Consolidated "Red Carpet Club Access Questions" Thread [Merged]
Feb 15, 2009, 7:05 pm
#421
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No drink chits since it's not transoceanic, but you do get RCC access.
Feb 17, 2009, 11:11 pm
#422
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: MHT, BOS, DEN
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Okay my turn to sound really stupid but after 28 pages Clarification is needed. Flying MHT-YVR soon and will be XF to and from ORD-YVR. I am not status at all just a normal member but since this is an international flight I should be granted RCC access in ORD Correct? Just no drink chits. (see I did read..) Thanks.
Feb 17, 2009, 11:18 pm
#423
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: (SJC)
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Okay my turn to sound really stupid but after 28 pages Clarification is needed. Flying MHT-YVR soon and will be XF to and from ORD-YVR. I am not status at all just a normal member but since this is an international flight I should be granted RCC access in ORD Correct? Just no drink chits. (see I did read..) Thanks.
If you are *Gold / 1P / Prem Exec or above they in theory should admit you.
US *Gold does not get this privilege for Canada I believe.
Scratch that. Didn't read XF. sry
Last edited by AMRivlin; Feb 17, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Feb 17, 2009, 11:27 pm
#425
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: MHT, BOS, DEN
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Thats what it seemed like but I wasn't sure. TY. Not like I have much time in ORD anyway.. Just about 1.5 hours either time. One is in the morning other near dinner, is it worth stopping by and grabbing something to munch on?
Feb 18, 2009, 12:38 am
#426
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Location: near FRA
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Feb 18, 2009, 1:52 am
#427
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 502
SEAttle Red Carpet Club front desk informed me that *A Gold members will no longer be admitted for the first leg. The first lounge I'd have access to under the new rules would be in SFO.
He said that this is a change in policy directed by his management.
Feb 18, 2009, 5:06 am
#428
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Travelled early February SEA-SFO-LHR, all on United, with a 2 hour layover in SFO.
SEAttle Red Carpet Club front desk informed me that *A Gold members will no longer be admitted for the first leg. The first lounge I'd have access to under the new rules would be in SFO.
He said that this is a change in policy directed by his management.
SEAttle Red Carpet Club front desk informed me that *A Gold members will no longer be admitted for the first leg. The first lounge I'd have access to under the new rules would be in SFO.
He said that this is a change in policy directed by his management.
Please post when you get an "official" response.
Feb 18, 2009, 5:07 am
#429
Join Date: May 2007
Programs: Alt E50K, Marriott (Gold)
Posts: 89
RCC Renewal
Hello
My membership to RCC expires this month. I cannot imagine there being any reason to renew it but I thought I would throw it out there to see if anyone else saw it differently.
I fly from Canada on AC and I have elite status with Aeroplan which gives me the same lounge access(?). I think that means I would be tossing money away to renew the RCC.
Thanks
My membership to RCC expires this month. I cannot imagine there being any reason to renew it but I thought I would throw it out there to see if anyone else saw it differently.
I fly from Canada on AC and I have elite status with Aeroplan which gives me the same lounge access(?). I think that means I would be tossing money away to renew the RCC.
Thanks
Feb 18, 2009, 5:09 am
#430
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Hello
My membership to RCC expires this month. I cannot imagine there being any reason to renew it but I thought I would throw it out there to see if anyone else saw it differently.
I fly from Canada on AC and I have elite status with Aeroplan which gives me the same lounge access(?). I think that means I would be tossing money away to renew the RCC.
Thanks
My membership to RCC expires this month. I cannot imagine there being any reason to renew it but I thought I would throw it out there to see if anyone else saw it differently.
I fly from Canada on AC and I have elite status with Aeroplan which gives me the same lounge access(?). I think that means I would be tossing money away to renew the RCC.
Thanks
Feb 18, 2009, 7:31 am
#431
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: New Orleans
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Posts: 655
Travelled early February SEA-SFO-LHR, all on United, with a 2 hour layover in SFO.
SEAttle Red Carpet Club front desk informed me that *A Gold members will no longer be admitted for the first leg. The first lounge I'd have access to under the new rules would be in SFO.
He said that this is a change in policy directed by his management.
SEAttle Red Carpet Club front desk informed me that *A Gold members will no longer be admitted for the first leg. The first lounge I'd have access to under the new rules would be in SFO.
He said that this is a change in policy directed by his management.
[email protected])
Sent: Wed 2/04/09 12:23 PM
"Thanks for contacting us regarding our Red Carpet Club access.
Here is some information that may be helpful. For admission to an International First Class lounge, Star Alliance lounge, or Red Carpet Club, present your same day international First or Business Class ticket, or Star Gold card, on the appropriate carrier along with your boarding pass or United Red Carpet Club membership card. Customers ticketed and traveling on United will have access to United lounges throughout their travel itinerary. Other Star Alliance carriers permit access at the departing airport only."
Last edited by iluv2fly; Feb 18, 2009 at 9:19 am Reason: per policy
Feb 18, 2009, 7:41 am
#432
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Kansas City, USA
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Received this from 1K email - *G have RCC lounge access all the way, when flying UA.
[email protected])
Sent: Wed 2/04/09 12:23 PM
"Thanks for contacting us regarding our Red Carpet Club access.
Here is some information that may be helpful. For admission to an International First Class lounge, Star Alliance lounge, or Red Carpet Club, present your same day international First or Business Class ticket, or Star Gold card, on the appropriate carrier along with your boarding pass or United Red Carpet Club membership card. Customers ticketed and traveling on United will have access to United lounges throughout their travel itinerary. Other Star Alliance carriers permit access at the departing airport only."
[email protected])
Sent: Wed 2/04/09 12:23 PM
"Thanks for contacting us regarding our Red Carpet Club access.
Here is some information that may be helpful. For admission to an International First Class lounge, Star Alliance lounge, or Red Carpet Club, present your same day international First or Business Class ticket, or Star Gold card, on the appropriate carrier along with your boarding pass or United Red Carpet Club membership card. Customers ticketed and traveling on United will have access to United lounges throughout their travel itinerary. Other Star Alliance carriers permit access at the departing airport only."
Thanks for the clarification. I just had a very frustating phone call with the Red Carpet Service Center, 866-822-5827 who stated to me that 1K members with an Economy class International ticket DO NOT get Red Carpet Club access. I escalated this to a supervisor because I wanted to see if he would confirm the blatantly incorrect info and he DID.
Oh well, obviously not that big a deal but you would think that you could get correct info from the RCC Service Center.
Last edited by iluv2fly; Feb 18, 2009 at 9:20 am Reason: per policy
Feb 18, 2009, 9:21 am
#433
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Since you were improperly denied access I would ask for a one-time RCC pass as compensation. It happened to me once and I got a $200 cert but this was before they tightened down the compensation rules.
Feb 21, 2009, 5:06 pm
#434
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Sacramento, CA
Programs: SPG Gold; HHonors Gold; Marriott Silver
Posts: 80
Not sure about access...
I have read nearly all of the 25+ pages on this thread, and I'm still not sure so looking for clarification from the experts.
My wife and I will be flying FRA - LAX - SMF on a business class award ticket. Flying from FRA on LH and changing to UA for the SMF leg. We have a 4 hour layover in LAX. My understanding is we will have to claim our luggage in LAX and then recheck the bags to SMF, and also change from the international terminal to the UA terminal. The flight to SMF is CR-200 so not ticketed in F or C.
Will we be able to get access to the RCC in the UA domestic terminal based upon our C ticket on LH on the same day? Is there a way to use the *A lounge in the international terminal without leaving our luggage to mindless circle the carousel?
By the time of the flight I will be 2P so no Gold status
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My wife and I will be flying FRA - LAX - SMF on a business class award ticket. Flying from FRA on LH and changing to UA for the SMF leg. We have a 4 hour layover in LAX. My understanding is we will have to claim our luggage in LAX and then recheck the bags to SMF, and also change from the international terminal to the UA terminal. The flight to SMF is CR-200 so not ticketed in F or C.
Will we be able to get access to the RCC in the UA domestic terminal based upon our C ticket on LH on the same day? Is there a way to use the *A lounge in the international terminal without leaving our luggage to mindless circle the carousel?
By the time of the flight I will be 2P so no Gold status
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Feb 21, 2009, 7:10 pm
#435
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As a same day bussiness class traveller, you should have access to the available *A lounges, including RCC
Star Alliance Lounge Access for International Business Class: Customers who present an international Business Class boarding pass, regardless of the Star Alliance carrier they fly, have access to all members' designated business departure lounges. Guests are not permitted.
Star Alliance Lounge Access for International Business Class: Customers who present an international Business Class boarding pass, regardless of the Star Alliance carrier they fly, have access to all members' designated business departure lounges. Guests are not permitted.