IAH Polaris lounge (E11/12 - top fl) -- Reviews, Experiences, Q&A, ...
 

I am not surprised. I landed from UIO on Thursday and while walking to CIS, I had a clear view of the well-lit interior. Looked very advanced.

But did it look good? :D

All the staff in IAH seem to be saying the same thing - end June 2018. EXCITING!

I hope so - looking at a couple of trips through there the last week of June...

Opening by end June? Or just completion of renovations?

Opening for service in or around the end of June. No firm date yet, but most work is done and now the process of obtaining various approvals, certificates, and preparation for service would appear to be underway.

I was advised that IAH is being billed as a "boutique" lounge, and will have the smallest square footage of the current portfolio. All the usual amenities will be available, just in smaller quantities as compared to the EWR or SFO facilities, which are truly massive. E.g., fewer shower suites, nap rooms, smaller dining area, etc.

IAH definitely has a more evenly-distributed schedule of longhaul departures, although I can see the lounge getting pretty crowded in the 8-10pm period.

Wow. For once my timing actually works out well. Should be thru IAH early July. Happy it seems the Polaris Lounge will be ready by then...

If anyone receives an invite to "Mileage Plus Exclusives" sessions @ IAH like they've done elsewhere, could you please post here? It's looking like I'll be flying through a couple of times that last week, and I'd be willing to use the 3,500 miles it cost for the SFO tour to be able to use it for effect when I'm there. I don't think they send the invites to people outside of market, so I might not see it.

That makes sense as I count only 18 UA/*A daily Polaris-eligible departing flights (of course there are also UA Polaris arrivals with connections and IAH-XXX-XXX where XXX-XXX is UA Polaris). But is the space limited to the same footprint as the old 3rd floor UC, or were they able to grab more real estate? The old 3rd floor UC seems small to me even for a "boutique" Polaris Lounge.

All I could see were lights and some tables /chairs but it looked basically complete (i.e., no signs of large-scale ongoing construction).

Not terribly convenient as the lounge is in the middle of E and *A departures are from D and the walk can be fairly long depending on which D gate.