United Club membership now $650 effective 8/13/19
Jun 17, 2019, 8:00 pm
#16
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Jun 17, 2019, 8:03 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: San Francisco
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Not holding my breath on that one. Every month UA rolls out news that keeps pushing me away from them. I don't get it. I have held the United Chase Club Card for years but IF it goes to $650 that a bit of a breaking point for me. AS seems to actually want my business, isn't that a novel idea.
Jun 17, 2019, 8:10 pm
#18
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: HNL
Programs: UA GS4MM, MR LT Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,447
What a joke. I have an Amex PLT card, SO has one too, the AMEX lounges are far, far, far better than UA's lounges, are in most of the airports I frequently, and as long as I fly AS or DL, I can use my AMEX card to access the lounges on them (or internationally) as well. Costs me $550 x2, and I get a great credit card to boot. @:-)
Jun 17, 2019, 8:13 pm
#19
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Denver, Colorado
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Jun 17, 2019, 8:17 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Chicago IL US
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Jun 17, 2019, 8:21 pm
#21
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: HNL
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Jun 17, 2019, 8:21 pm
#22
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Denver, Colorado
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Looks like Admirals Club is $650 as well. https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...membership.jsp
Looks like Delta upped their equivalent membership to $845.00 (Pretty sure it was in the $7 hundred range). https://www.delta.com/skyclub/purcha...Request.action
Looks like Delta upped their equivalent membership to $845.00 (Pretty sure it was in the $7 hundred range). https://www.delta.com/skyclub/purcha...Request.action
Jun 17, 2019, 8:28 pm
#23
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Jun 17, 2019, 8:33 pm
#24
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I appreciate the UC SFO as a place to go after scarfing down a quick plate at AMEX. But not at $650 (or $550 if that's the new 1K price). As more of my domestic travel goes to AS, I have less need for UC membership anyway. UA just making that choice easier.
Jun 17, 2019, 8:34 pm
#25
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Jun 17, 2019, 8:35 pm
#26
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I have never, not once, not found a place to sit. Might I have to look arround? Yes. Might I not have a table in front of me I can eat off? Yes. But never not found a place to sit. The Club that is most impacted IMHE is SEA, which sometimes can't let people in.Looks like Admirals Club is $650 as well. https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...membership.jsp
Looks like Delta upped their equivalent membership to $845.00 (Pretty sure it was in the $7 hundred range). https://www.delta.com/skyclub/purcha...Request.action
Looks like Delta upped their equivalent membership to $845.00 (Pretty sure it was in the $7 hundred range). https://www.delta.com/skyclub/purcha...Request.action
Delta though will give lounge access (as will AS via PP membership which comes with the AMEX) to an AMEX Plt. So if you are flying Delta, it is silly to pay $845, you can just get the AMEX PLT for $550 and you can use their lounges.
Jun 17, 2019, 8:36 pm
#28
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: SFO
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I think a lot of people here would agree. I typically pop into the Centurion to grab a bite and go to the UC Rotunda club for the cubes. However, I don't think i'd pay 650/yr for access to that seating.
Jun 17, 2019, 8:44 pm
#29
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Denver, Colorado
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I wouldn't either, but I get my membership via Chase Club Card which I'm guessing will still come with a discount over the regular price. The travel insurance and primary rental car coverage alone pay for the annual fee many times over each year for me.
Jun 17, 2019, 9:02 pm
#30
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP. Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,134
The chicken mush in May followed by this months beef mush?
The ORD food has fallen off a cliff. Well documented on FT (and in person).
ETA:
How is $59 not meaningful? I was at ORD earlier this year and an agent was trying to talk a gentleman out of purchasing a 1-time pass as he only had 20 minutes (and was jet lagged, in transit from SYD. I guested him in.). She insisted it wasn't worth the money.
The ORD food has fallen off a cliff. Well documented on FT (and in person).
ETA:
How is $59 not meaningful? I was at ORD earlier this year and an agent was trying to talk a gentleman out of purchasing a 1-time pass as he only had 20 minutes (and was jet lagged, in transit from SYD. I guested him in.). She insisted it wasn't worth the money.
And yes, ORD food is just fine. I just wish they had the hot food offerings out past ~8 PM.