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The 130,000 most frequent flyers, plus an additional 60,000 members of the airline's Admirals Club were pre-enrolled and sent letters with their new account numbers. The name was selected by American's advertising agency and is consistent with other American Airlines programs featuring "AA" in the name and logo.
The Admirals Club was conceived by AA president C.R. Smith as a marketing promotion shortly after he was made an honorary Texas Ranger. Inspired by the Kentucky colonels and other honorary title designations, Smith decided to make particularly valued passengers "admirals" of the "Flagship fleet" (AA called its aircraft "Flagships" at the time).
Sample lifetime AAirpass card. AAirpass (pronounced Airpass) was a membership-based discount program offered by American Airlines to frequent flyers launched in 1981. The program offered pass holders free flights and unlimited access to Admirals Club locations for either five years or life.
The American Airlines Admirals Club was the first airport lounge when it opened at New York City's La Guardia Airport, in 1939. Then AA president, C. R. Smith , conceived it as a promotional tool. [ 3 ]
American Airlines has one Admirals Club in the terminal. The terminal originally handled United Express flights (gates 71C-71K) until it was vacated in 2005. [51] American Eagle flights were relocated to the terminal in January 2010 from a remote terminal which was 0.3 miles (480 m) west of Terminal 4 that would later be demolished.
Non pre-cleared international arrivals are processed in Terminal A. American operates Admirals Clubs in Terminal A, the B/C connector and Terminal F. [35] Terminal A also contains a British Airways Galleries Lounge as well as a American Express Centurion Lounge. [36] Terminal D contains a United Club as well as a Delta Sky Club. [36]
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Previously a US Airways Club, American Airlines operated an Admirals Club across from Gate 45 in the south concourse. As of October 15, 2018, the Admirals Club permanently closed. [citation needed] As of March 30, 2019, the airport averages 246 aircraft operations per day: 37% general aviation, 33% air taxi, 28% scheduled commercial, and 2% ...