Admirals Club DFW Review :: The First Class Travel Guide

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Details

Entrance
First Class International Dining Room
Cell Phone Free Area
Main Seating Area

I visited the Admirals Club in Dallas in mid December. The Dallas Fort Worth airport represents a hub airport for American Airlines. As a result, American Airlines operates 4 lounges in the Dallas airport in terminals A, B, C, and D.

My arrival into the airport was through terminal D. I previously visited the Club at DFW which also occupies space in terminal D. On this trip, I stopped in the terminal D Admirals Club.

Details

Location: Dallas Fort Worth airport, terminal D near gate 20
Hours: 5am to 10:15pm
Access: Admirals Club Day Pass, various credit cards including Citi Prestige and Citi American Airlines Executive
How I Accessed: Citi Prestige credit card

Admirals Club DFW skylink — The entrance to the Admirals Club next to the skylink tram.

Entrance

The entrance to the club is well marked. It’s also conveniently located by the entrance to the skylink airport tram. The tram offers quick access to all the major terminals of the airport.

Admirals Club DFW elevator — Elevator up to the Admirals Club in terminal D.

First Class International Dining Room

The terminal D Admirals Club doubles as the international first class lounge for American. First class international customers have access to a separate dining facility located in the center of the lounge. Although I was flying American Airlines First Class, it was only on domestic, not international, so I wasn’t able to go inside.

Admirals Club DFW international first class dining room — The international first class dining room was restricted to international first class flyers.

Unfortunately, the first class dining facility included an employee stationed by the entrance that checks boarding passes. I watched as one person tried the “Oh gee, I must have went through the wrong door,” excuse and was promptly denied access by the lounge employee.

Some of the notable amenities inside the lounge included:

Showers (required a key from the front desk).
Office and work space with copiers and printers.
Full sized bar with free soft drinks and house drinks as well as an optional food and premium drink menu for an additional charge.
A separate cell phone free section of the lounge.

Admirals Club DFW shower sign — Signs to the business center and showers inside the club.

Admirals Club DFW showers — One of the private showers available inside the club.

Admirals Club DFW bar — Main bar inside the club.

Admirals Club DFW bar seating — Seating directly behind the bar.

Admirals Club DFW corner bar area — Seating by the corner of the bar area.

Admirals Club DFW computers — One of the free computers available inside the lounge.

Admirals Club DFW office space — Available office space at the back of the lounge.

Admirals Club DFW office space printers — Copiers and printers available in the office space section.

Admirals Club DFW newspapers — Free newspapers and magazines inside the Admirals Club.

Cell Phone Free Area

Plenty of natural light filled the lounge from the large, clear glass windows facing the runway. The lounge shape resembled a large rectangle with a small triangle shape at the top corner in the cell phone free section.

Admirals Club DFW cell phone free sign — Sign for the cell phone free section of the lounge.

Admirals Club DFW cell phone free area — Windows facing the cell phone free area.

Admirals Club DFW cell phone free section TV — TV inside the cell phone free seating area.

Admirals Club DFW cell phone free seating area — Seating area with pictures on the wall inside the cell phone free section of the club.

Main Seating Area

The lounge was relatively crowded when I visited. Despite the crowd, it was still easy to find plenty of seating inside.

Admirals Club DFW seating — General seating area.

Admirals Club DFW runway view — Direct view onto the runway at the airport.

Admirals Club DFW runway plane — Closeup of the American Airlines plane near the gate.

Admirals Club DFW — Light snacks available inside the club.

Admirals Club DFW large windows — Large windows inside the club with a great view outside.

Pros

Large lounge with plenty of seating.
One of the few American Airlines lounges I visited with a shower. The other lounge was the Miami Admirals Club in terminal C.
Centrally located by the skylink airport tram for easy access to other terminals.

Cons

The first class dining area really was restricted to international first class customers.
Crowded lounge, but large enough to easily find seating even with the crowd.

Final Thoughts

The DFW Admirals Club represents a high quality Admirals Club with a nice range of premium amenities. This Admirals Club was among the larger sized clubs I’ve visited. It was also one of the few Admirals Clubs I’ve visited with showers.