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Concourse A
Located near Gate A25
East United Club is located between B43 and B44 - now open!
Concourse A
Located near Gate A25
- 5:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. daily
East United Club is located between B43 and B44 - now open!
- 5:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. daily
- 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. daily
Which DEN Club? B East B44 Club Fly B60 & A West A25; B West B32 closed to ‘25
Jul 28, 2016, 8:07 am
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Jul 28, 2016, 8:54 am
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Hard to believe they would invest the $ (and tied up real estate) to create a separate lounge for one flight a day.
More likely would be a small, sectioned off area of one of the clubs...maybe only for a couple of hours prior to that flight?
Jul 28, 2016, 8:57 am
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Doesn't DEN have just one flight daily that would qualify for Polaris service? (DEN->NRT)?
Hard to believe they would invest the $ (and tied up real estate) to create a separate lounge for one flight a day.
More likely would be a small, sectioned off area of one of the clubs...maybe only for a couple of hours prior to that flight?
Hard to believe they would invest the $ (and tied up real estate) to create a separate lounge for one flight a day.
More likely would be a small, sectioned off area of one of the clubs...maybe only for a couple of hours prior to that flight?
Jul 28, 2016, 11:01 am
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The LH flights operate from A, currently. Presumably they could be moved to B for departures, but they would occupy at least one, and maybe two widebody gates during a major push at DEN, where gate space is already at a premium. Also, I'm not sure three daily flights would be enough to justify a dedicated Polaris lounge. All of the proposed sites for Polaris lounges except LAX/HKG have at least 10 'qualifying' longhaul departures throughout the day. LAX will probably be available to p.s. customers as well (assuming United brands the p.s. BF service as Polaris, eventually) and HKG (run by a contractor) also has the benefit of serving a high volume of partner visits.
Jul 28, 2016, 11:09 am
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Plus DIA just renovated A adding more international capable gates.
Jul 28, 2016, 11:16 am
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But, yes, I can't imagine LH paying $ to having them towed in DEN. Plus, the other reasons you stated. I don't think UA would want LH to give up those gates.
What would be a better potential option would be somehow doing a UA Club announcement at T-20 to boarding, gathering everyone, then a tarmac transfer (by bus?) from B to the LH plane's gate.
Jul 28, 2016, 11:51 am
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To be fair, at ORD, both LH and UA int'l arrive at T5, and then they are towed to the C concourse. Who pays for that?
But, yes, I can't imagine LH paying $ to having them towed in DEN. Plus, the other reasons you stated. I don't think UA would want LH to give up those gates.
What would be a better potential option would be somehow doing a UA Club announcement at T-20 to boarding, gathering everyone, then a tarmac transfer (by bus?) from B to the LH plane's gate.
But, yes, I can't imagine LH paying $ to having them towed in DEN. Plus, the other reasons you stated. I don't think UA would want LH to give up those gates.
What would be a better potential option would be somehow doing a UA Club announcement at T-20 to boarding, gathering everyone, then a tarmac transfer (by bus?) from B to the LH plane's gate.
I've used the UC before DEN-FRA flights and it isn't a terrible trek. If you are connecting in DEN to a LH flight, you arrive in B anyway and can access the lounge prior to heading to the LH gate in A. LH used to give you access to the AA lounge if you were in C and then the BA lounge. Now it's just the UC.
I agree that a Polaris lounge makes no sense in DEN.
Jul 28, 2016, 1:48 pm
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Jul 28, 2016, 2:08 pm
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Jul 28, 2016, 5:37 pm
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Aug 15, 2016, 6:20 pm
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