Changes at the IAD RCC??
Aug 18, 2008 | 5:53 pm
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Changes at the IAD RCC??
Am at the IAD RCC at C5 waiting for my flight. When checking in, I was asked if I would like anything from the bar. The person next to me was asked the same thing. Haven't heard that ask this year. Also, the crakers and cheese had disappeared in previous months, now they are back. UA making an effort to improve the atmosphere? Anyone recently in the RCC at C17 or D7?
Aug 18, 2008 | 6:07 pm
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If you are leaving on an international (transoceanic) flight they are supposed to provide you with 2 drink chits.. this has always been a benefit (but there are common reports of the agents "forgetting" to offer them at RCC checkin).
Aug 18, 2008 | 6:21 pm
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No... just make you not think about other things in the club. http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=855673
Aug 18, 2008 | 7:15 pm
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I would hope that UA would upgrade the IAD RCCs. They are doing that to JFK, LAX and SFO.
Everytime I am at the clubs in IAD they are always packed and it would be nice to see an upgrade to them.
Everytime I am at the clubs in IAD they are always packed and it would be nice to see an upgrade to them.
Aug 18, 2008 | 7:19 pm
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Aug 18, 2008 | 7:59 pm
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I saw the title of this post and thought "finally, no more mice" - oh well. 
Aug 18, 2008 | 9:33 pm
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Is this only when departing on an intl flight, or do you also get the chits on returning from an intl flight? (I requested the chits at IAD last week on my way back from FRA and got them. The agent seemed surprised, but he also didn't seem to know that as a 1P I had access to the lounge in the first place, so after he got corrected by a colleague for that, he didn't question me on the chits....)
Aug 18, 2008 | 9:36 pm
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Gotta love IAD's RCC unofficial mascots.
Aug 18, 2008 | 10:19 pm
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Is this only when departing on an intl flight, or do you also get the chits on returning from an intl flight? (I requested the chits at IAD last week on my way back from FRA and got them. The agent seemed surprised, but he also didn't seem to know that as a 1P I had access to the lounge in the first place, so after he got corrected by a colleague for that, he didn't question me on the chits....)
Aug 19, 2008 | 6:27 am
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Aug 19, 2008 | 12:00 pm
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Is this only when departing on an intl flight, or do you also get the chits on returning from an intl flight? (I requested the chits at IAD last week on my way back from FRA and got them. The agent seemed surprised, but he also didn't seem to know that as a 1P I had access to the lounge in the first place, so after he got corrected by a colleague for that, he didn't question me on the chits....)
Aug 19, 2008 | 3:39 pm
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Am at the IAD RCC at C5 waiting for my flight. When checking in, I was asked if I would like anything from the bar. The person next to me was asked the same thing. Haven't heard that ask this year. Also, the crakers and cheese had disappeared in previous months, now they are back. UA making an effort to improve the atmosphere? Anyone recently in the RCC at C17 or D7?
John
Aug 19, 2008 | 6:24 pm
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With all due respect to the mice and cockroaches, what I also noticed besides the cheese and crackers coming back was that the staff seemed much more attentive and on the ball, cleaning up after people who had left, replenishing the limited food items, etc., and all in all, a much nicer environment than what I have observed during the last 6 months there. Maybe more activity by the staff will keep the mice and cockroaches away.