3PM and made my way to LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal.  The Lufthansa First Class check-in line actually had two other passengers waiting when … Continue reading

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Europe for the Holidays: An Introduction

For Christmas and New Years, I decided I would try booking earlier than last year (the Friday before Christmas weekend).  This didn’t actually prove to be particularly useful:  My final outbound flight wasn’t booked until the night before.  To give … Continue reading

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American Airlines First Class Lihue to Los Angeles

American only serves Lihue from Los Angeles, unlike Honolulu and Kahului which see redeye flights to Dallas.  Consequently, getting back to New York required spending a chunk of a daylight on an airplane.

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A Need for Speed: Introduction

In late August, cheap fares to Dublin returned, so I picked one up in anticipation of working on my American Executive Platinum requalification.  As I was packing flights into my fall schedule, I wound up scheduling this trip the day … Continue reading

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American Airlines First Class Honolulu to Los Angeles

As I wanted to get back to New York in the early morning, I wound up booking an early afternoon departure from Honolulu, connecting in Los Angeles.  United’s nonstop to Newark was scheduled to arrive too late and connecting in … Continue reading

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