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Review: Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Los Angeles (LAX)

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 22, 2022February 23, 2022 13 Comments

The Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge in Los Angeles (LAX) is a comfortable lounge and great option for United Star Alliance Gold travelers who would otherwise not be able to access the United Club one terminal over.

In This Post:
  • Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge LAX Review
    • Location + Hours + Access
    • Seating
    • Food + Drink
    • Restroms + Showers
    • Wi-Fi + Plugs
    • Service
  • CONCLUSION

Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge LAX Review

Location + Hours + Access

Located in Terminal 6 at LAX, the lounge is located on an upper level and not exactly well-marked. After clearing security, head down the concourse past the pet relief area until you come to a rotunda in which you can turn left or right. Bear right and you’ll each reach an elevator sitting in the middle of the terminal area near Point The Way Café. Take that upstairs to the lounge, on level 4.

The lounge is currently open Sunday-Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30am to 11:30pm and on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 5:30am to 10:00pm.

Access is reserved for Star Alliance business or first class passengers as well as Star Alliance Gold status holders traveling on a Star Alliance flight. United Club and Maple Leaf Lounge members also have accesss, as do Aeroplan 35K members (which are Star Silver, not Star Gold). This was a Priority Pass lounge prior to the pandemic, but is no longer part of the network and paid access is not available.

While United does not permit its own MileagePlus Premier Gold, Platinum, or 1K members to access United Clubs except when traveling on an international itinerary or in conjunction with a premium transcontinental ticket in business class, your United-issued Star Gold card will get you access to this lounge as long as you are traveling on a Star Alliance flight.

Seating

The lounge includes nice tarmac views of Terminal 6 and a mix of tables, chairs, and couches. Currently, social distancing is promoted via stickers “blocking” certain seats, but the lounge never seems to get crowded.

I took this picture shortly after the lounge opened…notice the now obsolete tail outside.

Food + Drink

A modified menu is currently in effect, with the buffet now behind plexiglass. Rather than a self-serve offering, you choose what you want and it will be handed to you, including beverage.

Food items for breakfast included:

  • cottage cheese
  • overnight oats with coconut
  • peach yogurt parfait
  • honey vanilla fruit cup
  • fruit danish

Lunch and dinner items, available at 10:00am, included:

  • BBQ chicken ranch wrap
  • humus vegetable wrap
  • tomato feta pasta salad
  • edamame & tomato salad
  • crudités & tzatziki dip
  • cookies
  • granola bar
  • chips

The menu:

Over the last few months, I’ve visited the lounge several time and tried most items…and can vouch for most of them (my son Augustine joined me for breakfast one day and also enjoyed the spread).

Prior to the pandemic, the buffet spread was self-serve:

One warning: although the lounge has coffee from Lavazza, the Egro machine is really bad…stay away from any espresso drink with milk. I only drink straight espresso in this lounge.

The coffee looks nothing like this from this worthless machine.

A sign warns you not to over-consume alcohol:

Restroms + Showers

Clean restroom are available, but this lounge does not offer showers.

Wi-Fi + Plugs

Wi-Fi is complimentary and worked fast. Plugs are available throughout the lounge and are 120-volt. USB-A ports also flip up from many tables.

Service

The staff in the lounge are always nice – the agent at the desk who checks you in is an actual Air Canada employee while the other staff seemed to be contracted. I particularly appreciated during my last visit that one member of the lounge staff came over and asked me if I needed anything else to eat.

CONCLUSION

The Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge LAX is a great lounge for Star Alliance Gold travelers and a comfortable and tranquil alternative to the oft-busy United Club in Terminal 7.


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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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13 Comments

  1. Vinod Reply
    February 22, 2022 at 7:03 pm

    With regard to hours of operation, I think you can just state ‘daily 530a – 1130p’, unless I am missing something.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      February 22, 2022 at 7:06 pm

      Was my error. Look again now – three days per week it is open until 10:00pm only.

  2. JoeMart Reply
    February 22, 2022 at 8:43 pm

    Thanks for showing the bathroom facilities where the coffee with milk belongs to. 🙂

    • DavidM Reply
      February 22, 2022 at 10:56 pm

      But no grounds…lol.

  3. Chris Reply
    February 22, 2022 at 9:24 pm

    “not exactly well-marked”

    I had to laugh – THIS MORNING, my wife and I walked right past the unmarked elevator, then got to the stairs to the high-60 gates and had to wander around like lost children until we found it. They actually had a freestanding sign up, but it had been rotated 90 degrees so it was invisible.

    You can also use the unmarked stairs behind the unmarked elevator. Considering the elevator is slightly slower than cold molasses, I’d recommend that option if you’re able.

    FWIW, the lounge was packed at 11:30am on a Wednesday. Looked like mostly UA pax.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      February 22, 2022 at 9:27 pm

      Oh, I forgot to mention the stairs. I have started using those too. Totally unmarked. Pretty funny.

  4. Jared Houser Reply
    February 22, 2022 at 11:13 pm

    Glad to see they finally went back to a buffet and not pre packed. The lounge is nice, but is tiny, literally the size of a living room.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      February 22, 2022 at 11:30 pm

      Hope I was clear – not yet, sadly. That was just an old picture demonstrating what the lounge used to look like.

      • Jared Houser Reply
        February 23, 2022 at 1:24 pm

        Ah shoot, I wasn’t reading very closely just looking at pictures. No reason to go there anytime soon then, the United Club is back to normal offerings and it is better than pre covid.

  5. Aaron Reply
    February 23, 2022 at 4:47 am

    “The coffee looks nothing like this from this worthless machine.”

    Is it green colored? Purple?

    “credit & tzatziki dip”

    Were you able to trade those credits towards other food items if not used?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      February 23, 2022 at 9:26 am

      Milk does not foam. A cappuccino becomes espresso with milk.

  6. MG Reply
    February 23, 2022 at 10:46 am

    You didn’t mention that alcoholic drinks are not served until 11:00 am. This is consistent with the lounges in Canada, but not the U.S. No morning mimosas!!

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      February 23, 2022 at 12:23 pm

      I had no idea. That’s so antiquated.

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