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tpsmith82

Ahhh, didn't even think of it, but I do have a connecting flight, not on same ticket or UA metal, but a connecting flight to PDX with a 19:55 departure on the same day as arrival. So, from the sounds of it, I'll arrive from UA Polaris business class international 14:50, clear customs and security, check in for AS domestic departure, check bags, clear security and then be able to access the polaris lounge? Again not sure of SFO layout and terminals, but with an AS domestic departure will I be able to navigate to the UA polaris lounge after clearing security.

Sorry for all the buggered questions, just excited the the lounge will actually be open and some possibility of us being able to use it! : - )

Thanks

LXFlyer

Well, this will also work with preclearance flights such as DUB-EWR (once EWR gets its lounge). Right?

TPJ

Deleting - wrong thread

MatthewLAX

SFO Polaris Lounge opening on April 30, 2018

jcacciotti

pushmyredbutton

Any same day boarding pass works at all terminals at SFO. The OP will be able to clear security at T3/G with the AS boarding pass and use their inbound UA boarding pass to enter the Polaris lounge if they want.

Troopers

A non UA metal continuing flight qualifies as "eligible same-day routing"?

villox

It clearly states that it can be accessed on arrival, meaning the arrival airport. There should be no issue getting in with the BP from the arriving Polaris flight.

jsloan

Just make sure to leave time to transfer terminals and re-clear security in order to make it to the AS flight.

Troopers

And it clearly states/ends with "along their eligible same-day routing". What does that mean? Just want to make sure I understand.

stanscan

When going into a lounge on an arrival situation, I suggest having a duplicate boarding pass (usually printed at home or at a kiosk). I do this because some stations (like GRU) consistently tear off and keep the portion with the bar code on BPs printed on ticket stock. Good bar code scan means no hassle and fast clearance at the lounge front desk.

jsloan

The answer is "no," at least per policy. OP would not have access at a hypothetical Polaris lounge in PDX, or any further downline stops. SFO is considered the arrival point, not a connection point, and thus is part of the routing.

Whether or not presenting the Polaris boarding pass at PDX would work in practice, I have no idea. I imagine someone flying Polaris and then connecting between ORD and SFO on AA will report back sooner or later.

villox

As there is not nor will there ever be a Polaris lounge at PDX, I'm not sure why you are bringing up a hypothetical. The question at hand is whether they can access the Polaris lounge at their arrival airport in Polaris, which is SFO. Normally this is not possible because you can't reclear security, but because they will be able to get back in with an onward AS flight, they will be able to access the SFO Polaris lounge.

United's systems are doubtfully sophisticated enough to understand that an arriving passenger should not have been able to clear security again. If you bought and canceled another UA ticket they might catch you, but they are not going to flag an arrival boarding pass for fraud.

The reason for the "along the eligible same-day routing" is because they don't want you for example to access the ORD Polaris lounge on a Thursday night while awaiting for an AA ORD to SFO flight where you will be catching the Friday ticket on UA in Polaris.

As long as you are at any of the airports on your Polaris itinerary, either departure, connection, or arrival, on the same day, you're in.

jsloan

In order to illustrate the meaning of "eligible same-day routing," in the context of an AS SFO-PDX flight, which was the nature of the question.

Which is good, because it's clearly not fraud.

Or the Friday morning AA flight either, presumably.