The Worst * Alliance Lounges
Jul 14, 2016, 8:16 pm
#92
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Jul 18, 2016, 9:03 am
#94
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Potomac MD
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The United Club at LAX has to be in the running. It is very small with limited food and beverage offerings even for a United Club. It is crowded and the seems to attract people who believe that talking loud (on the phone or simply to other people) is their right. There is one bathroom for each gender but the men's room was closed for at least 15 minutes for cleaning when I was there on Saturday. It was more comfortable and less annoying to sit at the gate.
Jul 18, 2016, 7:16 pm
#95
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MRY - CNX - TXL
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The United Club at LAX has to be in the running. It is very small with limited food and beverage offerings even for a United Club. It is crowded and the seems to attract people who believe that talking loud (on the phone or simply to other people) is their right. There is one bathroom for each gender but the men's room was closed for at least 15 minutes for cleaning when I was there on Saturday. It was more comfortable and less annoying to sit at the gate.
Jul 22, 2016, 2:32 am
#97
Join Date: Jul 2005
Programs: SQ *Gold
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In my recent travels over the past few years I'd have to say the most disappointing has been the United Club at EWR by C120. Its large but the decor is dated, the food options bare-bones and unless you order at the manned bar, all they have to drink is water in plastic cups. On the other hand, the new United Club at LHR T2 is one of the best *Gold lounges I've been to over the same time period.
Jul 22, 2016, 2:50 am
#98
Join Date: Jul 2005
Programs: SQ *Gold
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I'm not sure its worse than some of the un-renovated, old domestic United Clubs in the US. But I agree it is disappointing and very annoying how SQ shunts off *Golds into a segregated, lower quality lounge away from its own J-class passengers which it sends to the much better Silverkris Lounge.
As an aside, the TG lounge at SIN in T1 is not great either and definitely one of the lower quality * lounges I've been to.
As an aside, the TG lounge at SIN in T1 is not great either and definitely one of the lower quality * lounges I've been to.
Jul 25, 2016, 5:17 pm
#99
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Redwood City, CA USA (SFO/SJC)
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I doubt I will ever see a *A lounge quite like ADD, but it wasn't going to ruin the day or anything. As I said, it's not home, but we didn't travel to see something just like home.
One of the stranger lounges was at CPT (Cape Town). Just a sectioned-off part of the terminal. Food and drink available, but not any sort of special seating or power, if I recall correctly. Beautiful tall windows showing the runways.
Jul 25, 2016, 8:50 pm
#100
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Seattle, WA. USA
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Admiral's Lounge at LAX makes you pay for all bottle drinks. Only one beer a mediocre one on draft was free.
great brownies though!
Sep 11, 2016, 12:41 am
#101
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+1 though AirChina lounge @CTU was pretty weak. All the lounges at LOS are pretty mediocre too except for the Star beer.
Sep 11, 2016, 12:46 am
#102
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Sep 11, 2016, 1:41 am
#103
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Not sure when you visited CPT but in Jan 16, it was in the terminal and perfectly ok. Decent drinks, adequate food, clean loos and excellent views of the runway.
Sep 11, 2016, 7:20 am
#104
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Worst ever I have to say after my recent experience has to be the United Clubs x2 at EWR In terms of poor food poor amenities and so overcrowded that you have to leave and sit in a restaurant if u want any food or drink or sumwhere to sit or the possibility to charge your phone
Sep 16, 2016, 5:31 pm
#105
Join Date: May 2013
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PTY, COPA. For an airline that is trying to be Icelandair/Emirates in connecting traffic, their hub lounge is absolute trash. Feels like UA 2010.