United Lounge options at IAD - Where do I go?
Jun 14, 2017, 1:34 pm
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I believe there are also reports that the LH lounge will accept UA domestic F pax even if not *G. Not a lot of such on FT though, so the reports are very sporadic.
Jun 14, 2017, 2:12 pm
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Jun 14, 2017, 2:38 pm
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There's no Polaris service on that route. If you are talking about UA 340, that's generally a 3-class internationally-configured 777, but it's not branded as and does not include any Polaris "extras". It's domestic F. Nicer hard product, but still F.
Not even the UC access which goes with TCON premium.
That's the bad news. The good news is that there are tons of great food & drink options on the C-D concourse at IAD.
Not even the UC access which goes with TCON premium.
That's the bad news. The good news is that there are tons of great food & drink options on the C-D concourse at IAD.
Jun 14, 2017, 3:42 pm
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Yup. Also, can use the UC club card for those (which I assume you don't have) or Priority Pass for the AF or BA lounges (with frequent capacity limits for AF - though it is really one of my favorites - and time limits at BA that exclude the afternoon). I gather you will be arriving in C/D, so using a pass would be okay before going to A/B, and I'd just go to the one closest to the gate I came in on. One or more can get really crowded depending on the time. But you will find the A/B concourse nicer than any of the United clubs, with plenty of nice places to get bite and a drink. I will go to A/B when flying out of C/D when I have time, but I would not do the reverse.
Jun 14, 2017, 3:45 pm
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Use the Lufthansa lounge in terminal B, assuming you're Star Gold, traveling in F or C, or are a paid club member.
Jun 14, 2017, 4:24 pm
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Jun 14, 2017, 5:32 pm
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I can confirm that they will, at least last year they did. The LH lounge is a far enough trek away that they don't get too many UA people mooching off of their far superior lounge.
Jun 14, 2017, 7:15 pm
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One thing I really wish UA would do is take over the old AA admirals club location across from D7 or so. It would definitely help with the overcrowded in the UA clubs.
Jun 14, 2017, 7:39 pm
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Once they take one of the existing UCs for Polaris, this would be a critical add. Losing one of the existing 3 is going to make the remaining clubs untenable.
Jun 14, 2017, 8:02 pm
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I've wondered, since a lot of the people in the UA clubs seem to be on the International flights, so it might not add customers, just move them around.
Jun 14, 2017, 9:25 pm
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Jun 14, 2017, 10:33 pm
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Jun 14, 2017, 11:59 pm
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Jun 15, 2017, 7:00 am
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What IAD really needs is an actual Polaris lounge in C/D for international flights. I remember thinking last time I was in one of the UA C/D lounges that if I was an occasional flyer and had actually paid for a UA business class ticket and that was what I got, I'd be sorely disappointed.
From 2014-2016, I flew out of IAD weekly. Even though I have a UC membership, I found myself at Bar Symon far more often than I did at the United Club. Even when my flight was at some of the C gates, I still preferred taking the moon buggy ride to D, sitting at Bar Symon, and then walking to going into the UC.
About the only exception was the C8 Club, but that was at least partially because it's so off the main highway, that it was often less crowded. Even on Thursday afternoons.
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