I don't know if I was stupid for doing this... (wait... what am I say, of course
it was stupid)
I bought one of those United Club one-time passes(Chase) from the #1 eBay
seller. (the one who has 100% rating with around 500 positive feedbacks
all from selling these passes)
When I went into the UC this afternoon, I present the pass to the lounge
attendant. She immediately asked to see my Chase credit card. I don't
have one(or else I would have my own passes, right?) She asked me where
I got it from. I said my friend gave it to me. She proceeded to ask me what
my friend's name was. I gave her the name of my friend who was a UA
1k member. Big mistake. She looked it up and told me that he didn't have
the Chase credit card. I figured "busted... so I'll go sit in a corner of the
the terminal... $20 gone... but no biggie"
WRONG, she picked up the phone and called my friend. I guess they have
his office number in his UA account. She asked "I have Mr._____ here with
me at the Dulles United Club. He said you gave him a one-time pass from
your Chase credit card... I'm just calling to confirm this with you..." My
friend had no idea what was going on(obviously) but he gave a somewhat
intelligent answer "I might have, but I don't have time to talk to you right
now because I'm in a meeting"(my friend later told me that... even when he
was actually at the local mall shopping a present for his mother).
The UC attendant was relentless and wouldn't let me leave. She wanted
to see my ticket and ID. She said a lot of people have been showing up
with these passes that they bought on Craistlist and eBay and other internet
forums and they're trying to stop this ILLEGAL practice. (is it really "illegal"
in the legal sense?)
Just when I was pondering what my response was going to be, she was called
to the back by another attendant. Apparently someone had spilled a whole
beer on the floor and someone had slipped on it. I left the club and went to
my gate(not UA)....
Lesson learned...
