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What does United Club Access mean?

With a United Club? membership, you'll have access to more than 45 United Club locations worldwide, giving you a comfortable space to enjoy complimentary snacks, beverages and Wi-Fi while you wait for your flight.



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The United Club? Infinite Card is teeming in value and is well worth its annual fee, especially for frequent United fliers looking for a luxury experience. We estimate it offers more than $800 in value for the average cardholder, just from its sign-up bonus and rewards.

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Eligible primary United Cardholders get two free one-time passes every year. We'll email you when your United Club passes are ready, so make sure your email address is up to date on your MileagePlus® and credit card accounts.

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In our airport guides, we include lounges that economy-class travellers can access by paying at the door, purchasing a lounge pass or joining a lounge membership program.

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Sleeping is prohibited in all United Club locations. The Polaris Lounge at ORD and SFO each have four sleeping cubicles (near the restroom at ORD, near the showers at SFO). Feel free to nod off there.

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The Lifetime Pass wasn't just any ordinary airline ticket. It was essentially a golden ticket to unlimited first-class travel. For $290,000, you could purchase the Lifetime AAirpass, which allowed unlimited first-class travel for the holder. An additional companion pass could also be added for $150,000 more.

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Eligible credit cards
  • First Hawaiian Bank United® Credit Card.
  • MileagePlus Saison Card.
  • Dah Sing United MileagePlus World Mastercard.
  • United Bank Leumi Visa Card.


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What does exclusive security lanes (if available) mean?
  • Albuquerque (ABQ)
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS)
  • Anchorage (ANC)
  • Austin (AUS)
  • Baltimore-Washington International (BWI)
  • Boston Logan (BOS)
  • Brussels, Belgium (BRU)
  • Chicago O'Hare (ORD)


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Amex Platinum does not offer a United Club membership, so the Platinum Card will not get you into United Club airport lounges.

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If your same-day outbound flight departs after the lounge closes for the day, we will admit you as early as 3 hours prior to the lounge closing, subject to available capacity. Select lounges may allow access to eligible Card Members with a confirmed reservation for any same-day travel (departure or arrival).

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Different lounges have different policies. Typically, you can stay for at least 3 hours. Most will likely allow you to stay for much longer especially if they're not busy.

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Tipping is not required in airport lounges Despite this convention, tipping in a U.S. airport lounge is not required.

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What makes Polaris lounges different from United's normal lounges? For starters, they're exclusively for passengers traveling in Polaris business class on United (or business or first class on a Star Alliance flight) for a long-haul international flight.

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Travel benefits
  • United Club? membership — up to a $650 value per year. ...
  • Premier access® travel services. ...
  • Free first and second checked bags — a savings of up to $320 per roundtrip. ...
  • Global Entry, TSA Precheck® or NEXUS application fee statement credit. ...
  • 25% Back on United Inflight and InClub Purchases. ...
  • Avis President's Club.


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Lounge members can often arrange a pass through the airline. But outside of that, if you don't have a departing boarding pass for that airport and that day, you can't go through security to get to a lounge.

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