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Tips are not expected in Polaris lounges, but employees are allowed to accept them.
Tipping in Polaris lounge
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How many of you tip out of your own money?
Not part of per diem/not expensed?
For those that fly for work, how much a year do you spend tipping airport staff? Wouldn't u rather buy something nice for your wife/partner/kid/mom for that money?
Not part of per diem/not expensed?
For those that fly for work, how much a year do you spend tipping airport staff? Wouldn't u rather buy something nice for your wife/partner/kid/mom for that money?
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I tip when I use the sit-down dining at the Polaris Club. Usually $5 (unless the service is awful). And it's my own money - no reimbursement at all. I think I can live with that.
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I always tip using my own money when visiting the Polaris Lounge.
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But I would like to confirm something I read upthread: United pays their waitstaff and bartenders more than what theyd typically get working at a normal restaurant? And it is advertised as a No-Tip position?
Is this true?
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Why stop there? Why not tip the kitchen staff? The busboys? How about the janitors in the terminal? They make a lot less than a Polaris bartender.
But I would like to confirm something I read upthread: United pays their waitstaff and bartenders more than what theyd typically get working at a normal restaurant? And it is advertised as a No-Tip position?
Is this true?
2) I've already asked that question and there was no answer.
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Because I order both together, I also would not drink wine in a lounge, quality is to low, Bloody Mary or an old fashioned, also I have never seen them pour seltzer there, they dispense it from the sofa gun.
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And is this just the Polaris lounge staff or the regular UCs?
As for the reason that living in the Bay Area is so expensive and they barely make a living wage boo hoo!
Thats the one and only reason I dont live in California, so they arent getting my sympathy.
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I always tip for great service no matter where, but that's just me.
But a few times at the EWR UC, I did have no choice but to slap a bill to so much as get any attention from the bartenders, like as if tipping was a prerequisite before service. Despite that snafu, each drink I requested after that was poured swiftly despite how busy the bar was. Imagine that.
It isn't like EWR is the standard beacon for customer satisfaction by any stretch of the imagination. But when I approach any UC bar and slap a bill on the counter, good things always happen regardless of the bartender or the bar's capacity. Perhaps a good reference for PL.
I'd also imagine that any bonus, raise or promotion would go further than any tipping, so if it's in the UC or PL, do like me and write a compliment for them via the Customer Care site.
But a few times at the EWR UC, I did have no choice but to slap a bill to so much as get any attention from the bartenders, like as if tipping was a prerequisite before service. Despite that snafu, each drink I requested after that was poured swiftly despite how busy the bar was. Imagine that.
It isn't like EWR is the standard beacon for customer satisfaction by any stretch of the imagination. But when I approach any UC bar and slap a bill on the counter, good things always happen regardless of the bartender or the bar's capacity. Perhaps a good reference for PL.
I'd also imagine that any bonus, raise or promotion would go further than any tipping, so if it's in the UC or PL, do like me and write a compliment for them via the Customer Care site.
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I always tip for great service no matter where, but that's just me.
But a few times at the EWR UC, I did have no choice but to slap a bill to so much as get any attention from the bartenders, like as if tipping was a prerequisite before service. Despite that snafu, each drink I requested after that was poured swiftly despite how busy the bar was. Imagine that.
It isn't like EWR is the standard beacon for customer satisfaction by any stretch of the imagination. But when I approach any UC bar and slap a bill on the counter, good things always happen regardless of the bartender or the bar's capacity. Perhaps a good reference for PL.
But a few times at the EWR UC, I did have no choice but to slap a bill to so much as get any attention from the bartenders, like as if tipping was a prerequisite before service. Despite that snafu, each drink I requested after that was poured swiftly despite how busy the bar was. Imagine that.
It isn't like EWR is the standard beacon for customer satisfaction by any stretch of the imagination. But when I approach any UC bar and slap a bill on the counter, good things always happen regardless of the bartender or the bar's capacity. Perhaps a good reference for PL.
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Not recently !
Bear in mind service quality, especially at outstations like EWR are known to not nearly be as good as their hubs like LHR
-James
But a few times at the EWR UC, I did have no choice but to slap a bill to so much as get any attention from the bartenders, like as if tipping was a prerequisite before service. Despite that snafu, each drink I requested after that was poured swiftly despite how busy the bar was. Imagine that.
-James
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