Mar 4, 2015, 10:18 am
Last edit by: DELee
Pre-discussions
New United Club menus to be "announced" 4 March 2015
United Clubs to be renovated
Confirmed Clubs with New Food Offerings:
All domestic clubs now confirmed with some version of the New Food Offerings. Full spread at all domestic hubs, with cut-down or hybrid versions at most outstation clubs.
International Clubs with different catering: GUM, HKG, MEX, LHR, NRT
Updates:
October 11, 2017: A new flavor coming to United Clubs
New United Club menus to be "announced" 4 March 2015
United Clubs to be renovated
Confirmed Clubs with New Food Offerings:
All domestic clubs now confirmed with some version of the New Food Offerings. Full spread at all domestic hubs, with cut-down or hybrid versions at most outstation clubs.
International Clubs with different catering: GUM, HKG, MEX, LHR, NRT
Updates:
October 11, 2017: A new flavor coming to United Clubs
UC amenities - regular & special food / snacks, power, wifi, work areas, ...{archive}
Apr 19, 2017, 4:33 pm
#2011
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Upgraded food at DCA
The DCA club now has ham and salami and some delicious mini cheesecake tarts (maybe from the same vendor doing the Polaris desserts?), and the tomato-basil soup this afternoon was delicious.
Apr 19, 2017, 5:03 pm
#2012
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: NJ,US
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The presentation is completely appetizing - NOT. Once you've been to the international clubs you find that the US clubs are behind the curve
Apr 20, 2017, 12:37 am
#2013
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Apr 21, 2017, 9:38 pm
#2014
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I've been to international clubs but I don't live in those countries, I live here. I'm happy things are better than they used to be and that there's edible food. I'm not going to get too worked up over presentation.
Apr 22, 2017, 4:24 pm
#2016
Join Date: Mar 2015
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I remember reading what Lufthansa valued an entrance to the Senator's Lounge at and it was way more than UNITED or any airline charges for a one day pass.
iirc Lufthansa charged the guy something like $77 for each of his visits.
With that said I do not expect to have the level of catering that the Senator Lounge has as they are not charging the commensurate rate.
Having said that if UNITED or any of the domestic airline raises their rates to those level well my opinion will change.
iirc Lufthansa charged the guy something like $77 for each of his visits.
With that said I do not expect to have the level of catering that the Senator Lounge has as they are not charging the commensurate rate.
Having said that if UNITED or any of the domestic airline raises their rates to those level well my opinion will change.
Apr 22, 2017, 4:33 pm
#2017
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BOS. 4/21 afternoon.
Dead carrots. Crackers ran out and weren't replaced. One tray of cold cuts way over by the bar. Gone in minutes and not replenished. Sad.
ORD B6 9:00ish am. 4/19. Scraps of an egg veggie dish STONE cold and unappetizing. Sausage was good.
Dead carrots. Crackers ran out and weren't replaced. One tray of cold cuts way over by the bar. Gone in minutes and not replenished. Sad.
ORD B6 9:00ish am. 4/19. Scraps of an egg veggie dish STONE cold and unappetizing. Sausage was good.
Apr 23, 2017, 2:34 pm
#2018
Join Date: May 2015
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$59 one-time pass isn't high enough for you?
Apr 23, 2017, 7:19 pm
#2019
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Sure that is high, no doubt about it, but honestly, I still see that as less than probably what an International Lounge would charge if they had day passes.
The USA Airline lounges have never been known for their catering as far back as I can remember, that is not to say that it cannot be better, but incremental steps are better than no steps at all.
To be clear, I would love to see the UNITED Club or the Delta Sky Lounge (imho a bit of a step up from UNITED already at least in the catering arena) improve even further to say the likes of a Lufthansa Senator Lounge, but that is not in the cards in the foreseeable future.
Lastly, I recently was in the Air France Lounge at IAD and while nice and an improvement over its former occupant the NWA World Club, there is not exactly a ton of catering and it is an International airline running an international club.
The USA Airline lounges have never been known for their catering as far back as I can remember, that is not to say that it cannot be better, but incremental steps are better than no steps at all.
To be clear, I would love to see the UNITED Club or the Delta Sky Lounge (imho a bit of a step up from UNITED already at least in the catering arena) improve even further to say the likes of a Lufthansa Senator Lounge, but that is not in the cards in the foreseeable future.
Lastly, I recently was in the Air France Lounge at IAD and while nice and an improvement over its former occupant the NWA World Club, there is not exactly a ton of catering and it is an International airline running an international club.
Apr 24, 2017, 12:38 am
#2020
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There is not a force on this planet that would make me pay $59 for access to any domestic United Club. LHR is fantastic, but then I would not pay $59 for that on a regular basis.
Apr 24, 2017, 12:50 am
#2021
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Aussie in ORD
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LHR is basically the reason I have the UC Visa card. And I WOULD pay $59 to access for one reason: Showers. A shower after a TATL is humanizing.
Apr 24, 2017, 1:12 am
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I get your point though of course...
Apr 24, 2017, 1:37 am
#2023
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Apr 24, 2017, 9:49 am
#2024
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Apr 24, 2017, 9:52 am
#2025
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...To be clear, I would love to see the UNITED Club or the Delta Sky Lounge (imho a bit of a step up from UNITED already at least in the catering arena) improve even further to say the likes of a Lufthansa Senator Lounge, but that is not in the cards in the foreseeable future...
With short connections I'll stay in the C/D terminal area and hang out in United Club, though for longer connections, it's definitely worth it to take a shuttle/subway to the A/B area and go to Turkish.