Tag: red carpet club
How can the Red Carpet Club offers free alcoholic beverages but not WiFi?
by Captain G on Aug.10, 2011, under Airlines, Business Travel
I was recently at United’s Red Carpet Club in Chicago O’Hare (ORD) Terminal C, which brought back fond (and some not so fond) memories from my past. I’ve spent many hours at this Red Carpet Club during the late 1990s and early 2000s; I’ve even watched a Super Bowl here.
During my recent visit, I went to the bar to order a beer because I had a few extra Red Carpet coupons left. I was very shocked when the bartender told me alcoholic beverages (bottom shelf only) was complementary. Top shelf alcohol still requires a coupon or cash! I am not sure if this was a holiday season thing or if it’s a change in policy. I was quite impressed.
I then started my laptop and try to get on WiFi. There were two WiFi providers at ORD — T-Mobile and Boingo. Both required me to login or sign up for a day pass for US$7.
How can the Red Carpet Club offer free alcohol and not WiFi?
You can take a shower at SFO!
by statusmonger on Sep.14, 2009, under Airlines, Business Travel
If ever you needed to freshen up at SFO, there’s a solution for you if you are Star Alliance Gold with an international itinerary. Around the corner from United’s Red Carpet Club (turn right after security in Concourse G), tucked away is Singapore Airline’s Silver Kris Lounge (Level 3), which you can get in if you are Star Alliance Gold and on an international itinerary. It’s a smaller, cozier lounge than the Red Carpet Club, but the Silver Kris Lounge has one amenity that the Red Carpet Club at SFO lacks: a shower facility.
The shower facility is nothing fancy but it does the job. Towels are provided at the front desk and the shower facility has generic liquid soap, shampoo, and conditioner. So you don’t need to be equipped with anything. And for those with long hair, a blow dryer is also provided.
In addition to having a shower facility, the Silver Kris Lounge has a better snack selection than the neighboring Red Carpet Club and it provides free alcoholic beverages ranging from bottle beers to Johnnie Walker whiskey (unfortunately it’s only Black Label).
The only downside to this lounge is that it’s only open during odd hours, to coincide with Singapore Airlines flights. During daylight savings, the lounge is open from 10:40am to 2:20pm and then from 9:55pm to 1:25am. During Pacific Standard Time, it opens from 9am to 12:30pm and then from 8:35pm to 12:05pm. However, this schedule changes frequently during the year but the general blocks of time are the same.
For your reference, here’s a map of SFO with United gates and lounge information:
United SFO map
