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United Club changes (drinks and Wifi) - Sept/Oct. 2013
Oct 30, 2013, 1:12 pm
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[QUOTE=tryathlete;21696104]"The goal is to make it so bad, that you can't drink it! Synergy!"
Oct 30, 2013, 2:40 pm
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United Club changes (drinks and Wifi) - Sept/Oct. 2013
At SAN, Heineken &Coors Light. Third tap apparently usually Karl Strauss, but they're out. Wifi access wide open.
Oct 30, 2013, 4:11 pm
#1533
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IAH UC Terminal A (only easily accessible one from A gates since my membership is still valid) still has wide open WiFi
Oct 30, 2013, 4:20 pm
#1534
Join Date: Mar 2012
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San Diego also has complimentary MGD bottles which they pour into the draught glass and then dump the last couple ounces. Not sure if that's policy or that particular bartender.
Oct 30, 2013, 6:09 pm
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Oct 30, 2013, 6:26 pm
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Oct 30, 2013, 7:28 pm
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Oct 30, 2013, 9:57 pm
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Was in HNL last week. On way home dropped by the Club. Decided to have a Mai Tai. Opted for Bacardi and it set me back $9.42. It was the mix.
Oct 31, 2013, 10:01 am
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Is this really true? I've only been to a few Admiral's Clubs in the past few years, but they all reminded me of all the other lousy USA airline lounges I've been to (UA, US, DL). Same crummy free "food" and drink and -- sometimes, but not always -- halfway decent furnishings and "environment."
Oct 31, 2013, 10:13 am
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Is this really true? I've only been to a few Admiral's Clubs in the past few years, but they all reminded me of all the other lousy USA airline lounges I've been to (UA, US, DL). Same crummy free "food" and drink and -- sometimes, but not always -- halfway decent furnishings and "environment."
- and they sell decent food! Though they're often priced similar to what you might find in an airport vendor, they have some decent option. The quality of the sushi I recently had in MIA was excellent, and the price is what I would expect to pay at my local store, etc.Some of the ACs have kids rooms, which reduce the overall noise of the club, and some offer smokers a smoking room. Overall, the ACs offer much more than United has, and likely ever will have in their crappy lounges.
Oct 31, 2013, 11:46 am
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Absolutely pathetic "breakfast spread" at SEA this morning. Nice staff, great service and a new design can't make up for such cheap and useless food offerings.
I say it again - raise the membership fee and start providing proper catering in the clubs. I do not want to be nickel and dimed on food for purchase in a club - I want to pay a single membership fee that will provide appropriate and competitive (non alcoholic) drinks and food.
I say it again - raise the membership fee and start providing proper catering in the clubs. I do not want to be nickel and dimed on food for purchase in a club - I want to pay a single membership fee that will provide appropriate and competitive (non alcoholic) drinks and food.
Oct 31, 2013, 4:05 pm
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Oct 31, 2013, 11:51 pm
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It's nothing to do with the membership fee, it's the priority they believed in.
Absolutely pathetic "breakfast spread" at SEA this morning. Nice staff, great service and a new design can't make up for such cheap and useless food offerings.
I say it again - raise the membership fee and start providing proper catering in the clubs. I do not want to be nickel and dimed on food for purchase in a club - I want to pay a single membership fee that will provide appropriate and competitive (non alcoholic) drinks and food.
I say it again - raise the membership fee and start providing proper catering in the clubs. I do not want to be nickel and dimed on food for purchase in a club - I want to pay a single membership fee that will provide appropriate and competitive (non alcoholic) drinks and food.
Nov 1, 2013, 2:51 pm
#1545
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While awaiting an overseas flight, we dropped into one of clubs at EWR. We wandered around for several minutes looking in vain for two vacant chairs near a power outlet and finally settled on two adjacent cubicles.
Just now, an employee announced, "We have a full house tonight. Please remove your personal property from chairs near you so that everyone has a space to sit."
It's quite a contrast to the AC MLL at YVR where we started our trip yesterday.
Just now, an employee announced, "We have a full house tonight. Please remove your personal property from chairs near you so that everyone has a space to sit."
It's quite a contrast to the AC MLL at YVR where we started our trip yesterday.
Last edited by Fredd; Nov 2, 2013 at 1:13 am