SFO Lounge access
Feb 16, 2024, 12:53 pm
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: SFO
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SFO Lounge access
I'm traveling on TAP from SFO to LIS in March in Biz class. My understanding is that I'll have access to the UA Polaris lounge. However, the Polaris lounge is on the G concourse while the TAP flights leave out of the A or B concourses. It looks to me that I'll have to clear security twice since you can't go between G and A/B directly?
Feb 29, 2024, 4:26 pm
#4
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: SF Bay Area
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Posts: 24
China Airlines lounge
Flying TP238 today out of SFO they are flying from terminal B for some reason. No United lounges anywhere close here. Decided to use Priority Pass. Walked in to China Airlines lounge and before I could mention Priority Pass, they ask if I'm flying TAP Business. I say yes, and they ask for my boarding pass. They scan it and let me in. Another attendant seems confused and privately asks the manager if she needs my Priority Pass (they don’t). Seems like perhaps some sort of last minute lounge contract. I imagine flying out of B gates was not the way it was originally planned.
Very disappointed I got stuck with China Airlines lounge instead of Polaris lounge 😑
Very disappointed I got stuck with China Airlines lounge instead of Polaris lounge 😑
Mar 1, 2024, 6:20 pm
#6
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: TK Elite
Posts: 17
I believe SFO recently opened new international gates in the B pier after renovations, so (as far as I've seen) TP, TK, and BR seemed to have there in the last few months. Maybe the G gates were getting crowded?
Mar 18, 2024, 4:51 pm
#7
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Flying on TAP today at SFO. As zzm said, if you’re traveling in J class you still do have access to the united Polaris lounge even though the TAP flight is leaving out of A gates The checking in agent directed me to China Airlines lounge but I asked whether I could get into Polaris. She said she thought so and sure enough Im here.. It’s a very slow day at SFO, so no delay to the G gates where Polaris is. If you’ve got the time, it sounds like it’s worth the effort given that the China airlines lounge has lack luster reviews