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Review: Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge New York LaGuardia (LGA)

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 30, 2023November 13, 2023 3 Comments

a sign on a wall

I visited the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge ahead of my United Airlines flight from New York La Guardia and enjoyed a very short but sweet visit. This is a lounge worth stopping at, especially if you are hungry.

Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge New York LaGuardia Review (LGA)

While not as impressive as the beautiful new lounge at SFO, I was very pleased by the quality of this “outstation” Maple Leaf Lounge in New York City.

Access + Hours + Location

This lounge is open to all Star Alliance Gold members traveling on a Star Alliance flight (regardless of destination or cabin of service) and Star Alliance business class travelers. That alone is a huge differential between this lounge and the United Clubs located just a few paces away in the same terminal.

a sign in an airport

While United restricts MileagePlus Golds, Platinums, and 1Ks from accessing its own lounge except when traveling internationally, this same restriction does not apply to the Air Canada Lounge. So, if you are a United Gold you can access even a domestic flight in economy class. If you are flying business class on a United domestic flight, you can access the Air Canada lounge even though you would be turned away from a United Club.

a large room with a large window

a glass doors in a building

The lounge is in the beautiful Terminal B Eastern Concourse and open daily from 5:15AM to 12:00AM. You can access up to three hours before your scheduled flight (does not apply to connecting itineraries or in the case of flight delays).

Staff

A really pleasant staff member greeting me at the reception desk, scanned my boarding pass, and welcomed me in. Inside, I noticed that staff were quite busy keeping the buffet clean and tables bussed, which is great appreciated.

a group of people at a reception

Seating

The lounge is located on a terrace overlooking the gate area below it. There is seating centered around a buffet in the middle.

two chairs next to each other

a group of people sitting in a room with a wall and windows

people sitting at a bar

a row of chairs in a room with art on the wall

a row of stools in a room

a room with a television and couches

a large room with a large couch and tables

a room with chairs and art on the wall

The seating stretches around a corner where there is a lot of empty space but probably not enough to make anything useful out of it.

a hallway with a window and a door

You’ll find power ports (USB-A and 110-volt) throughout the lounge affixed to the furniture or floors.

a table with a lamp on it

Food + Drink

The lounge featured an impressive offering of food and drinks, including a salad bar, salted mixed nuts (the only thing I ate…but I ate a lot), rice, tofu, macaroni and cheese, roasted vegetables, sweet and sour chicken, roasted cauliflower, tomato soup, cookies, and apples.

a woman standing in a restaurant

a group of bowls of food

a buffet table full of food

a table full of food

a sign on a glass shelf

a bowl of soup on a counter

a group of apples in a glass container

All beverages were self-serve and the selection included beer, wine, spirits, soft drinks, tea, coffee (horrible machine that Lavazza should be ashamed to pits its name on), and water.

a coffee machine and other equipment

a soda machine with a bottle of wine

a group of bottles of liquor
Where’s the Campari?

a group of beer taps on a table

a group of bottles of wine on a table

Restrooms

Clean restrooms are available, but no showers.

a bathroom with a large mirror and sinks

a urinals in a bathroom

a toilet in a bathroom

Business Center

Wireless pricing and copying services are available.

a desk with a printer and a printer machine

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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3 Comments

  1. Jason Reply
    October 30, 2023 at 4:27 pm

    I wish the MLL’s within Canada itself were as nice as their “outstations” at SFO, LGA, FRA, LHR…!

  2. Joe Chivas Reply
    October 30, 2023 at 5:40 pm

    “…if you are hungry.”

    I thought you knew me well enough by now to know that I’m always hungry.

  3. joe Reply
    March 16, 2024 at 5:24 pm

    Visited Saturday Mar 16 11AM to 1PM. Not busy. Very clean and very nice bathroom facilities. Lunch was soup (Veg and Chick Noodle) and hot items were penne pasta, roasted Veggies, BBQ Chicken, rice, roasted Cauliflower. Adobo Tofu., nothing great but good enough. Drink selection and salad bar looks the same as in photos. No fruit and instead there were some cookies and sweets. Friendly service and well staffed; much better than MLL YYZ Domestic/Transborder.

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