Originally Posted by
MatthewLAX
It's 2am here in LA so I am going to bed, but someone is free to paste the pictures directly into FT if you don't want to click on my blog -- over 60 pictures of the new lounge here:
http://upgrd.com/matthew/new-united-club-at-lax.html
(link to my blog)
Lounge is really nice and we should see Chicago UC-style food. No showers, but Polaris Lounge will be going into former IFL at LAX and will have showers.
Future Polaris lounges at hubs (except DEN and GUM) and eventually in Mainland China...many UA people, including Oscar, were hyping the Polaris lounge opening in ORD so my expectations are obviously very high for that one, because I thought the new LAX club is great.
First off, Thank You very much for all of the photos and the comments.
One interesting thing in your photos and review is that there does not appear to be any conference rooms (except for one small one). Good. I would rather space like that be used for other purposes, such as more open space and seating.
What I most liked about your comments was the quotes by Scott and Kirby, stating they are determined fight the competition, unlike Jeff who seemed to run away from any kind of fight. When Oscar says He wants to make UA a better airline, I believe he will do everything he can to do just that. I don't think any of us believed Jeff about anything, especially in the last couple of years.
One odd thing, though: the new lounge closes at 10 p.m. That took me by surprise that it will close that early, especially considering one of the current lounges closes at 10:30 p.m. and the other at 12:45 a.m. Why so early?