United Club pricing increases [Effective June 11, 2015]
Jun 16, 2015, 1:40 pm
#122
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: United Premier 1K 1MM; AA Plat Pro; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott Platinum; Avis President's Club
Posts: 2,529
My wife is royally pissed as she's been getting the spouse cost off my credit card membership (PP card). Hopefully they don't also raise the credit card costs. We'll evaluate the value of the club. We all knew this was going to happen when they "improved" the club.
Jun 16, 2015, 4:26 pm
#123
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Programs: UA-1Kmm, AA-EX Plt mm-, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 1,093
Jun 16, 2015, 4:34 pm
#124
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: USA
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 328
Jun 16, 2015, 4:41 pm
#125
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
Programs: American Airlines
Posts: 30,005
Smisek would need to wear a flak jacket to work
Jun 16, 2015, 5:47 pm
#127
Join Date: Apr 2003
Programs: UA *G 1MM LT United Club & Global Entry
Posts: 2,756
Ultimately though it is up to DL as UA will follow their lead.
SunLover
Aug 2, 2015, 3:16 pm
#128
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 18
My wife was similarly unhappy to discover her membership has lapsed and can't be renewed. Current deal (she's 1P) is Club Card with 1st year fee waived and higher $450 annual fee after. Any alternatives or better deals we should consider? I have a legacy Presidential Plus card I'm holding on to for the flex PQMs. Now thinking a colleague who bought his lifetime membership 15 yrs ago wasn't as crazy as I thought at the time.
Mar 19, 2016, 5:32 pm
#129
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Ann Arbor Area
Programs: UA Million Miler, BonVoyLifetime Platinum, UA Platinum, President's Club,
Posts: 1,494
I'm royally ticked that they increased it! I mean, damn, I don't even DRINK and their food options aren't the greatest, so where do they see increasing it by 100 dollars in a year? I JUST got back from Vegas and asked if I could put it on 2 different cards. Now, I've been a member since the President's Club days of CO and have always done that. Or, I've paid cash at the club to renew. Now they don't take cash, can't renew on 2 cards and increased the price. I'm just glad I had 70K points to buy it that way. I'm already missing the points, but I'm going to Greece in 6 weeks with a friend, and I want her to be able to come with me into the club. My card expired at the end of this month and I wanted to be sure I got my new one before leaving for Europe. I could've done it all on one card if I hadn't just paid for 4 flights with UA and my trip last week, but I'm just at that cut-off period where the new card might not arrive if I had waited. But I already miss those miles! Ugh! One more year, then I'm checking into Delta, which is smarter as I live near a Delta hub. UA is great internationally, but flying UA from DTW is always a guessing game. Atlas we have a Lufthansa club at DTW instead of UA- gotta love the European Clubs!