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New United Clubs for MSY and RDU, Renovated FLL and LGA
Buried at the bottom of this blog article's write up of the LAX Polaris Lounge: https://blog.wandr.me/2019/01/united...-united-clubs/ is the following:
In addressing the crowd CEO Oscar Munoz highlighted not only the new LAX facility but also four other lounges across the network that will open as new or be renewed in 2019. The new terminal at New Orleans’s Louis Armstrong International Airport (MSY) will include a United Club, bringing passengers a new option to relax before their flight. Construction recently started and, while no specific opening date is set, United hopes to be ready at the time the new terminal opens or soon thereafter. Similarly, a new United Club lounge is coming at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). Construction is already underway. Again, no formal opening date target but it should be a matter of months, not years. At New York City’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) the new central terminal will soon boast a new United Club. Among other benefits, the new lounge will be inside security, making it more convenient for travelers. Construction there is essentially complete. United is awaiting work on the rest of the new terminal for its opportunity to move into the new gates and new lounge. Finally, United is also renovating its lounge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (FLL) this year. |
Still nothing for TPA. It just gets busier and busier here and 5-6 gates always in use. I would even take a pop up lounge. Please.....
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Oh that is good news. I’m out in RDU not infrequently. |
The old FLL United Club was rather small and so is SNA (Orange Co) UC. It is about time to have more UCs in some medium size cities. RDU is a good start. |
Originally Posted by Vulcan
(Post 30645327)
Still nothing for TPA. It just gets busier and busier here and 5-6 gates always in use. I would even take a pop up lounge. Please.....
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Glad to hear about RDU. We have family there and are in and out a few times per year.
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On a recent trip MSY-EWR I was walking up-and-down the terminal looking for the United Club lounge....only to realize that there isn't one, much to my surprise.
Glad to hear UA is still investing in & expanding their lounge network! (...maybe they have a couple of dollars to spare for EWR Club lounge expansion as well....or are the OTG earnings just too lucrative???) |
RDU base so glad is finally coming! And yes United took over the old club! |
Very good news. Certainly didn't expect any "new" cities any time soon. Though TPA needs to be on the short list, I agree.
Love that FLL is finally getting a refresh as well. |
Originally Posted by Kmxu
(Post 30645369)
The old FLL United Club was rather small and so is SNA (Orange Co) UC. It is about time to have more UCs in some medium size cities. RDU is a good start. |
UA moves to the recently opened terminal at LGA in April I believe so the new club there is not far off. FLL has been under construction for a long while and should open soon. The RDU club has also been under construction for several months. MSY should open with the new terminal. There’s also the new club at the end of the C3 concourse at EWR that’s being built. As soon as that opens the C1 club needs to be next. Great news all around. However I agree that TPA is a glaring hole in the club network. There are some head scratchers though. Not a single club at DEN or IAD have been remodeled. Considering DEN is the most profitable UA hub it seems odd. Also UA will be moving to T3 at PHX. The press release and media coverage only mention the new Sky Club in the new concourse. No mention of UA occupying the former Sky Club space. Me thinks the PHX club may get dropped in the terminal move. |
Originally Posted by PacificClipper
(Post 30647550)
UA moves to the recently opened terminal at LGA in April I believe so the new club there is not far off. FLL has been under construction for a long while and should open soon. The RDU club has also been under construction for several months. MSY should open with the new terminal. There’s also the new club at the end of the C3 concourse at EWR that’s being built. As soon as that opens the C1 club needs to be next. Great news all around. However I agree that TPA is a glaring hole in the club network. There are some head scratchers though. Not a single club at DEN or IAD have been remodeled. Considering DEN is the most profitable UA hub it seems odd. Also UA will be moving to T3 at PHX. The press release and media coverage only mention the new Sky Club in the new concourse. No mention of UA occupying the former Sky Club space. Me thinks the PHX club may get dropped in the terminal move. |
Originally Posted by seat38a
(Post 30647675)
Well if its already profitable, I guess they see no reason to spend money on it.
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Originally Posted by PsiFighter37
(Post 30648572)
At the very least the DEN UCs could use the same refresh that the UC around C74 at EWR got - replace all the furniture with the updated seats/tables that also have plenty of USB/power plugs.
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And bupkes for CLT. Very odd decision as traffic is there and UA operates out of a spanking new, nice terminal. Good opportunity to show up a competitor and steal some business. Very, very strange corporate behavior |
Originally Posted by artvandalay
(Post 30645455)
Never understood this. TPA has almost twice as many pax as RDU.
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Originally Posted by PacificClipper
(Post 30647550)
Also UA will be moving to T3 at PHX. The press release and media coverage only mention the new Sky Club in the new concourse. No mention of UA occupying the former Sky Club space. Me thinks the PHX club may get dropped in the terminal move. |
Originally Posted by PacificClipper
(Post 30647550)
FLL has been under construction for a long while and should open soon.
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RDU? That's a change I like.
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Originally Posted by manstein58
(Post 30648667)
And bupkes for CLT. Very odd decision as traffic is there and UA operates out of a spanking new, nice terminal. Good opportunity to show up a competitor and steal some business. Very, very strange corporate behavior |
Originally Posted by cfischer
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pax likely visiting a UA club?
RDU--1.183 MSY--1.427 TPA--2.036 |
For everyone wanting TPA, it could just as well be that United's internal studies show that even with a bigger enplanement, not enough people will buy a United Club membership to make it worthwhile. My guess is RDU has the Research Triangle with enough big spenders who are willing to shell out for club membership. Doing a quick search on business headquartered or with a significant presence in New Orleans shows much bigger companies than TPA.
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Originally Posted by PsiFighter37
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At the very least the DEN UCs could use the same refresh that the UC around C74 at EWR got - replace all the furniture with the updated seats/tables that also have plenty of USB/power plugs.
LAX https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1723/...4e7cb317_z.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4664/...05d330e2_z.jpg DEN https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1759/...55c304e3_z.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1722/...3eef50e4_z.jpg |
Originally Posted by cerealmarketer
(Post 30650073)
I thought the new concourse was nicer than most clubs with plugs at each seat and plenty of space - at least better than the AA lounge there. It is odd that no airline besides AA has club space but I guess it's like DTW, SLC or MSP. Too concentrated in one airline - at least RDU there's more even market share. TPA is a head scratcher.
TPA is more of a leisure route so can see why they might put RDU first. Could also be an issue of space - does the airport have a place for United to put a club even if they wanted to? |
I am now RDU based - so very excited to hear about a club opening here. I’d assume it will be in the upper-level area that’s similar to where the Delta and American clubs are - but on the west end..?....
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Originally Posted by raehl311
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MSP has a United club. :) It doesn't have a kitchen though so the food selection is pretty much the same as it was 10 years ago (plus soup.)
TPA is more of a leisure route so can see why they might put RDU first. Could also be an issue of space - does the airport have a place for United to put a club even if they wanted to? Guess Medtronic / 3M connecting to Asia keeps it going. |
Originally Posted by CMK10
(Post 30645118)
Buried at the bottom of this blog article's write up of the LAX Polaris Lounge: https://blog.wandr.me/2019/01/united...-united-clubs/ is the following:
I can't find any other source or details but it's certainly a happy development for this RDU flyer. My guess is they'll use the former US Club space on the upper level near gates D1-3. |
Can't deny that TPA has a lot of tourists, but it also hosts a growing list of offices for recognizable companies with global and/or premium demand. Citi, McKinsey, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Raymond James, Coke, and Jabil Circuit come to mind. DL and AA both offer lounges in TPA.
Lufthansa's almost-daily flight to FRA could add some alliance justification for a lounge (if it was in the same terminal). |
Originally Posted by cerealmarketer
(Post 30651106)
Wow that old MSP Red Carpet Club is still there - figured it wasn’t long for the world after the merger. Guess Medtronic / 3M connecting to Asia keeps it going. For everyone wanting TPA, it could just as well be that United's internal studies show that even with a bigger enplanement, not enough people will buy a United Club membership to make it worthwhile. My guess is RDU has the Research Triangle with enough big spenders who are willing to shell out for club membership. Doing a quick search on business headquartered or with a significant presence in New Orleans shows much bigger companies than TPA. I mean offering some direct TATL service like AA and DL would also help... |
Originally Posted by seat38a
(Post 30650744)
I was there June of last year and the clubs already have the same furnitures that United's newest club at LAX has.
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We each have our respective airports that don’t have clubs, but we wish had one. SLC for me. Maybe with the new airport I’ll not only get improvements in rental car experiences but a UA club as well! |
QUOTE=TBD;30651266]Can't deny that TPA has a lot of tourists, but it also hosts a growing list of offices for recognizable companies with global and/or premium demand. Citi, McKinsey, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Raymond James, Coke, and Jabil Circuit come to mind. DL and AA both offer lounges in TPA.
Lufthansa's almost-daily flight to FRA could add some alliance justification for a lounge (if it was in the same terminal).[/QUOTE] Maybe those office's will grow and more fortune 500 companies will move in, but from everything that I'm reading, the current top employers of Tampa are Publix, Walmart and and a McDonals franchise. The rankings for the three are 1, 3 and 8 with the rest filled in with hospitals and and education. |
I do hope that the new clubs offer food choices like the LAX club and NOT like the SFO clubs. I was at the LAX club in December and they've really upped their game for the evening items. From what others have written, the LAX club has really upped the breakfast game as well.
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Originally Posted by artvandalay
(Post 30645455)
Never understood this. TPA has almost twice as many pax as RDU.
a typically reliable source told me TPA is in the 2019 budget and should open next year. Also so some interesting talk about a new terminal long term with the TPA authority covering the club there if one is built in A now. unsurprisingly the space is where CO had once planed to put a P-club in TPA |
Originally Posted by ethan76
(Post 30651789)
a typically reliable source told me TPA is in the 2019 budget and should open next year. Also so some interesting talk about a new terminal long term with the TPA authority covering the club there if one is built in A now. unsurprisingly the space is where CO had once planed to put a P-club in TPA |
I asked some United staff at RDU this morning. They say 3-6 months. That would be opening in March to June. Mention of permits and such as part of the timeframe. From what I can see looking up into the space, it doesn’t appear any actual construction is happening yet. I’d think one could fit out a small-ish club in 3 months max of actual construction. |
Originally Posted by seat38a
(Post 30651622)
Maybe those office's will grow and more fortune 500 companies will move in, but from everything that I'm reading, the current top employers of Tampa are Publix, Walmart and and a McDonals franchise. The rankings for the three are 1, 3 and 8 with the rest filled in with hospitals and and education. I'm sure none of them are spending like this:
Similarly, Raleigh-Durham's top employers seem to be the local health system, the state, and the school system. In New Orleans, four of the top five employers are healthcare systems. |
Originally Posted by TBD
(Post 30652325)
I don't think the top employer list is the right guideline. Publix is the local grocery store (with a near monopoly), so of course they employ a tremendous number of people. From what I can see, the other largest employers are hospitals and the government.
Similarly, Raleigh-Durham's top employers seem to be the local health system, the state, and the school system. In New Orleans, four of the top five employers are healthcare systems. SAS Lenova / IBM-to a point the airport is discussing a direct China flight Glaxo Smith Kline Cisco Plus the one's you mention, very diverse economy |
Originally Posted by wanderingkev
(Post 30652589)
RDU...... Has
SAS Lenova / IBM-to a point the airport is discussing a direct China flight Glaxo Smith Kline Cisco Plus the one's you mention, very diverse economy |
Whenever I do travel to TPA its on business, so that would be nice.
I certainly appreciate the SNA club as well, despite being small.. I <3 SNA, much better than LAX... |
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