Redeemed

Hello,

I am looking for updated information regarding club access at HNL with a first class ticket. In this case will be arriving into HNL (traveling in F) but have 4 hour layover for inter island connecting flight.

Does an F ticket provide Red Carpet Club access?

Jorgen

Nope.

FlyinHawaiian

Related thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ss-ticket.html

dayone

Since nothing has changed, no need for "updated information." No dice.

Weatherboy

CO would allow BusinessFirst passengers to have access to the club in HNL for travel, but in the UA world, not sure what the policy is.

But if you're connecting from a Hawaiian Airline in first class, you can also hang out in the Hawaiian Air lounge just by showing your HA F boarding pass. I'll hang out in the one that's upstairs near the WikiWiki stop, and then just take the WikiWiki over to the UA gates when you're ready to go. Snacks are more limited than UA's offerings, but you can stock up on guava juice and Kona coffee and their snack mix and relax while Hawaiian music is piped-in in comfortable surroundings.

The lounge by the interisland gates on the main level is larger, but it's less convenient to get over to the mainland departure gates.

bocastephen

Under CO policy the BusinessFirst flights included lounge access (IAH/EWR-HNL). Under UA, I found this new policy on the website:

Note it does not state United Business First - only United First (a domestic product) and United Business (2nd class in the 3 class product).

So, I would take this to mean a United Business First ticket/bp is eligible - the difference being a 764 aircraft operating from SF or LA or DEN with domestic F inflight service would not be eligible, while the BF service (BF-Lite) from EWR and IAH would.

zrs70

Are you arriving from Asia in F or from the US in F? I assume from the US, but you need know! (May not be important anyway - can one use the UC in HNL as an arrivals lounge?)

FlyingProf

There is NO BF service from EWR or IAD (or IAH, DEN or SFO) for that matter ... it is now ALL UA Domestic First ... the only diff is that if you are on 764 n/s from EWR, IAD, IAH or DEN to HNL ... you do get the nicer seats, and those flights are NOT eligible for complimentary upgrades (you have to use a Regional or Global upgrade).

bocastephen

Where is it written that EWR/IAH-HNL lost the BF-lite product?

love_to_travel

If the new UA would follow their GG CHECKPOINT LINE 53, I could get in and sponsor some people into the club.

lensman

There have been some threads about this downgrade a few months back in threads about the decline is service HNL-IAH. I don't think there was an announcement, per se, just the removal of mention of the service as BF (lite).

boat9781

I was just an HNL. I was admitted to the Club for free as I was upfront on the 764. The PMUA agent (as evidenced by her uniform) said the free entry only applied to DEN/IAH/EWR flights in F.

Joshua

My sister in law and her friend bought tickets from IAD-HNL and I upgraded them using some GPUs. (Yeah, that's what I do with GPUs nowadays. Better than letting them expire.)

The flight is on a 767-400, but is marketed as "United First". Has anyone gained entry into the United Club on these kind of tickets at IAD? HNL may be an unusual case, since they're familiar with these pseudo-BusinessFirst flights.

nlfmanager

Will be flying in a 3 class 777 from HNL-SFO in F. I assume I will not be able to access the lounge?

love_to_travel

Most likely not. But you can try if you want and see what they say.