At Los Angeles in Terminal B, also known as the Tom Bradley International Terminal, you will find the oneworld alliance business class lounge. At the moment, the first class lounge is closed.
Operated by Qantas, it is also used by American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines and Qatar Airways. Only recently reopened, here’s a look at what’s inside.
Oneworld Alliance Business Class Lounge
Upon arrival, I was greeted by a friendly Australian, scanned my boarding pass and I was in. The lounge is pretty much a large square with a space taken out in the centre for an atrium. Various types of seating break up the space and there are options to suit all tastes.
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- As you enter, this is to your left.
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- The food area is at the rear of this one.
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- You can sit around this.
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- A look from further away.
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- Perhaps sitting here would be more your thing?
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- It’s in a large circle.
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- Down one of the sides.
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- Another side.
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- More seats, the important things in a lounge.
Overall, it is spacious and comfortable, though a few of the seats were showing a little wear and tear. The service desks were unmanned and the place was not particularly busy.
Food and Drinks
There is a manned full service bar at the oneworld business class lounge, which I was unable to get a photo of, as people were sat there. It’s done up in black and looks like they were doing some good business. Food wise, there are plenty of self-service options available.
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- The dessert menu.
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- Tiramisu.
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- Little pecan pies.
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- Cheese board, with different types of cheese.
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- Rocket salad, coleslaw and garden salad.
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- More salads.
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- Hot food menu.
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- Tureen of potato soup.
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- Chicken and chorizo cassoulet.
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- Fragrant jasmine rice.
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- Roasted eggplant.
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- Potato, cauliflower and chickpea curry.
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- Coffee machine and soft drinks.
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- I had two bowls of potato soup (yum!) and a little of the cassoulet.
Lots of lovely goodies available and plenty are marked GF for Gluten Free. What I had was delicious and so I have no complaints whatsoever for the pre-flight offerings available.
Toilets and Showers
Showers are available for those that want to use them, but I decided not to take one this time around. The toilets are spacious and clean, as you would expect.
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- Basins in the Men’s washroom.
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- This gap is rather large…
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- Signage for mask wearing.
Attendants are nearby for those wanting to shower, which is handy enough. I connected to the free and fast Wi-Fi and sat about waiting for flight time.
Overall Thoughts
The oneworld alliance business class lounge, which is operated by Qantas, is pretty decent. It has a distinctly Qantas-like feel to it, from the way it’s decorated to the food available. At present, the opening hours are shorter than usual, from 2pm to 8:45pm daily.
Hopefully the first class lounge will be open next time I pass through, as the Qantas first class lounges are very good indeed. Either way, nice to see this lounge back in operation as things get back to normal. Can’t wait for the mask wearing to end though!
Have you visited this lounge at Los Angeles before? What do you think of it? Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.
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Hi Trent – I’m flying BA Club World from LAX later this year. Do you know if I’ll have access to fast track security, or is that even a thing in the International Terminal. I can’t seem to see any info on it on either the LAX or BA websites.
Hey Declan, I honestly have no idea as I connected, so I was airside the whole time. Most of the US airports have a priority line for security, so I don’t see why the international terminal would be any different in that regard, especially at a place like LAX. I’d expect there to be one.
Cheers Trent, thanks for that. I had seen online that the security queues in the International Terminal at LAX can be horrendous, so was just curious to see how you had fared. I hadn’t spotted that you had connected there.
According to some Tripadvisor forums there is a separate security queue for ‘premium’ passengers, but that it too can be very long, and doesn’t actually save much time.
But according to this guy, there is a way around it, which you might find useful if you ever are flying from LAX in future.
https://liveandletsfly.com/best-kept-secret-lax/
That’s a very good way around it, plus it’s handy having the pictures and all the rest of it. I was amused that he finds a 15 minute wait to be horrendous! Sure, it is a long time, but it’s not all that long. Thanks for the heads up there, it’s a good piece of information to keep for my next pass through LAX.
How about the opening hours?
Good point! Right now they are 2pm to 8:45pm daily at the moment, according to Qantas, which is where the hours are listed – https://www.qantas.com/ie/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/all-qantas-airport-lounges/airport-lounge-locations.html/lax/International%2520Business%2520Lounge.html – though I did read somewhere else it was 3pm to 8:45pm. I’d follow the Qantas website, personally.