Originally Posted by Boraxo

I would expect impact to be positive as you won't have premium cabin *A passengers packing the UA lounges, which was often the case at IAD, IAH & SFO (and I would imagine other hubs). Nobody in their right mind would visit a UC now if they have access to Polaris. Of course, Polaris will be packed for peak departures as we have seen at ORD.

To be fair I can't comment on EWR as I have almost no reason to transit there and avoid like the plague. But I don't think you can extrapolate from EWR to IAH or SFO. I have not visited UCs [MENTION=110828]sfo[/MENTION] since the Polaris launch but have no reason to expect them to be worse.

Yes there is overcrowding during the transition/construction but that is to be expected. I am sure the showers are an important factor for many TATL & TPAC passengers though I doubt I would need a shower at EWR after a TATL westbound daytime flight. They are more useful after the redeye flights from Africa and eastbound TATL (the LH arrivals lounge [MENTION=202061]fra[/MENTION] is a delight).