Originally Posted by
star_world
Originally Posted by
hobo13
Interestingly, I had totally glossed over the 'scanning BP to enter the club' assuming that was really trivial. Turns out, it's not. The line to enter the LAX club on Tuesday afternoon was easily 20 people long and took 10 minutes to clear. Evidently, SHARES requires the agent to manually type in the 6 digit locator for every pax. Sad.
Not correct. If you're a member they can either swipe your card (quickest) or manually type in your MP number if you don't have your card (not as quick). If you're entering as a *G (UA or otherwise) then they can enter either the PNR or flight number / name - or scan the BP.
The huge increase in lines (I've seen this too) is as a direct result of people assuming they can adopt the UA approach of just scanning their BP if they're a UC member. This doesn't work (yet).
Hint: there were no huge lines outside CO PCs in the past. People handed over their PC card, it got swiped, they went in.
Also had problems entering using a paid business boarding pass for a PS flight in SFO....they just couldn't figure out how to get that to register.
Thought the United Club checkin system was integrated earlier -- I was able to use my Presidential Plus credit card to enter one a few months ago.
But apparently not given the lines at the SFO club and fight that broke out between a passenger and agent.
The good: my former OnePass number now works for wifi.