United Club Premium Wines
Sep 13, 2012, 4:11 pm
#18
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: SLC
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 493
Awesome thread idea! I've actually had some pretty decent wines from the premium UC selections, and hope to chime in soon. The swill they serve for free serve's it's purpose, but the premium selections offer a nice opportunity to sample something that might be pretty nice every now and then...
Sep 13, 2012, 4:19 pm
#19
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: ORD
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Sep 13, 2012, 6:10 pm
#20
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: EWR, PHL
Programs: UA1k 3MM, AA Plt, peasant on everybody else, elite something or other at a bunch of hotels.
Posts: 4,637
I've had Stag's Leap Artemis and Chateau Montelena Cabs and Etude Carneros Pinot. All excellent. It's a darn shame these wines can't make their way to Int'l F at the least.
I also had a "tasting" at IAH CO club early on in the merger, 3 wines for about $12 (IIRC), which I thought that was an excellent idea. I don't see this on offer any more.
Whenever I've had the premium wines, they always first poured into the carafe and then emptied the carafe into the glass. I thought they were just using the carafe as a measuring guide. 
I also had a "tasting" at IAH CO club early on in the merger, 3 wines for about $12 (IIRC), which I thought that was an excellent idea. I don't see this on offer any more.
Sep 13, 2012, 7:25 pm
#22
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: CLE
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Posts: 5,538
I'm fond of the Chateau Montelena Cab.
Sep 13, 2012, 7:44 pm
#23
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: DC
Programs: CO
Posts: 69
Never been to the Club at IAD, how is it?
We basically want a few drinks and snacks before take off.. Get there a few hours early to relax
Sep 13, 2012, 9:43 pm
#24
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: IAH
Programs: *AG, Choice Privileges Elite Diamond, SPG Gold, La Quinta Returns Gold, Wyndham Rewards Gold
Posts: 466
So you have to pay to drink in the club nowadays? Astounding. You pay $300 or more for a membership, and you have to pay for booze?
Forget it, Smisek. I am not going to pay money, just for the right to pay money for booze. I will just go to the bar in the waiting area - where I don't have to pay a membership fee.
Ridiculous.
Forget it, Smisek. I am not going to pay money, just for the right to pay money for booze. I will just go to the bar in the waiting area - where I don't have to pay a membership fee.
Ridiculous.
Sep 13, 2012, 9:58 pm
#26
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.995MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,852
Well, how to put it -- there are multiple UCs at IAD, none of which would rank amoung the top ten of UCs.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-room-iad.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...3-rcc-iad.html
An alternative is LH lounge in Terminal B -- most would rank it far above any of the UCs @ IAD
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-gold-iad.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ad-merged.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-room-iad.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...3-rcc-iad.html
An alternative is LH lounge in Terminal B -- most would rank it far above any of the UCs @ IAD
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-gold-iad.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ad-merged.html
Sep 13, 2012, 10:04 pm
#27
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: ORD
Programs: Hertz Presidents, UA Plat, IHG Plat, MR Plat, HH Gold
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So you have to pay to drink in the club nowadays? Astounding. You pay $300 or more for a membership, and you have to pay for booze?
Forget it, Smisek. I am not going to pay money, just for the right to pay money for booze. I will just go to the bar in the waiting area - where I don't have to pay a membership fee.
Ridiculous.
Forget it, Smisek. I am not going to pay money, just for the right to pay money for booze. I will just go to the bar in the waiting area - where I don't have to pay a membership fee.
Ridiculous.
Sep 13, 2012, 11:58 pm
#28
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: EWR, PHL
Programs: UA1k 3MM, AA Plt, peasant on everybody else, elite something or other at a bunch of hotels.
Posts: 4,637
We were flying high before we got on the plane.
So you have to pay to drink in the club nowadays? Astounding. You pay $300 or more for a membership, and you have to pay for booze?
Forget it, Smisek. I am not going to pay money, just for the right to pay money for booze. I will just go to the bar in the waiting area - where I don't have to pay a membership fee.
Ridiculous.
Forget it, Smisek. I am not going to pay money, just for the right to pay money for booze. I will just go to the bar in the waiting area - where I don't have to pay a membership fee.
Ridiculous.
The choice is yours.
Sep 14, 2012, 1:15 am
#29
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Houston, TX, USA
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Posts: 7,969
So you have to pay to drink in the club nowadays? Astounding. You pay $300 or more for a membership, and you have to pay for booze?
Forget it, Smisek. I am not going to pay money, just for the right to pay money for booze. I will just go to the bar in the waiting area - where I don't have to pay a membership fee.
Ridiculous.
Forget it, Smisek. I am not going to pay money, just for the right to pay money for booze. I will just go to the bar in the waiting area - where I don't have to pay a membership fee.
Ridiculous.
In fact, the free booze at the clubs come from pmCO and Smisek. Didn't the pmUA lounges used to charge for all alcohol? Not only is your anger unfounded, the actual situation is completely the opposite of what you're implying.