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United Airlines Temporarily Closes Philadelphia Club

No, this isn’t an April Fools joke. In case you missed it from UA Insider on MilePoint or Flyertalk, United announced on Saturday that the United Club in Philadelphia is closed temporarily: Hi Everyone, I wanted to give you a heads up that we have temporarily closed the United Club at PHL, due to ventilation…

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Help a Reader: Where Should I Spend My 100-150K Miles Annually?

I received the following question from Peter and he (and I) would love additional feedback beyond what I provided. First, his question: I fly 200K – 250K for business (mostly China) and try to divide it between UA and AA to keep my top tier status with both. I will turn 40 soon and don’t want…

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Lounge Review: United Airlines Global First at Tokyo Narita Airport

After a brief visit to the ANA Suite Lounge at Tokyo Narita Airport last month, I headed over to the more spacious and serene United Global First Class lounge. Entry to the lounge is via an elevator just inside the reception area to the United Club in Terminal 1. After an agent checked my boarding…

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United Announces JFK Premium Service Reconfiguration Update

I haven’t been on Flyertalk in a few days and just noticed a new update UA Insider posted on Friday related to the premium service (p.s.) fleet operating between JFK-LAX/SFO. In case you missed it too: The first aircraft to be reconfigured is already in modification and will take to the skies by March. Over…

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First Look: United Club Redesign, O’Hare Terminal 2 Location Opening

United smartly postponed their planned Twitter chat on Friday due to the horrific events in Connecticut. It was to discuss and debut the new look for United Clubs, beginning with the brand new Chicago O’Hare Terminal 2 location set to open next week. The Chicago Business Journal ran their piece on the United Club redesign…

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United Club Rates to Increase, 3-Year Membership Discontinuation

In case you haven’t read about this yet, or noticed it on United.com, membership rates for the United Club are scheduled to increase $25 across the board effective January 1, 2013 (spouse rates increase by $100). Here’s the current pricing valid through December 31: Also, when the conversion to SHARES took place in March, United…

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United Airlines MileagePlus Explorer Credit Card: Good Deal?

I visited a friend last week who doesn’t fly a huge amount each year and he asked me what I thought about United’s Mileage Plus Explorer credit card. United is aggressively promoting the card (and yes… I’m featuring it here now, too), but he wondered if he should hold off applying for the current offer…

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Did you take the United Club coffee survey?

This ranks enormously low in the grand scheme of things the new United needs to be tackling right now, but have you come across the coffee survey in United’s clubs the past few months? It looks like it comes directly from the manufacturer and isn’t particularly linked to United besides bearing the “Club†logo on…

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