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Old Oct 2, 2024 | 6:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Infinite1K
Sorry, but why did you take the AirTrain if you landed at International and were departing out of G1?
Originally Posted by Kacee
It's the great circle route 😝
Originally Posted by Infinite1K
Thanks. Hard to keep track of that given this is the SFO Polaris Lounge thread and no mention was made of MLL in the actual post 🤷🏻‍♂️
Originally Posted by fumje
AC MLL (have to follow a lot of posts to catch the reference).
I never noticed any issue with cleanliness, though. If anything I'd have said it's better than the PL's showers. The tiling is quite dark, but as far as I could tell quite clean. YMMV apparently.
Yes sorry, I was just replying to the last message regarding this. I guess it's been a few days. And yes, literally a circle. I thought it'd be useful for people to get an idea of timings when considering the hike when trying to decide between waiting for PL to open and going to MLL


Originally Posted by Kacee
I find that a little difficult to believe. Never seen the MLL anywhere close to 100% capacity. I've been in twice during this same timeframe in the past month.
Originally Posted by fumje
Was initially confused reading it, but I think it meant in the shower room nowhere to sit (which is the case).
I've also never seen the MLL anywhere close to capacity, even when the E UC has been literally (literally) SRO for anyone just walking in.
Originally Posted by sfvoyage
I have used the shower room in the MLL at SFO and thought it was fine. I also like the lounge itself, which I've never seen crowded. The food spread is good as well. Of course its best feature is the airiness and the terrace and view.
Originally Posted by Kacee
Rereading, that seems plausible. If that's indeed the intent, I'll just note that IME seats in lounge showers are very much the exception, not the rule.
The fact that UA pays for every one of my entries is just an added bonus.
Yes, I mean in the actual shower room. There is usually a bench or something built into the wall to sit on. I've found this most common around the world. The few times there isnt, I guess you sit on the toilet but there is at least a toilet lid/cover. This is the first I can remember where there wasn't anything. I thought the matte black tile made it not look so clean. I didn't say it was more dirty than PL. Some PL showers use black tile too though they seem more shiny. Overall fine.
Lounge itself was fairly empty. Didn't even notice a terrace. I didn't find the food spread to be much better than PL. PL had more options.
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