United Club Card Review: Lounge Access & up to 90K Bonus Miles

Wow!~ Ben, your kind of slow this morning again. Is it Miles or Winston 🙂 ?

Ben, Have things changed with access for Star Gold Members...??? Is that now an even better option now given these changes [i.e. the Aegean route of the past]...???

Ben, speed the heck up! Are you going to post about the Hong Kong airlines a320 that had an inflight fire? What about the Sri Lankan A330 that CRASHED off the cost of Colombo? HURRY UP! we do not care about United club card reviews!!!

Haha. Yeah I refreshed my aviation feed today and Cranky had the same number of posts as Ben. Wild!!

…just teasing though Ben. You deserve to take weekends off.

Chase ? Chase this. Most readers are not getting airline miles. They are not getting lounge access. They are going in to debt.

@ Stupido -- A SriLankan A330 crashed?!

@ SEM -- That's still a great way to access lounges if you put in the effort, though it's not really something you can easily buy. But if you can swing it, it's definitely worth it.

@ Stefen -- Hah, family stuff, and also I was working on my next review post (those take hours to write, unlike average blog posts). But more coming soon!

Yes! that's what I heard! May be a good post! Heard it from someone who is not that good with planes, so maybe they misspoke ;]. Or maybe they meant the Hong Kong airlines plane that had an INFLIGHT FIRE!

I wish all these airline vloggers would take the weekend off. Take two.

A little misleading to show a Polaris Lounge photo here alongside a lounge card

Then they are definitely reading the wrong blog.

My husband, daughter, son, and I recently signed up for the United Chase black club card, paying $3,000 in fees, at $750 per person. We got stuck in the Long Island airport yesterday due to weather, and were not allowed to enter the club because we were not flying United that day. We fly many airlines, including United, and would have never signed up for the United Chase club cards had we known about the restriction that you can only enter with a United boarding pass. We thought paying the $750 fee for the "club card" gave us access to the club regardless of who we happened to be traveling with. Sometimes, we need a different flight option for timing purposes. I feel this stipulation should be better highlighted in the materials Chase uses to promote this card, so that people know before committing to this "club" card. This was a very disappointing lesson. The United desk agents at Long Island Airport's United club were also very unfriendly. We are sorry that we all jumped in on this card instead of other options we should have investigated.

It is impossible to log into my account. I have to call a representative and talk to them for half an hour in order to see my statements. I get an email having me click on a website to look at my statement, however in order to log in it first requests a code from a phone text. That is insufficient then I have to call a phone number, and enter my full 16 digit card number, gives me the code that does not work and I have to go to the representative phone number on my card and call them and talk to them for half an hour for them to give me another code to get into my account.

Or, just pay $59. for one time United Club entry at the door.

Haha. Yeah I refreshed my aviation feed today and Cranky had the same number of posts as Ben. Wild!!

…just teasing though Ben. You deserve to take weekends off.

@ Stefen -- Hah, family stuff, and also I was working on my next review post (those take hours to write, unlike average blog posts). But more coming soon!

@ SEM -- That's still a great way to access lounges if you put in the effort, though it's not really something you can easily buy. But if you can swing it, it's definitely worth it.

@ Stupido -- A SriLankan A330 crashed?!

Then they are definitely reading the wrong blog.

I thought the same thing, but then I remembered the aspirational mileage award pitch and that one day you too can redeem those 200,000 united miles for a business class ticket one way that just might align with an airport hosting a Polaris lounge, and there is a slight chance your flight will depart at 6AM ensuring your visit to that lounge will occur right when its doors open resulting in the same soulless view you see in that promo photo.
With that… the photo sort of checks out. Bleh….

I can’t tell if this is a genuine comment or not.

But first, Long Island Airport? As in Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip where United doesn’t operate a lounge or actually fly there at all? Or do you mean New York’s LaGuardia Airport (which is technically on the island of Long Island but it has never been referred to as such

Second, nearly every airline lounge requires a same-day boarding pass for that airline or a partner, unless it’s a one-off partnership. I fear this is common knowledge these days.

The only point I agree with you (if you’re actually talking about LGA) is that yes, the agents there are very unfriendly.

Am I the only person that has learned you must read the fine print on EVERYTHING in life?

Then you and your family are too stupid to live. Line up at the suicide booth and wait your turn.

Since Amex Platinum is supposedly nerf-ing the United Travel Bank option for $200 airlines incidental fee credit, yeah, one-time purchases at UnitedClubs may be the new way to use that for those that don't deal with smaller bag, seat, or change fees, etc.

Oooo this is a good question. I too have the good ole presidential plus.
I am aware that the Pres Plus earns PQPs at a rate of 1 per $20 spent, while the United Club does so at 1 per $15.
I’m sure there are a lot of other coupon type benefits that the united club card has that are not offered by Pres Plus.
But… for so long having the Pres Plus was like being grandfathered into an amazing card program no one else could get anymore, and thus it built in a reluctance to get rid of it.
I would love to hear from those in the know if there is still any good reason to keep this card?