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United Club changes (drinks and Wifi) - Sept/Oct. 2013
Sep 6, 2013, 7:35 am
#226
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: NJ
Programs: UA Gold, Hilton Gold, Marriott Plat,
Posts: 284
I always liked the Sierra Nevada and other local beer at LAX and SFO, hope they keep it comped. I suppose the UC is now an open bar at a dumpy banquet hall, serving cheap spirits that taste like rubbing alcohol.
Sep 6, 2013, 10:40 am
#227
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: IAD, DCA
Posts: 246
UA downgrades even worse than DL?
Some of us have expressed worry that UA would follow DL into the bottom shelf of the liquor cabinet. It may actually be worse than we feared.
The Gordon's vodka that's now the DL house pour is available online for anywhere from $12 to $16 a liter. The Bellows vodka that's now turning up at the UC costs $8.99 a liter. If price is an indication of quality, we're looking at drinks that will be crappier, and by a healthy margin, than what even DL serves.
Never let it be said that United is slavishly following the Delta playbook. When it comes to degrading the quality of the services it offers, the UC takes a back seat to no one.
The Gordon's vodka that's now the DL house pour is available online for anywhere from $12 to $16 a liter. The Bellows vodka that's now turning up at the UC costs $8.99 a liter. If price is an indication of quality, we're looking at drinks that will be crappier, and by a healthy margin, than what even DL serves.
Never let it be said that United is slavishly following the Delta playbook. When it comes to degrading the quality of the services it offers, the UC takes a back seat to no one.
Sep 6, 2013, 11:30 am
#228
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Programs: UA PM, DL PM, Bonvoy Titanium, HH Gold
Posts: 1,292
Sep 6, 2013, 12:19 pm
#229
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: SEA & RDM
Programs: UA - 1MM, DL Diamond, AS MVP75, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 8,036
Here in SAN everything is still the same. Maybe they are just testing it out to see what the reaction will be...so make sure you complain loudly to anyone who will listen.
Sep 6, 2013, 12:29 pm
#230
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 239
Still all the usual stuff here at the terminal C UC in EWR...
Sep 6, 2013, 12:41 pm
#231
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Boulder
Programs: AA Plat, CX Silver
Posts: 2,361
I flew PG out of USM last summer. Quite a nice terminal and my 3-day advance purchase fare to KUL was only $115 or thereabouts.
Sep 6, 2013, 1:29 pm
#232
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,877
Some of us have expressed worry that UA would follow DL into the bottom shelf of the liquor cabinet. It may actually be worse than we feared.
The Gordon's vodka that's now the DL house pour is available online for anywhere from $12 to $16 a liter. The Bellows vodka that's now turning up at the UC costs $8.99 a liter. If price is an indication of quality, we're looking at drinks that will be crappier, and by a healthy margin, than what even DL serves.
Never let it be said that United is slavishly following the Delta playbook. When it comes to degrading the quality of the services it offers, the UC takes a back seat to no one.
The Gordon's vodka that's now the DL house pour is available online for anywhere from $12 to $16 a liter. The Bellows vodka that's now turning up at the UC costs $8.99 a liter. If price is an indication of quality, we're looking at drinks that will be crappier, and by a healthy margin, than what even DL serves.
Never let it be said that United is slavishly following the Delta playbook. When it comes to degrading the quality of the services it offers, the UC takes a back seat to no one.
This "nickel and diming" of customer service offerings and abundance of credit card perk idiocy just goes to show that UA management are more interested in their bonuses. But, that's what happens when you sell yourself to Wall Street as a publicly traded company. It's pretty pathetic and I am glad that I am not the one in charge. UA is a customer oriented business.
Sep 6, 2013, 1:43 pm
#233
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 5,825
Tito's
Absolut
Bad Boy Vodka (in honor of Rodman's trip to see his 'friend')
Skyy
Smirnoff
Seagram's
Popov
Svedka
Bellows
Mccormick
Sep 6, 2013, 1:43 pm
#234
Join Date: May 2009
Location: PHL
Posts: 2,842
And it is official....LAX Terminal 6 club is closing
http://www.insidesocal.com/aviation/...inal-upgrades/
http://www.insidesocal.com/aviation/...inal-upgrades/
Sep 6, 2013, 1:55 pm
#235
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,877
I can only give you the quote for my family members. That is, the quote I get will not be the same as the quote UA receives.
Sep 6, 2013, 2:00 pm
#236
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,166
And it is official....LAX Terminal 6 club is closing
http://www.insidesocal.com/aviation/...inal-upgrades/
http://www.insidesocal.com/aviation/...inal-upgrades/
Sep 6, 2013, 2:05 pm
#237
Moderator, Omni, Omni/PR, Omni/Games, FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Between DCA and IAD
Programs: UA 1K MM; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 67,087
Absolut - $21.90
Tito's - $20.95
Skyy - $16.95
Smirnoff - $14.95
Svedka - $14.95
Seagram's - $11.95
Popov - $8.40
Mccormick - $6.40 (* based on the only available size, 1.75L, at $14.95)
Bad Boy Vodka - not available in VA
Bellows - not available in VA
Sep 6, 2013, 2:07 pm
#238
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 5,825
The only time it is crowded is ahead of the NRT flight. Now that this flight is downgauging to a 787, this (crowding) probably won't be an issue anymore.
Sep 6, 2013, 4:44 pm
#239
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: DAL
Programs: UA 1K AA EXP
Posts: 632
Retail ABC prices in VA for these, all for 750mL bottles; depending on the state, UA may have to pay retail prices, or may get them wholesale, so make of these numbers what you will:
Absolut - $21.90
Tito's - $20.95
Skyy - $16.95
Smirnoff - $14.95
Svedka - $14.95
Seagram's - $11.95
Popov - $8.40
Mccormick - $6.40 (* based on the only available size, 1.75L, at $14.95)
Bad Boy Vodka - not available in VA
Bellows - not available in VA
Absolut - $21.90
Tito's - $20.95
Skyy - $16.95
Smirnoff - $14.95
Svedka - $14.95
Seagram's - $11.95
Popov - $8.40
Mccormick - $6.40 (* based on the only available size, 1.75L, at $14.95)
Bad Boy Vodka - not available in VA
Bellows - not available in VA
Sep 6, 2013, 5:35 pm
#240
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Anywhere I need to be.
Programs: OW Emerald, *A Gold, NEXUS, GE, ABTC/APEC, South Korea SES, eIACS, PP, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 16,046
to UA.
