...and it's not changed since 1962. Seriously, those mobile lounges at Dulles are 60 freakin' years old. You'd think they would come up with some improvements in that time.

With access to United Club, the current A terminal at EWR is not bad at all. 1 minute walk to your gate from the club, and 1 minute back to club if delayed, etc. And no OTG.
Agree that it stinks if you are stuck out in General Population.

The new Terminal A is not open yet. They pushed it back to early 2023.

At least there are good food options.

If you believe the news, construction for the replacement concourses for the E and F gates starts this Spring... so we're told.

While maybe not in the full spirit of this thread, but the crowding (especially due to the inexorable flight delays) at the gates in the old EWR North Terminal (used by People Express which became Continental which became United) was likely used as inspiration for the IAD "temporary" C/D Terminal.

higher number C gates at ORD are super crowded & tight, and one of the E gates at SFO is in an acute angle corner!

Agreed. Anything near a SWA gate isn't cohesive to the phrase "orderly fashion".

IAH is underrated for its overall difficulty with its never-ending construction everywhere "on campus" - including the parking garages. It used to be a fairly simple in and out for a major airport - but "progress" ended that about 6-7 years ago. Couple that with United's always-top-level fares and plummeted customer service (a long, long fall from its Continental days of being tops in the industry - or near it), and it ends up being better off using SWA and flying with the cattle out of HOU instead - at least you're saving a minimum of $250 -$350 to most markets when you factor in parking, baggage fees, etc.

I vote MCO gate 44

The layout of the gate is confusing for most travelers who have no idea where the boarding lanes are and many folks just try and walk up to the gate thinking that is where the boarding in.

The boarding lanes are hidden away in a corner and it is not aparrant that is where folks are supposed to wait.

Agree on airport issues and service, disagree on fares. I've found they tend to be on par with Southwest at HOU most of the time, with the occasional exception of flights to Vegas. United out of IAH wins for my business travel solely based on the direct flights to just about anywhere I need to go.

No votes for the awful UAX gates at the east end of concourse B in Denver? The walk through half built shacklike hallways with no heat to get to your plane?

EWR has many eligible options. The "pits" with C87/88 and C97/98 are quite entertaining when 2 aircraft are boarding together (upstairs isn't always better at these concourse ends). C 134/135/136/137 are worthy of a nomination when multiple boardings are occurring. With 4 gates in use I have seen no room for preboards in 135/136 so BG1 had to stand aside as preboards stepped through. With 3 flights boarding they sometimes set up a preboard corral. Before the construction of the UC gates C125/126/127/128 had scrums that were almost as bad and the ability to hear the dueling GAs was even more frustrating.

they have since cleaned it up a bit

I nominate the B80-95 gates at DEN. Ceiling tiles are starting to fall out, carpet is repaired with duct tape, sections of the hold areas blocked with portable barriers for some reason. Don't get me started on the restrooms in the entire B concourse. Filthy, smelly and almost always out of paper towels.

Every time I check in at EWR and get one of those gates I joke with the GS agents that I'm going to the dungeon. They know exactly what I mean.

AKA the pits of despair….