I'm curious what the population of UA elites is local in CLT... Even back when I was a Silver, I was hitting the upgrade better than 50% of the time. Frequently on early morning flights non-revs make it up front. I don't think in a year of flying UA weekly out of CLT I've sat aft of the wing's leading edge. Last night coming from Dulles, as of 6 hours to departure, First was only booked to 5 and maybe 10% of Econ+ were booked. Plane went out full after standby and basic econ.

The flight schedule tends to be banked, feeding to the UA hubs. It isn't quite like DL who has frequent other flights like to LGA/BOS that carry a fair bit of local traffic. Perhaps why a Sky Club is coming in the new concourse that's back by I-85.

I agree on The Club being on a wait most of the time.... at 0500 there's usually 15 or so people in line. I generally avoid flying AA (UA and NK are my weeklies) so I'm never on the east side of the terminal except when I fly Contour so I don't try the Amex lounge, but it's been horribly crowded the few times I did.

A UC would be great but I just don't see it happening. Are there any UA stations completely outsourced like CLT is that have a UC?