Tag Archives: LAX

American Airlines First Class Los Angeles to Honolulu

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Chris

In light of the Starwood devaluation in March, I booked two nights at the Moana Surfrider in Waikiki.  To get there, I flew American from New York.   American 31 Los Angeles (LAX) – Honolulu (HNL) Saturday, April 20th, 2013 Depart:  … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: American Airlines First Class Los Angeles to Kahului

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Chris

As seems to be the tradition at American’s LAX station, boarding started several minutes ahead of schedule. When I made it to the gate at the scheduled boarding time, boarding for group 3 had already been called. American 253 Los … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: Westin Los Angeles Airport

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Chris

For my 9 hour layover, I once again stayed at the Westin LAX. As I came down to the lobby to see the first shuttle to LAX pulling away, I had 15 minutes to kill. Rather convieniently, the hotel has … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: American Airlines Business Class New York to Los Angeles

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Chris

A few minutes after I booked this trip, I called the Executive Platinum desk to apply one of my systemwide upgrades expiring at the end of February 2013 to my reservation to upgrade my OGG-DFW-LGA segments.  At the time, the … Continue reading →

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“I Need 4 Volunteers To Sit In First Class”

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Chris

Since moving to New York, I’ve flown to Los Angeles for Thanksgiving.  To save on airfare, I taken to flying on Thanksgiving morning itself.  While last year’s trip was an uneventful journey of domestic first class, this past year’s was … Continue reading →

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The Westin Los Angeles Airport

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Chris

I fly on AA185, the late evening JFK-LAX flight, on a regular basis.   While the flight is conveniently timed for making it to the airport with plenty of time between work and the departure time, it unfortunately arrives after midnight (with scheduled … Continue reading →

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AA International First Class Lounge Los Angeles

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Chris

As an additional perk to those of us flying home on American, they gave us access to the International First Class lounge at LAX.

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AA Flagship Check-in LAX

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Chris

American gave us a tour of their newly opened Flagship check-in area at LAX.  While normally reserved for Concierge Key members and passengers traveling in international or transcontinental, 3-cabin first class, they permitted us to come back to use the … Continue reading →

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Membership has its Rewards: United p.s. Business Class Los Angeles to New York

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Chris

I got to LAX a bit early (1 hour, 45 minutes or so before departure) and made my way to the premium check-in line.  Since the flight was showing F0J0Y0, I volunteered to be bumped to a rather surprised service … Continue reading →

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First World Problems: Too Much Legroom

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Chris

My regional upgrade cleared a few weeks ago for last night’s LAX-JFK p.s. redeye, allowing me to grab one of the six exit row seats in business class. From Row 9: That seat back pocket is so far away!  For … Continue reading →

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