My review of Alaska Lounge, Los Angeles Terminal 6

I need to fly to Seattle from Los Angeles, and my original plan was to spend my United Travelbank credit. However, I spotted redemption availability on ba.com for Alaska Air, and it’s really difficult to say no to its attractive price (9,000 Avios + £5).

Travelling on Alaska Air also opens up great opportunities for me to try out the Oneworld lounges at Los Angeles airport, thanks to my British Airways Gold status. From what I understand the following three are the best options:

I didn’t get to visit the Flagship Lounge this time but managed the other two, which are both truly impressive. However, as I’m flying Alaska I decided to give their lounge a chance too.

Alaska uses Terminal 6 of the Los Angeles airport, and the Alaska Lounge is next to Gate 64B which happens to be where my boarding is.

You need to take the lift up to enter the lounge.

Similar to most other (if not all) US airlines, travelling on Alaska Air’s First class or being their elite member doesn’t necessitate lounge access. However, if you hold Emerald or Sapphire status with any other program than Alaska and American (in my case British Airways), then you can access the Alaska Lounge as long as you are travelling on an Oneworld flight.

The lounge is quite small. In fact upon entering I can almost see its entirety.

There are some long sofas as well as semi-private padded seats. They all feature a small table.

A couple of long standing desks suitable as a temporary workstation.

And also a bar.

It’s 10am in the morning. Oatmeal, scrambled eggs and some other breakfast snacks are served.

There’s a pancake machine which from what I heard is a signature of Alaska Air’s lounges.

The lounge is quite busy and I didn’t stay long before moving on. It’s not a terrible place let me be clear, however as long as you have enough time you should definitely use the Oneworld Business Lounge instead which is a totally different level.

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  1. Jim Scott says:

    We had a layover at LAX, stopped into the Alaska Airlines lounge. I can tell you Wesley made our layover fun and enjoyable ! Great atmosphere, threw back a couple of cocktails, and shot the breeze with the coolest California guy we’ve met in a long while. Totally fun ! We might have to come back to California.