Lounge Hopping at LAX
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.