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Old Jul 23, 2021 | 6:16 am
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Originally Posted by ani90
Which, of course, they can argue is never. They were good when they lasted but I would not take for granted they they will certainly return. The world is a bit different now and they may no longer be able to populate those polaris cabins with sufficient high paying business passengers on J, D and C fares who fund or justify the incremental costs of the lounge.
+1
They must be extremely expensive to run; They have a huge footprint with very high leasing costs and all the operating costs of an on-demand restaurant, in addition to a higher (than a UC) staff to guest ration. I really don't see how they can re-open without huge numbers of corporate J flyers subsidizing the operation-corporate flyers that I believe will never return due to the plague and the improved communications technology that evolved as a result. Sadly, it's likely that future Polaris customers will just get access to the UCs, perhaps with an exclusive area.

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