LGA United Club (Former President's Club) at Concourse A is now an Air Canada MLL
Aug 8, 2012, 3:08 pm
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Good riddance. I stopped in there to use the bathroom once and ended up wishing I'd used the one in the terminal!
Aug 8, 2012, 4:01 pm
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The one time I went there, I completely missed the entrance and was trying to get in the door across the hall. A minute later (after walking down the hallway a little bit) realized I had missed it and made my way in.
Aug 8, 2012, 5:10 pm
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Once UA reconfigures the PS fleet to 2 class there will be no need for a GF lounge at JFK any longer. I doubt it will survive beyond 2013..if that long. But the Club at LGA??? I don't see how LGA can have no UA lounge..that would be stupid. Perhaps they're moving it somewhere else.
Aug 9, 2012, 5:57 am
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There is no value in keeping both clubs open. There is great value in renovating the one club, expanding it into the secure area and (hopefully) consolidated gate areas.
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Aug 9, 2012, 6:33 am
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They're consolidating from two clubs to one. They are expanding the one. This is not marginalization of the LGA facility at all.
There is no value in keeping both clubs open. There is great value in renovating the one club, expanding it into the secure area and (hopefully) consolidated gate areas.
There is no value in keeping both clubs open. There is great value in renovating the one club, expanding it into the secure area and (hopefully) consolidated gate areas.
Plans sound great - I'll believe it when I see the shovel hit.
Aug 9, 2012, 6:49 am
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No surprise here. The two LGA clubs are possibly the most redundant locations in the system. The plans for an expanded C club and post-security entrance are great too, although I will miss the 'back door' to the former RCC which is very easily accessible when arriving from the parking garage.
Rumor has it that Air Canada is looking at the soon-to-be-former UC (nee RCC) at EWR Terminal A too. The LGA rumblings seem to have more legs considering the larger AC operation there, but according to a friend the vast majority of visits to the A-1 UC are Air Canada customers. The possibility of two new NYC-area MLLs is very intriguing!
Rumor has it that Air Canada is looking at the soon-to-be-former UC (nee RCC) at EWR Terminal A too. The LGA rumblings seem to have more legs considering the larger AC operation there, but according to a friend the vast majority of visits to the A-1 UC are Air Canada customers. The possibility of two new NYC-area MLLs is very intriguing!
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Aug 9, 2012, 7:02 am
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They're consolidating from two clubs to one. They are expanding the one. This is not marginalization of the LGA facility at all.
There is no value in keeping both clubs open. There is great value in renovating the one club, expanding it into the secure area and (hopefully) consolidated gate areas.
There is no value in keeping both clubs open. There is great value in renovating the one club, expanding it into the secure area and (hopefully) consolidated gate areas.
Aug 9, 2012, 7:19 am
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Agreed on it making sense to consolidate to one lounge by the way.
Aug 9, 2012, 7:39 am
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Why the automatic link between reducing capacity and trying to feed traffic to EWR? LGA is a spoke airport for UA anyway with the bulk of its flights to ORD. I would see a reduction being more related to demand on this particular route than any sly plan being underway. I haven't seen a corresponding increase in capacity out of EWR, have you?
You don't have to increase EWR seats for the proportion of UA seats to/from NYC to shift to EWR. UA can't charge its monopolistic 3-day pricing ex-LGA, so of course they want to winnow that capacity as much as possible.
Oct 23, 2012, 3:38 pm
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The A UC is now a MLL
Parked in the deck as usual and was shocked to see the lounge near the garage is now a MLL. So I trudged to the C lounge and enjoyed the non-existent wireless (c'mon guys, fix it), no cheese in the bin, and icebox temperature (sometimes you need to turn the heat on). AND two of the 3 gerbil feeders have candy in them; one has cheese crackers but not the usual nice mix of stuff.
Sigh. What's the point of being a UC member?
Sigh. What's the point of being a UC member?
Oct 23, 2012, 4:32 pm
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Parked in the deck as usual and was shocked to see the lounge near the garage is now a MLL. So I trudged to the C lounge and enjoyed the non-existent wireless (c'mon guys, fix it), no cheese in the bin, and icebox temperature (sometimes you need to turn the heat on). AND two of the 3 gerbil feeders have candy in them; one has cheese crackers but not the usual nice mix of stuff.
Sigh. What's the point of being a UC member?
Sigh. What's the point of being a UC member?
No loss here, at all. The former RCC remained and that's a good thing. I'm a pmCO customer and freely admit the LGA RCC is by far the better of the two ... And honestly, probably has the friendliest staff I've met in the entire UC system!!
Oct 24, 2012, 3:58 am
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Can't wait to stop by the new MLL and try it out in a few weeks!
Oct 24, 2012, 4:44 am
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