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Review: American Airlines Admirals Club Los Angeles (LAX) – Terminal 5

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 5, 2025February 8, 2025 7 Comments

a room with couches and a circular ceiling

American Airlines operates three Admirals Club lounges at Los Angeles International Airport: this review will cover the Terminal 5 location.

American Airlines Admirals Club Los Angeles – Terminal 5 (LAX)

The lounge is located in Terminal 5 near the Farmer’s Market and duty-free shopping in the center of the terminal.

a sign in a building

a person walking in a large hallway

Hours + Access

It is open daily from 4:30 am to 11:30 pm. There are many ways to access the lounge, including:

  • AAdvantage Executive Platinum, Platinum Pro and Platinum members traveling internationally
  • oneworld Emerald and Sapphire members
  • Qualifying first and business class passengers
    • international
    • LAX – JFK
    • LAX – BOS
    • LAX – MIA (only on Boeing 777-300 flights)
  • Membership
  • Citi / AAdvantage Executive World Elite Mastercard
  • One-day pass holders ($79 or 7,900 miles)
  • Military

Even with a membership, you must be traveling on a oneworld flight in order to enter.

Take the stairs or elevator up one level from departures and you’ll be checked in at the desk.

an elevator with a glass railing

a glass door with frosted glass

a desks in a building

Seating

There’s a small seating area to the right of the check-in counter, but make a u-turn for most lounge seating. There’s a beautiful domed ceiling and my guess is that this is original to the airport. This was a former Delta Sky Club before American Airlines and US Airways merged and Delta moved from T5 to T2-3 and US Airways took T5 adjacent to AA’s T4 operations. Prior to Delta, this was a Western Airlines lounge.

a room with chairs and tables

a room with a circular ceiling and chairs

a large room with chairs and tables

a room with chairs and a circular ceiling

a room with chairs and tables

 a room with tables and chairs

a room with tables and chairs

a room with chairs and tables

a room with couches and tables

a group of people sitting in a lounge area

It’s a large lounge and at 8:00 pm it was not at all crowded…

Food + Drink

In terms of food and drink, a buffet included sliced meats and cheeses, empanadas, street corn, soup (clam chowder and mushroom broth), salad, vegetable sticks, hummus, snack mix, whole fruit, and cookies.

a buffet line of food

a group of bowls of food on a counter

a group of bowls of food

a trays of food on a counter

a group of bowls of food on a counter

two large pots with lids and a bowl of candy

a display case with food on it

a coffee machine on a counter

There was also a guacamole bar (sponsored by Citi) next to the bar (bar menu here). That menu also includes a list of food items like lobster mac & cheese or sushi available for purchase.

a bar with a sign and a couple of people in the background

Soft drinks (Coke Freestyle machine), tea, coffee, water, and juice were complimentary.

Restrooms + Showers

Restrooms and showers (three shower suites) were available.

a sign on the ceiling

a row of doors in a room

a bathroom with a sink and toilet

a bathroom with a sink and mirrors

a toilet in a bathroom

Flagship Fights

My last three “Flagship” flights have departed or arrived in Terminal 5. That meant that if you wanted to visit the Flagship Lounge, you had quite a long walk to Terminal 4 via underground walkway…it seems very strange to me that AA would schedule any of its “flagship” flights to depart from T5.

CONCLUSION

The AA T5 Admirals Club at LAX was spacious and not crowded, with showers and a respectable selection of food and drink.

If you are departing from Terminal 5, this is a much more convenient lounge than in Terminal 4 (and security lines tend to move faster too).

You can compare this lounge to AA’s Terminal 4 lounge here.

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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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7 Comments

  1. Eric Reply
    February 5, 2025 at 5:06 pm

    i don’t think this lounge was ever a US Air lounge. i believe that it became an admirals club when delta vacated T5 in 2016/2017

    • Jaysob Reply
      February 5, 2025 at 8:08 pm

      Correct the only USAir lounge at LAX was the one in Terminal 1. The lounge in Terminal 5 was the Delta lounge before they moved to T2-3. Before that, history buffs, T5 was Western Airlines main hub and when it was remodeled in the early 1980s it was very posh as was Western’s premier terminal. The lounge location was Western’s Horizon Club lounge. Delta merged with Western in 1986 and finished the remodeling of T5 into “Delta’s Oasis at LAX” with the slogan “Take Five at LAX”

      • Matthew Klint Reply
        February 6, 2025 at 1:47 am

        Very cool. Thanks Jaysob!

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      February 6, 2025 at 1:46 am

      My memory could be failing me. Did US Airways move only after the merger? If so, then yes, you’re right.

  2. Alert Reply
    February 5, 2025 at 7:27 pm

    So , salami and coca-cola are available for those who enjoy eating poorly . What a joke .

    • Alert Reply
      February 5, 2025 at 7:28 pm

      Likely better than dog or cat meat in China .

      • andyrob25 Reply
        February 6, 2025 at 1:25 am

        I mean you of all people would know.

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