mia

Yes, I think that's a feature of the United Club membership, but I don't know the details. I should, because I have a United Club lifetime membership that I seldom use because Miami is not much of a UA market.

This page sends me here for Star Alliance lounge locations, which seems to mean only joint operated Star Alliance lounges, rather than lounges operated by other Star Alliance airlines:

http://www.staralliance.com/en/lounges

Other partner lounges are here:

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...ations/bf.aspx

Thank you, I have corrected the error in my post. There is no JPM Sapphire card, it's JPM Reserve.

GUWonder

It was a feature when it was of relevance to me some years back, but I now don't really need it.

worldwidedreamer

I totally agree with your post---and would not be surprised to see more third party lounge networks affiliate with someone other than Priority Pass. Anecdotally, it seems like Chase and United have some friction in their relationship. Like everything else in life, change continues to be constant.

mia

Chase assembled their credit card business through Merger and Acquisition, and I think they are ripe to lose at least one airline and one hotel partner due to conflicts, but I would guess WN or BA rather than UA.

KDCAflyer

Hopefully they lose Marriott to Amex. Not sure where WN or BA would go in the unlikely event. Maybe Barclays?

Clipper801

Here's the rule. The key word is "participating". You have to be a member to sign in to find out the details.

Source: https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/pro...nitedClub.aspx

It was nice when Amex The Platinum was able to access the United Club.

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mia

I could see BA moving to either American Express or Barclays. American Express issues BA's co-branded cards in the United Kingdom, and Barclays is a British bank.

No opinion about Southwest.

cheaptimesharetraveler

We were in the lounge at San Jose airport a few weeks ago and it was empty. I guess the airport is small enough that most people do not arrive early for security.

It was also an airport with a longer TSE Pre line than the regular line.

We live in Denver, and it is shocking to me that no PP lounge exists at DEN. I suppose it would be tough to decide where to put a lounge, since the concourses are so far apart and require a train to get to/from.

I would love to see some sort of lounge in Oakland. We are there a lot.

I hope more lounges are yet to come.

I was somewhat disturbed to hear about college students drinking in the lounges. I hope the students were over 21 and had proof of age. Who needs drunken teens on a plane. That would make for a very uncomfortable flight for a 62-year-old woman who is already white-knuckling the bumpy air.

mia

DONE, but not through Priority Pass, use your American Express Platinum card for entry:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...k-bdl-msp.html

http://www.escapelounges.com/escape-...akland-lounge/

dhuey

Add me to the never-had-a-PP-problem list. I've used it maybe two dozen times over the years in a wide variety of places. It's been a great card benefit for me.

garykung

The Club @ SJC is specially designed for international departures, especially for the NH's SJC-NRT. It is a condition why NH is willing to operate a route down at SJC.

DEN is a UA hub with limited international routes. It is not a surprise that UCs are what DEN has.

There are several reasons why there is practically no lounge in OAK.

1. City of Oakland is unwilling to invest on the airport, while both SFO and SJC have been making significant investments at the same time. Even BART's OAK extension was not funded by the city.

2. The largest airlines @ OAK is WN. FWIW - those who travel with WN do not need perks like lounge access.

3. OAK's international exposure is the worst among all 3 airports.

cfischer

the benefit keeps getting better! Now with 2 free guest. Never any issues. Not sure where the OP is experiencing this problem ... not where I am going!

philemer

Like the AS Lounges. See http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...b-c-space.html No guests allowed and they can actually bar the card holder too for capacity reasons.

Eastbay1K

OAK now has a lounge, accessible with the AX card, but not with PP, so this is good news for AX cardholders, and not for PP cardholders.

I've been refused at SFO (told to return after a time certain), and EZE has hesitated (prior to restrictive hours).

Kacee

Correct. A UC membership will get you access to all *A Business Class lounges, including partner operated lounges, with the exception of the SKL in SIN, where you are relegated to the KF Gold lounge.

Unlike with United Clubs (where any same day BP will get you in), you must be departing on a *A flight to use this feature.