United Opens First Polaris Lounge as Part of Its Business Class Overhaul


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United's highest-paying customers have a new place to call home at Chicago O'Hare. The Polaris lounge opened late last week and will be followed with similar properties across the globe through 2018.

United Airlines opened the first of its Polaris airport lounges in Chicago's O'Hare airport last week. The launch is part of a broader-scale overhaul to the airline's premium cabins and airport experience, merging the current long-haul business and first class products into one unified product. And while it will be some time until the majority of aircraft have the Polaris seats on board, the airport experience is already