Originally Posted by
SF1K
You don't think there are enough people currently using the UC as International business that will then use the new Polaris Lounge instead to reduce the UC numbers?
I have zero way of estimating what % of C3 UC is occupied with international travelers - perhaps UA does, and that is why they feel comfortable going this route. I think it's going to cause massive overcrowding problems for the domestic crowd in C1 (which is going to be out of the way for anyone traveling in C2 or C3 gates). Just my opinion as an EWR-based flyer who has generally seen C3 being pretty well-occupied no matter what time of day it is. There is no doubt it is more crowded around the TATL departure bank in the late afternoon/early evening, but it's still reasonably packed outside of those hours.
I am still surprised that all the work they have been doing along the walkway just past security did not involve building a Polaris club (or new UC) there that would have undoubtedly eaten some existing office space.