entropy

$9 for beefeater? it was barely OK as a comp drink. Just pathetic.

I second the call for the mods to change the thread title. United Club beverage downgrades/price increases.

aacharya

I'm visiting the club in EWR and SFO tomorrow. I'd bet more than half (in your words, most) have a drink/are at the bar.

mgcsinc

The word "improvements" in the title should at least be put in scare quotes.

Shigernafy

Welp, its official. Hanging out in the HNL lounge now (I'm the guy closest to the plane by the window) and was just told that Longboard costs $3. Yesterday, before the engine on my flight blew up, it was complimentary. Had I remembered yeaterday that changes were coming, I may have had a second one... Now free is just bud light on tap and the bartender said they're getting Budweiser bottles as well, sometime soon.

andyh64000

You must be taking mostly morning flights because I would guess that 75% of the people in the afternoon/evening at clubs in which I have been have some sort of drink from the bar.

fjfv19

Offering Bud Light as the only beer selection is pretty pathetic. If I wanted a water, I would've asked for one. This downgrade is way worse than I expected.

joshwex90

That may not work if they start charging for water

andyh64000

Keep emailing and let them know how you feel:

[email protected]

and

[email protected]

PV_Premier

united, doing something ethically reprehensible? whod've thunk it @:-)

DawgmanOH

At least Delta's Sky Club kept Jack Daniels complimentary and "only" went down to Gordons for Vodka and Gin. UA looked at what Delta did and said "Ha! That's minor leagues. We can show you how to REALLY save money on those mooching club members."

tormapleaf

I emailed Chase, not that it will make a difference. I couldn't find an email address for David Gold who is the GM of Chase Card Services - so I emailed Laura L. Rossi.

flyingmusicianlax

Screw this. I will happily let my club membership expire on the 30th of this month and give my business to an airport vendor who works to earn it.

nova08

Save money....with these prices they've turned to more nickle & diming to make money. Yea UA is in the business of making money but they really went all out on this one.

west_end_NYC

I'm going to speak with my feet next March when my Pres Plus renewal is due. In addition to comp UC access, the only reason I have been keeping the card (which I switched to solely as a result of Amex Plat getting the ax by the new United) is for the PQM bonus which helps me maintain gold status. I'm sure the PQM benefit are the next ball to drop, but that's another topic.

Charging $9 for a Dewars you can buy in-flight for $7 and $11 for a glass of Mark West Pinot when an entire bottle can be had in any wine shop for around $10 is downright insulting. The premium wine program (i.e. Chateau Montelena, Stag's Leap, etc) was a great value and very fine amenity, but now that's gone too.

More than 75% of my travel is between EWR and PBI and given all the recent changes that I was supposed to 'like', I have been contemplating moving my personal travel to PBI over to Jet Blue, reinstating my Amex Platinum (whose FHR program blows aways Chase's "Luxury" hotel offering), and move my very occasional corporate travel over to Delta and/or American.

I flew in paid F down to PBI last Friday evening - the beef burrito offered for dinner was disgusting, made Chiplotle's seem like a 5 star restaurant, and is far below the quality offered on this route back in the CO days. This coupled with the now instituted UC 'enhancements' are pretty much the nail in the coffin for me.

golfingboy

I am glad I did not renew last May, this change is downright egregious. Definitely near the top of the list of the dumbest decisions UA has made over the last few years.

I feel for those who renewed their membership in recent months.