Originally Posted by
narvik
Keep in mind, also, that according to UNITED:
"As of May 2, you can only access and exit Newark’s Terminal C from Door 1 on the middle and lower levels (Departures and Arrivals). The other doors on those levels, as well as the doors on the upper level (Level 3) of Terminal C, will be closed until further notice."
...from:
https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly.../maps/ewr.html
That is very strange. I'm flying Wednesday and will advise. Traffic on levels 1 and 2 is bad during peak times even at current flying... that will not a good (premium) customer service move as summer travel will see an increase in flights.
I wonder if there is an access control check now? Show a boarding pass, etc.? Sounds like a recipe for a totally unnecessary bottleneck. As an aside, some of the goons UA has enforcing access up escalators from Level 2 to the security checkpoints are cut from the same cloth as the morons in Chicago that "reaccommodated" Dr. Dao in 2017. A few weeks ago I was nearly involved in a physical altercation with one (a UA employee, no less) who didn't see the PreCheck notation on my boarding pass when I showed it to him, and literally followed me up the escalator, in a menacing fashion, shouting at me to "STOP," as I was accessing a public area of the airport as a ticketed passenger. For those familiar with EWR, this was the escalator up from the level 2 check-in area (where I was dropped off by Uber) to the mezzanine near C-2 *before* the Clear/PreCheck area and security checkpoint.
If this is going to be something similar, I can't wait to see pictures of the lines posted to social media. If so, would probably consider getting dropped off at B and taking the AirTrain over, instead.