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Best SFO United Club? {Archive}
May 4, 2014, 9:39 pm
#61
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Does "best lounge" change based on time of day? When we flew to SYD, the RCC was quite nice and uncrowded. Very much unlike RCCs I've visited any other time.
May 4, 2014, 10:46 pm
#62
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The Terminal G United Club clears out in the early afternoon after the Asia and Europe flights have departed. The T3 club remains crowded most of the day. It will really be nice when they open the new club towards the E concourse, that should ease the T3 crowding.
May 4, 2014, 11:27 pm
#63
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I used the SQ lounge on a United flight with no problems. Didn't even have my gold card with me, the boarding pass got me in with no issues. As always, YMMV. It's a smaller lounge but as always miles ahead the UA club. Few beers, self serve liquor, etc and some decent food options.
May 4, 2014, 11:50 pm
#64
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May 5, 2014, 11:01 am
#66
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May 5, 2014, 4:21 pm
#68
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May 5, 2014, 4:33 pm
#69
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Only catch is that UA doesn't have check-in counters in terminal 1, so if you need to check luggage you need to go to T3 first, then walk/catch the train over landside.
Obviously this doesn't help someone in your situation. There have been reports of people being allowed catch the bus without a departing boarding pass after explaining why they want to go to T1 ("connecting to a US air flight that I don't have a boarding pass for" used to be a good option, but not so much now), but also several of people being denied.
May 5, 2014, 5:02 pm
#70
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Jul 23, 2014, 5:30 pm
#71
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Is this the prevailing consensus?
The UA GlobalFirst lounge is better than either the EVA or SQ lounges?
I guess I should visit all three if I have the time.
The UA GlobalFirst lounge is better than either the EVA or SQ lounges?
I guess I should visit all three if I have the time.
Jul 23, 2014, 7:06 pm
#72
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If you visit at night, both BR and SQ may deny your entry to protect their own customer. (SQ 1 have substantially more pax compare to the day time SQ 15)
Jul 23, 2014, 7:42 pm
#73
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Jul 23, 2014, 8:15 pm
#74
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Jul 23, 2014, 9:14 pm
#75
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Way better. The SQ lounge is only marginally better than the standard UC (in that they have one hot dish out). The EVA lounge is a joke. Terrible food, and interior looks like my in-laws living room from the 1970s.