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Old Aug 4, 2022 | 9:41 pm
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Originally Posted by bmwe92fan
I'm GS - -and before that I was a club member -- I haven't got a physical card in years -- but the lounges will accept the digital cards as they can scan them -- my tip -- add the card to your apple wallet -- I can't tell you how hard it is to try and find the card in the UA app after flying all night to FRA and they want to scan the card -- in spite of the BP showing my status (GS/*A)...
You are talking about your elite status card and yes that has not been provided since 2019 (for GS). It is a different card from UC member.

This talk about status is not relevant to the original query

If you are *G and travelling international, you don't need a UC membership, you are better off as *G (and virtual cards work).
If you are travelling domestic and have a UC membership, you don't need a UC card as it is coded in your BP

The only time you need a physical UC card is an individual without status or *S travelling internationally (believe this is the case for the OP). In the past *A lounges don't have access to UC member database, don't know if that has changed
Otherwise, you don't need the physical UC card

The fact that no one has UA elite physical card is a non sequitur to this discussion.

Originally Posted by Dr Jabadski
Anyone know how to obtain a card? ...
Assuming you are talking about a UC membership card, the subject of this thread, as a UA *G why do you need a physical UC card?

To get back to the OP, has anyone who is an UC member received a new physical UC member card this year?

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