Originally Posted by
DELee
Per se, no. However, if UA is really serious about handling the changes to domestic travel patterns, knowing who's flying and what they're spending, more effective marketing of existing UCs in traveled leisure destinations either via direct sales contacts as well as through Chase's United Club Infinite card are again addressing those UA travelers who want and desire a higher end experience. This is not to say that FAs couldn't also be provided with UC Infinite card applications and/or have an add to their app to get their card sales bounty.
David
I doubt that lounge access to something such as a UC moves the leisure luxury needle in the least.
Lounges have not been a part of the US flying expectation since before de-regulation (1983) and I've never seen or even heard that there exists any reliable data to the contrary.