Best *G IAD Lounge for UA flyers {Archive}
Sep 5, 2017, 4:35 pm
#31
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,319
It's basically a $25 "all you can eat", but a pretty good one at that.
Sep 5, 2017, 6:18 pm
#32
formerly gantid
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: IAD
Programs: UA Mileage Plus Platinum, Marriott Platinum elite, *G, Hilton Gold
Posts: 198
TK lounge is the best. LH business lounge gets crowded later in the afternoon. LH Sen lounge is great, if you have *G privileges.
I agree with others, TK-LH-UA.
I agree with others, TK-LH-UA.
Sep 5, 2017, 6:21 pm
#33
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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LH Sen, IMHO, is better than TK. Part of it is that I like to stand while working and the LH Sen has a nice raised platform on the runway side that allows me to stand and work. Plus, the food at LH (again, IMHO) is better than TK.
Oct 27, 2017, 1:55 pm
#35
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, Starwood Gold
Posts: 951
Not sure if it was just an off day for TK, but on my most recent visit to their lounge it seemed like the place has really lowered their standards since opening. Food was lower quality, the condition of their two bathrooms was terrible, and very few staff working (leaving much of the place full of dirty dishes). Still far better than any UA lounge.
Went to LH, and even though it's rather warn down, it did the trick.
Went to LH, and even though it's rather warn down, it did the trick.
Oct 27, 2017, 3:00 pm
#36
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The TK lounge has by far a nicer bar...fully stocked....the LH Senator choice of booze is limited.....
Oct 27, 2017, 5:32 pm
#38
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 1,358
what's the timetable for the Polaris lounge to open at IAD -- anything more specific than the UAL's website "over the course of the next two years"?
Oct 27, 2017, 10:33 pm
#39
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: In between IAD and DCA
Programs: UA Plat 1.1MM , Marriott Gold Elite, Hyatt Discoverist
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Not that I know. Which is really disappointing. Since IAD has a lot of Intl traffic and their lounges are the worst in the system. Oh well.
Nov 15, 2017, 10:22 am
#40
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 411
Which Club to choose in IAD - Polaris Business?
This weekend I'm flyin First/Polaris Business PDX-IAD-AMS. Usually when I travel through IAD I just use the UC but browsing through lounge buddy it appears I have access to the Turkish Airways Lounge and the LH Senator Lounge at no charge? Is that Correct? With a 2 hour 45 min layover which lounge would you choose?
Also, in AMS it appears I would have access to the Aspire lounge, and that appears to be my only option. Thanks!
Also, in AMS it appears I would have access to the Aspire lounge, and that appears to be my only option. Thanks!
Nov 15, 2017, 10:37 am
#41
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 226
I visited the Turkish Lounge recently as a *G and it was very nice but crowded. They were turning away Priorty Pass users on a Saturday afternoon. It’s not a bad train ride over from the United gates.
Nov 15, 2017, 1:01 pm
#42
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: AA Plat, UA 1K>Plat>moving to Silver
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Actually, I prefer the LH lounges (Senator if you are *G) at IAD to TK. Not as crowded since TK is open to PP and so many other airlines, and I like the food a little better. Also, they have German beer and champagne. No champers at TK, usually. However, there are close to each other, so on a 2:45 layover, you should try both (and not bother with the UA lounges). Keep in mind they are at the A/B terminal, so leave time if you are arriving and departing from C/D on United. Aspire lounges in AMS are decent. I have only used them on departure, though, and they are a 20 minute walk from the UA gates there. Loungebuddy app is very good for getting more information on what you have access to and how they compare.
Nov 15, 2017, 4:02 pm
#43
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Just want to second the above. Turkish is great but often crowded, and while they have a great dinner spread, the breakfast spread is very limited. (For a morning arrival, the AF lounge is better.) The LH lounges, which share an entrance, are great.
Nov 15, 2017, 7:46 pm
#44
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It's been several months since I was at the TK lounge, but the couple times I was there earlier this year they sort of had two phases to breakfast food. Early AM is basically a continental breakfast, and then around 7:30a or 8:30a they bring out hot foods—like shakshouka, miso soup, etc. Not sure I really figured out the pattern to what the hot foods are, but they arrive later.
Nov 15, 2017, 7:56 pm
#45
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I think I've been previously told that the TK lounge is also a Priority Pass Lounge which accounts for the crowds. The last time I was there the line to get in was at least 30 people deep.