Jun 5, 2019, 7:31 pm
New United Clubs for MSY and RDU, Renovated FLL and LGA
Apr 13, 2019, 9:18 pm
#61
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,925
New MSY terminal delayed until Fall 2019:
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/l...c-abc562f6f9c5
Which means so is the opening of the MSY United Club.
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/l...c-abc562f6f9c5
Which means so is the opening of the MSY United Club.
Apr 13, 2019, 11:44 pm
#62
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: New Orleans, LA
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Confirmed by employees of both UA and AA that the move to the new MSY terminal is now scheduled for August 7th. Here's to hoping they stick to that schedule this time.
Apr 14, 2019, 6:34 am
#63
Join Date: May 2010
Location: TPA
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Posts: 2,204
Apr 14, 2019, 8:05 pm
#64
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SAN
Programs: UA
Posts: 204
At least a little more breath of life for the old MSY. So many memories there.
Apr 15, 2019, 7:47 am
#65
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Bucks County
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Posts: 1,609
Beautiful new terminal for UA in CLT. Could really poke a stick in AA's eye by opening an Uncle Charley there and upping the level of completion but zero interest in doing so. In the meantime, DAL has taken over all the old UA and Frontier/Southwest gates and is eating AA's lunch there. Why is UA afraid?
Apr 15, 2019, 8:50 am
#66
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: New York, NY
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Apr 15, 2019, 9:52 am
#67
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Bucks County
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DAL flights are full, have 10 gates, and they fly mainline aircraft for the most part. UA does not fill their planes which are mostly crappy regionals and have shown little interest in having a presence anywhere in the Southeast. So, yes, DAL is competing much harder than UA and taking PAX from AA.
Apr 15, 2019, 10:40 am
#68
Join Date: Oct 2002
Programs: United Premier 1K
Posts: 1,230
If the new Maple Leaf Lounge at LGA is an indicator of what the new United Club would be, it's on-track to be one of the better clubs in the system. The second floor, open ceiling/glass wall balcony design is similar to HKG United Club, and the UC's food is bound to be better than MLL (boiled eggs, pastries, and cereal for breakfast).
Apr 16, 2019, 5:23 pm
#69
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Verdi, NV, SFO & Olympic (aka Squaw )Valley.
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The MSP Red Carpet closed a little after 9/11, and reopened a few years later. FWIW I really like the layout and think it has one of the best UA bars in the system. (Now, admittedly, I love dive bars.)
Apr 19, 2019, 7:00 pm
#71
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Houston
Programs: UA LT GS 4.2 MM, AA Gold 1MM, HH Lifetime Diamond, Marriott Lifetime Gold
Posts: 394
I wonder how slammed the Maple Leaf Lounge will be compared to the United Lounge once UA moves to the new gates. Presumably UA elites flying domestically will have access to the MLL but not the UC. (I guess this was still an issue with the old clubs outside of security, but now that the MLL will be so much easier to access, I can see overcrowding being an issue)
Apr 20, 2019, 12:11 am
#72
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Apr 21, 2019, 7:34 pm
#73
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Location: New York, NY
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Apr 21, 2019, 7:40 pm
#74
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
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Posts: 6,958
SNA will probably be the smallest one, AUS’s UC is not big, either!
Apr 22, 2019, 6:25 am
#75
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: ORD | LGA | 2E
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Not sure why LGA will be better than just about any domestic United Club. Did they tell you they’re giving away the Brooklyn Bridge as a grand opening door prize 🙂? After the opening, I predict it’ll probably be no better/worse than any other domestic Club food-wise, in spite of what “they also said”. It’ll be nice if they got to level of LAX UC, but that’s doubtful.