United has opened a 54,000 square foot United Club in Houston's new Terminal B North Concourse, the largest airline lounge in the Americas, with seating for 800 guests.
25 years ago, every gate in congonhas airport (sao Paulo) was a lounge, including free snacks and drinks. They should basically do that at this point.
Dang, United is really going to force me to get back below 5/24 so I can get a United card!
As someone who flies through this airport a decent amount, this will be hugely welcomed. Many of the lounges have become severely overcrowded. This should help a lot.
Since Amex nerf'd the airline incidental fee (no longer works with United Travel Bank), you could buy one-time passes using that credit, instead of having to wait for 5/24, get a new card, etc.
'Heck ya, we (lounge) there'... I do really like the mini breakfast tacos at the IAH UnitedClubs. Soft tortilla, scrambled eggs, bacon... load up on like 10 of those bad-boys before a flight... mmm, skip a few meals. Bah!
Really going for those premium biz travelers with a ~1% phonebooth capacity (even just 6% if the lounge is 1/4th full)
What the heck is a square foot?
United's clubs still don't have showers. AA is putting them in at CLT of all places.
When are you going to call United out for being so uncompetitive?
Nice to have a big new club for sure. That said, looks pretty ugly to me, actually. I don't get the United designer's obsession with 80s beach chairs - between their new economy seats and these bubbled loungers... ugh. Random purplish-brown club chairs seems on theme for UA, the accent color blue looks out of place... I don't know, other folks seem to do these redesigns a lot better.
Will be great that Amex is massively expanding its IAH Centurion lounge though.
You don’t have to live there. Some people complain about anything and everything. It must be exhausting.
And yet, even with the largest club in the western hemisphere, United will still put out the sign saying they won't accept the passes from the Explorer card.