Going back and forth between terminal c and b at ewr
May 21, 2019, 6:31 pm
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No. LO will always depart from concourse B3. The airside bus will drop you off there but you need to confirm with driver. As UA has no departure flights at Terminal B, bus may skip the stop at B unless requested.
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May 21, 2019, 6:34 pm
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I’m flying EWR>WAW in LO J in three weeks on a UA award. I was planning on clearing security at Terminal C so I can visit the Polaris lounge, and I had thought it’d be easy to hop over to my gate in Terminal B using the airside shuttle, but I’ve just learned that Terminal B is cordoned off into separate airside concourses the way Terminal A is.
Is there any chance my LO flight will depart from a gate inaccessible to the shuttle, forcing me to trudge back through security a second time? Or does EWR always group its *A int’l flights near one another?
Is there any chance my LO flight will depart from a gate inaccessible to the shuttle, forcing me to trudge back through security a second time? Or does EWR always group its *A int’l flights near one another?
May 21, 2019, 6:37 pm
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May 21, 2019, 6:39 pm
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May 21, 2019, 6:44 pm
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May 21, 2019, 7:08 pm
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It was probably a couple of years ago, but I was a Delta Sky-Club member, and would use the "B" EWR terminal SC frequently when connecting on UA at EWR. During one of said connections, I was using the temporary SC, where the only available washrooms were in the concourse, and noted UA running a couple of domestic flights out of some gates near the circular portion of the same "B" terminal pier. (This part of "B" terminal is not connected directly to the LH gates.) Sure enough, UA was running a shuttle from these "B" gates to the "C" terminal. Passengers were infrequent enough that shuttle people would call the driver on the radio for pickup of lone pax. This would not be that useful for accessing the "attractive" things at terminal "B", but UA can and has provided shuttle buses, albeit sporadically terminals B>C.
May 21, 2019, 7:28 pm
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I have also noticed United aircraft ( mostly wide-bodies ) in one of the B concourses ( don't remember which one ) during my visit in October 2018. It was early morning where there were almost no foreign carriers at the airport. They might operate several flights from Terminal B when Terminal C and United gates at Terminal A is at capacity.
May 21, 2019, 7:36 pm
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May 22, 2019, 7:05 am
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FWIW, the LH lounge was super crowded, but still better than any other UnitedClub, the bus "gate agent" was crabby, and they wouldn't let me back down the stairs at B. All as described elsewhere in this thread.
May 23, 2019, 4:42 am
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Some domestic arrivals as well... I forget where my original was but I was dumped off on B-something last year (IIRC it was a Delta branded gate with a United COW in front of it)... Shuttle definitely picked me up and brought me to C for my onward connection all airside. Have also been on a C-A shuttle that has stopped at B as well. I would assume if a domestic aircraft lands at B due to gate avability, especially with a COW at the gate, it will eventually depart as a domestic from the same gate, as rare as it may be.
Aug 29, 2019, 6:12 am
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I am flying on SAS tomorrow from terminal B and I want to go to the Swatch store in that is past security in terminal C beforehand. Can I go back and forth from B to C after I check my luggage? Does it matter that it's an international flight?
Aug 29, 2019, 7:28 am
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Yes. Either landside using the AirTrain or airside using the UA Shuttle Bus, or using a combination of both. Note: no bus before 10A and after 10P.
The fastest option would generally be checking your bags at B, taking the landside AirTrain to C, going through security there, do your shopping (and visit PL if J/F), take the airside bus to B.
Even though they may courtesy "inform" you that you are entering the wrong terminal, TSA won't stop you from doing so.
No, except that your watch should not be charged sales tax. For the bus, what matters is that it is a Star Alliance flight, so you're good. They'll ask to see your *A BP.
The fastest option would generally be checking your bags at B, taking the landside AirTrain to C, going through security there, do your shopping (and visit PL if J/F), take the airside bus to B.
Even though they may courtesy "inform" you that you are entering the wrong terminal, TSA won't stop you from doing so.
No, except that your watch should not be charged sales tax. For the bus, what matters is that it is a Star Alliance flight, so you're good. They'll ask to see your *A BP.
Aug 29, 2019, 7:33 am
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Just to clarify, you can and should take the UA airside shuttle after you are done shopping at C to go to B. The shuttle won't let you get on at B to go to C, for that you should take the airtrain and clear security at C.
Aug 29, 2019, 7:42 am
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Aug 29, 2019, 8:14 am
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Yes, although the PANYNJ and the wiki of the "Consolidated Connection time/logistics-Domestic & International at EWR" topic still say otherwise.
My only experience is with the C-A connection. I did some browsing and each testimony that I could find of having to reclear security for the B-C trip was related to an international arrival and not the connection itself. AFAIK there is no TSA requirement that would prohibit airside bussing of screened pax from B to C. Is it just plain UA policy to not bus screened pax from B to C, or is there another reason that the PANYNJ's advice is incorrect?
My only experience is with the C-A connection. I did some browsing and each testimony that I could find of having to reclear security for the B-C trip was related to an international arrival and not the connection itself. AFAIK there is no TSA requirement that would prohibit airside bussing of screened pax from B to C. Is it just plain UA policy to not bus screened pax from B to C, or is there another reason that the PANYNJ's advice is incorrect?