NRT United Club Packed
Feb 13, 2014, 12:50 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SZX/HKG/BWI
Programs: UA 1K 1.1MM, CX Diam 1.0MM, Bonvoy LT Titanium, Hertz PC, MGM Pearl
Posts: 2,637
Every single time I'm there.
I have found it starts to empty around 4 pm, since flights to IAD, IAH, SFO etc. board around then. Normally if I'm flying through NRT, I'm going to ORD which has a departure around 6:30 pm so I will enter the lounge after 4 pm and normally it's still packed but there are a few seats that are empty.
I have found it starts to empty around 4 pm, since flights to IAD, IAH, SFO etc. board around then. Normally if I'm flying through NRT, I'm going to ORD which has a departure around 6:30 pm so I will enter the lounge after 4 pm and normally it's still packed but there are a few seats that are empty.
Feb 13, 2014, 12:55 am
#3
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: 6 year GS, now 2MM Jeff-ugee, *wood LTPlt, SkyPeso PLT
Posts: 6,526
I am there tomorrow, to take my shower, before going on to the ANA club, where the food and booze is much much much better. Alas only one leg of this trip is UAL, rest in ANA... 
Feb 13, 2014, 12:58 am
#4
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Paramaribo, Suriname
Programs: Mileage Plus (PLATINUM); Qatar Privilege Club (PLATINUM)
Posts: 384
Exclusiveness is dead and gone!
What happened to the exclusiveness of an airline club? It's down the drain! Everyone and anything has access now. Last time I was there, I had to ask a guy to please remove his feet from a table.
Feb 13, 2014, 1:04 am
#6
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SZX/HKG/BWI
Programs: UA 1K 1.1MM, CX Diam 1.0MM, Bonvoy LT Titanium, Hertz PC, MGM Pearl
Posts: 2,637
I don't recall if the ANA club has a similar machine in their lounge, they might.
Feb 13, 2014, 1:49 am
#7
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: HKG, SZX, HND, NRT
Programs: United MP GS, HH Silver, Amtrak nothing
Posts: 59
I was just there on 12/20 and it was a zoo. I thought that it was just due to the pre-holiday surge in traffic to get home/away.
Not just crowded but many who had not brought their good manners with them.
Loud cell phone talking, taking (significantly) more than they could eat or drink.
Before I was ever able to access UC's I always envied those who could.
Now I sometimes just leave and go pay for a quiet space and a good meal.
Not just crowded but many who had not brought their good manners with them.
Loud cell phone talking, taking (significantly) more than they could eat or drink.
Before I was ever able to access UC's I always envied those who could.
Now I sometimes just leave and go pay for a quiet space and a good meal.
Feb 13, 2014, 1:56 am
#8
Senior Moderator, Moderator: Community Buzz and Ambassador: Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 150km from MAN
Programs: LH SEN** HH Diamond
Posts: 29,512
Feb 13, 2014, 2:36 am
#11
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,222
NRT United Club Packed
I hadn't been to the First lounge in 4 years and finally got to go in this last December. Like everything with this airline, the quality had dropped so far below what it once was. I moved to the ANA lounge and again patted myself on the back for my decision to leave UA three years ago. The RCC section of the lounge looked even worse from what I was able to see. Just go to ANA when in Tokyo.
Feb 13, 2014, 4:01 am
#14
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: body: A stone's throw from SFO, mind: SE Asia
Programs: Some of this 'n some of that
Posts: 17,263
There's renovations ongoing at the 50's ANA lounge so it's not surprising UC is crowded with the overflow. Im sure the internet is completely and totally useless.
Feb 13, 2014, 4:05 am
#15
Join Date: Jun 2006
Programs: Various
Posts: 6,526
My typical pattern as well, though I've recently just been skipping the UC completely and showering in ANA.
There's renovations ongoing at the 50's ANA lounge so it's not surprising UC is crowded with the overflow. Im sure the internet is completely and totally useless.
There's renovations ongoing at the 50's ANA lounge so it's not surprising UC is crowded with the overflow. Im sure the internet is completely and totally useless.