Thread: Non-Rev Lounges - AA

AA’s NRSA Lounges - Due to chance and circumstance, I recently visited three of the traveling employee lounges - a quick walkthrough

DFW - located across from gate A-26



Easy to find
Jetnet/Sabre
Two large rooms
A Private children’s area
Couches/Chairs/Tables
TV with cable, VCR & movies
Vending machines
Private restroom
No windows
(and just by chance a cut throat bid whist game)

LAX - located inside security, across from gate 41, in the hallway next to the Airport Police desk.



Difficult to find - look up for the sign, nothing on the door
Jetnet/Sabre
One room
Couches/ Chairs/Tables
TV
Magazine Ranks
Vending machines
No restroom (however one is close by, right around the corner)
No windows

ORD - located at the entry to the “L” concourse inside security.
Easy to find
Computers
Very large area
Couches/Chairs/Tables
TV area
Vending machines
Children’s area with games
Private restroom
Large, large windows

Hey Mig thanks for sharing, quite impressive! I was thinking it was gonna be some door with a scrawled bit of paper saying "nonrev lounge".... nice signage! What's it like inside... is there access control?

Did you see any non AA types in there... as in oal or are only aa using it/allowed?

I enrolled in priority pass anyways which has been well worth the $, but just wondering

Originally Posted by Nick

What's it like inside...
Did you see any non AA types in there... as in oal or are only aa using it/allowed?

It feels like an oasis of calm, with a table, couch and comfortable chairs. The crowd, far as I could tell, were all AA‘ers - conversations peppered with lots of AA non-rev speak.
What surprised me was the number of pass travelers whose back-up plan was simply to “wait until a seat opened up“. They hadn’t given any thought into alternate routes or flying into a nearby airport.
So there they were, traveling on a pass - during a holiday - in a hub, hoping that the next flight to XXX had an open seat. Good thing they ran into someone who told them about the NonRev Forum.

I think BA's staff travel operation at T5 should be the model for all hubs.... except maybe some couches would be nice... and a bar... haha

Originally Posted by Nick

I think BA's staff travel operation at T5 should be the model for all hubs.... except maybe some couches would be nice... and a bar... haha

So Nick you told us what's not in the BA lounge, could you tell us what is? Also is the lounge easy to find, my list of directions "go behind a door near the Cafe Nero" seem rather short. LOL

Basically you walk through a door next to cafe Nero (!) it's two double doors from memory and discreetly yet well signed.

Then you turn right, walk down a corridor and enter door (marked) on left. Inside is/are:
- a view of the apron
- computers and printers for listing
- chairs
- BA staff member
- FIDS telling you where to go next

You can stay or leave the room after listing. If you stay the FID will alert you to go to next room to the blue or the red desk, I think blue was bag drop and red was info (i.e. danger bad red). Otherwise if you leave the room and have your cell number in your listing, it will text you and tell you to go to the red or blue desk.

AA’s Non-Rev Lounges are now closed!