Originally Posted by cfischer

frankly, you won't find much better with other airlines either right now. You say you were hoping for better experiences, but honestly IAD did not have a Polaris lounge last year at all, so perhaps you could have checked that out before booking your tickets as well?
Later this year there will be an IAD Polaris lounge and it will be better than the other IAD lounges, no questions. As you point out, the TK (or LH) lounge isn't better right now as well.