Mar 3, 2017, 10:56 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
Working summary (Updated May 2018)
ORD - OPEN near C16, opened Dec 1 2016
SFO - OPEN in previous UC space in International Terminal G, April 30, 2018 (occupies previous UC+ SQ + BR lounge space)
EWR - OPEN old UC near Gate C120, June 4, 2018
IAH - OPEN - E11/E12, top floor of existing UC June 29, 2018
LAX - OPEN 12 January 2019 - Above rotunda near gate 73
IAD - "Under Construction" (2020?) - near C4, existing GFL (GFL converting to UC end of June 2018)
LHR - "Future location" - T2 opposite B46 at existing GFL (still open)
NRT - "Future location" - above existing UC
HKG - "Future location" - above gate 61, existing GFL (still open)
Polaris Progress Tracker 2017.06.26
Original summary
http://view.ceros.com/united/polaris-tracker-mobile/p/2
From [email protected] on 02/27/2017:
This does not preclude any rumors from being true.
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ORD - OPEN near C16, opened Dec 1 2016
SFO - OPEN in previous UC space in International Terminal G, April 30, 2018 (occupies previous UC+ SQ + BR lounge space)
EWR - OPEN old UC near Gate C120, June 4, 2018
IAH - OPEN - E11/E12, top floor of existing UC June 29, 2018
LAX - OPEN 12 January 2019 - Above rotunda near gate 73
IAD - "Under Construction" (2020?) - near C4, existing GFL (GFL converting to UC end of June 2018)
LHR - "Future location" - T2 opposite B46 at existing GFL (still open)
NRT - "Future location" - above existing UC
HKG - "Future location" - above gate 61, existing GFL (still open)
Polaris Progress Tracker 2017.06.26
United has installed a Polaris Progress Tracker on its webpage, which tracks the progress of aircraft types/routes with Polaris seats and Polaris lounge openings. Here is the link:
http://view.ceros.com/united/polaris...-desktop-4/p/1
Under the "Aircraft" tab, all currently existing routes serviced by the new 773 (SFO-HKG, EWR-TLV and SFO-NRT are listed) are listed as well as (yet to be converted) 763 and 772 types. For the 763 the listed starting date is "Fall 2017." For the 772 the webpage states "Winter 2017," which sounds optimistic to me as it sounds more like 4th quarter of 2017 than the previously announced first quarter of 2018. Zodiac's output of Polaris seats for all three aircraft types must be ultra smooth by now, if United wants to stick with its predictions. Can't wait to see the first converted 763 in mid July...
http://view.ceros.com/united/polaris...-desktop-4/p/1
Under the "Aircraft" tab, all currently existing routes serviced by the new 773 (SFO-HKG, EWR-TLV and SFO-NRT are listed) are listed as well as (yet to be converted) 763 and 772 types. For the 763 the listed starting date is "Fall 2017." For the 772 the webpage states "Winter 2017," which sounds optimistic to me as it sounds more like 4th quarter of 2017 than the previously announced first quarter of 2018. Zodiac's output of Polaris seats for all three aircraft types must be ultra smooth by now, if United wants to stick with its predictions. Can't wait to see the first converted 763 in mid July...
http://view.ceros.com/united/polaris-tracker-mobile/p/2
From [email protected] on 02/27/2017:
Dear XXXXX:
No announcement has been made to let us know when additional United
Polaris lounges will be opening. We are still renovating some of the
locations. Our United Premium Cabin Lounges page on our website will be
updated once the dates are announced. I've included the link for you
below.
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...n-lounges.aspx
No announcement has been made to let us know when additional United
Polaris lounges will be opening. We are still renovating some of the
locations. Our United Premium Cabin Lounges page on our website will be
updated once the dates are announced. I've included the link for you
below.
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...n-lounges.aspx
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May 15, 2018, 8:56 am
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May 15, 2018, 9:27 am
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OMG...if true, it would be like winning the lottery as I have a long layover on Polaris class on June 5th!!!
May 15, 2018, 9:32 am
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I'm flying Polaris on the 6th and I would have verymy louder savings it wouldn't be open yet. Good surprise!
May 15, 2018, 8:03 pm
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Yeah, I'm flying on the 5th NRT-EWR!
May 15, 2018, 8:16 pm
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Can you access the lounge, even if you are without an onward connection? I thought you usually could not get through security unless you had a boarding pass to depart on a flight out of the airport that day. I could be wrong as I have never done this, but just curious...
May 15, 2018, 8:18 pm
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May 15, 2018, 8:20 pm
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Can you access the lounge, even if you are without an onward connection? I thought you usually could not get through security unless you had a boarding pass to depart on a flight out of the airport that day. I could be wrong as I have never done this, but just curious...
May 16, 2018, 4:24 am
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May 16, 2018, 5:31 am
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I too cannot imagine going back through security just to spend time in the Polaris lounge after arriving on an int'l flight when I could be going home. They are nice, but not THAT nice.
May 16, 2018, 6:53 am
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At ORD they deployed technology that would detect situations where a person with eligible Polaris access entered the lounge but then didn't take an onward flight. I would not want to test this situation repeatedly.
I too cannot imagine going back through security just to spend time in the Polaris lounge after arriving on an int'l flight when I could be going home. They are nice, but not THAT nice.
I too cannot imagine going back through security just to spend time in the Polaris lounge after arriving on an int'l flight when I could be going home. They are nice, but not THAT nice.
-RM
May 16, 2018, 7:18 am
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They don't need real-time visibility to this, just a check to see if someone is gaming the system. Probably would get an "alert" if it happens more than once or something.
May 16, 2018, 7:22 am
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It's from this company: http://aimslounge.com/
May 16, 2018, 7:39 am
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My guess - just a simple database query that is run occasionally to compare BP scans from Polaris Lounge Entry to "no shows" for flights on the same day.
They don't need real-time visibility to this, just a check to see if someone is gaming the system. Probably would get an "alert" if it happens more than once or something.
They don't need real-time visibility to this, just a check to see if someone is gaming the system. Probably would get an "alert" if it happens more than once or something.