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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 9:17 pm
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retsef
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Originally Posted by FlyinHawaiian
Exit the gate are in Terminal A and follow the signs to Concourses C and D. There's a waiting area there where the mobile lounges dock (think of the lounge as a large bus).

There will either be a lounge docked at the terminal (the entrance doors will be open) or the doors will be closed and there will be a countdown clock indicating when the next one will depart. In that case, you hang out in the waiting area until a lounge docks.

Wait for the lounge to Concourse C. While C and D are both part of one long concourse, in general, you are not going to save any time catching a D lounge for a C departure gate.

The lounge will drive you from A to C, it's a neat drive as you have to cross the tarmac and will see many planes at the gates and moving on the tarmac.
When arriving UAX at IAD Concourse A just past the Five Guys Burger stand is a small set of escalators. When exiting the escalators turn left. The boarding docks for the Mobile Lounges to C are at this location. To the right are Mobile Lounges to Main Terminal. It is a short ride over to Concourse C and like FlyingHawaiian said it affords great views of the ramp area.

Enjoy while you can, the new AeroTrain opens late 2009!!!!
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