COSPILOT

On my return home I grab a coffee for the road, never been a problem. Staff knows me well and knows what my intentions are.

StuckinITH

I did not realize that I was not supposed to take a newspaper from the UC Club. In lounges from other airlines there's a big mark on each of them saying only for lounge reading (Finnair comes to my mind). Even worse, if I'm running between flights at ORD, I will enter in the UC Club just for the newspaper.

dmurphynj

I take a to-go cup of coffee. I figure that’s why they have to-go cups and lids along side the mugs.

Sometimes, I’ll even get daring and take a banana for the road. I don’t feel bad about it. Not one iota.

CaptKornDog

Guess I'm guilty...for me it's usually a (tiny) to-go cup of coffee for the road, a banana or apple (or one I'm finishing eating), one or two of the Lifesavers mints, or a newspaper/magazine.

nycityny

I disagree. If I'm flying coach then there is reason to take food onto the plane. I've taken a roll and some nut mix from the Club onto the plane. So sue me. I'm cheap. That $450 for membership has to be used somehow and I don't drink alcohol in the Clubs.

porciuscato

The last time I went through the BOS UC, they were doing a trial of little "To Go" bags, which they were encouraging people to load with trial mix or cookies. I don't know if they're still doing this.

It would be nice to feel like you could grab an apple or a cup of coffee to go, if you only had a few minutes between flights, without feeling like you were breaking the rules......

DELee

Here's the bag o' snacks I actually took from the BOS club 2 weeks ago. A bit too lemony flavor for my taste.

​​​​​​​David

joe_miami

I've never taken anything bigger than a pack of cookies, which typically occurs during one of my 4-minute lounge visits on a tight connection. If I actually have time to eat/drink in the lounge, I feel bad about taking anything with me afterward.

wtigerFF

They were still doing that in the BOS club last week. They even had empty snack bags and you could fill them up with other stuff. I took one and made my own to-go snack bag. I figured that that's what it's for.

I've also taken coffee in a to-go cup and some tea bags for the plane. As dmurphynj pointed out, isn't that why they have "to go" cups with lids? Back when they had the individually wrapped cheese, I used to take a few pieces of cheese with crackers for the plane.

FightingIlliniUAL

Go ahead and roast me for this.

In the evening on my flight home, I'll sometimes load up a to-go coffee cup with the rest of my red wine. Makes for a more pleasant boarding process.

flyalways

If you joined United club (paying $450) expecting to recover it by
taking out food for later consumption then you have not joined for
the right reasons.

With this attitude I can see two things happening..
- Even more reduced food offerings at lounge
- Annual fee being raised

If everyone follows your logic then it is not sustainable for the lounge IMHO.
Lounge food is for lounge only !

Often1

People need to act like grownups. Rationalizations for theft are not acting like a grownup. E.g., "they didn't glue the chair to the floor so I figured it was mine to take."

It is self-evident what is intended for consumption in the Club and what is not. Styrofoam cups with lids suggest that it's fine to take a coffee. Bags for you to fill with popcorn on your way out suggest that it's fine to take a bag with you.

Stuffing plastic baggies you bring along with the food offerings rather than bringing a snack or buying one is just plain old thievery (not that it means that you need to go to prison, just that it's wrong).

Rationalizations such as, "others drink 3 glasses of cheap booze and I don't, so I stole X" also don't cut it.

If the UC is not good value, don't use it.

The end result of the larger problem is simply a reduction in the offerings or a price increase.

FlyfromDenver

And if one enters the club and there is nowhere to sit, what is your judgement then ? Reduction in offerings ? Until recently, it would have been MORE reduction in offerings.

emcampbe

I'm happy to admit it: I do take things once in a while. It's not much - sometimes a pack or two of crackers - maybe one of the packaged cheeses, or similar. Or a banana. Things like that. I don't think about it much in advance, and certainly am not bringing empty ziplok or other bags to stuff full of Club items. I do it in the PP lounge sometimes as well. If that makes me a bad person to others, so be it. Here's another secret - at the YYZ MLL - I often take one the candies they have on the desk as I'm leaving - oooh....that must be a bad one....

If you're on a flight with me and my toddler, you (and the flight crew) can thank me later. Sometimes, a single pack of crackers or banana at the right time can avoid a potential tantrum. I get those without kids won't understand, but its true. So in advance...you're welcome. Note I do try and bring stuff from home, but especially on the return, it's not always feasible.

flyalways

All of the items that you mention are available for Sale outside..
You can buy them and use...