Originally Posted by
Often1
Hard to understand what OP is talking about.
UA offers p.s. premium, e.g. TCON J passengers access to the UC. DL does this with its SC and AA with its AC. Neither UA nor DL offer F. AA offers F and thus access to Flagship Lounges. So it is exactly the same on all three carriers for TCON J.
I don't see UA offering Polaris to TCON J anytime in the near future as that dilutes the entire branding and would either cause instant overcrowding or the need for an expansion right away.
One consideration might be to offer a smallish lounge area near departures for dedicated TCON gates and make that available only to J passengers. O&D HVC passengers are not going to arrive at EWR anytime further in advance than necessary, but might find grabbing a drink and something simple before boarding. Domestic connecting passengers are not the bread & butter of those routes and international connections in J have Polaris access.
Hmm... AA offers Flagship Access not just to those in F, but to those in transcon J.
DL does offer SC access but SC is significantly better than UC since DL uses it as a premium International lounge as well. SC has showers, a real buffet (and the option to buy Dom with Skypesos 😛
when UA clubs have cheese cubes.
At this point, UA transcon are very uncompetitive except for those connecting onwards to Polaris. Who doesn’t want to shower after a redeye?