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| - To qualify, this is not as good as the CIP lounge at Turkish Airline's Istanbul stop (if you have not made it out there, you must, it's pretty much the epitome of lounge experience, aside from the Frankfurt 1st Class Terminal, or its 1st Class Lounge, maybe not even as good as the Munich, Hong Kong and Singapore lounges - I'd venture to say that United lounge In HK is comparable to this one), but this is the best you'd get in America for a non first class passenger. it's definitely above the par, by a long shot. At some point, you get to appreciate life's small improvements when traveling through from one airport to another.
You need to be a platinum member of American Express to get in. Family can be brought in without any hassles. Could be used for arrival or departure. Platinum annual fee is $450 annually but there are benefits, especially if you know one is going into SFO in November. It'll be installed in the United Terminal (Terminal 3) and can be accessed as a result if you are flying out of the G-dates of international terminal or United terminal 3.
You can see from photos I posted, as well as others, that the place is pleasant, it has a few things that others don't have, for instance, it has a sound proof children's play room, and large couches that you could actually use to nap in, that's unique. Salad bar is innovative to make you want to cook your own grilled veggies and serve it at home. Infinite cocktails. Yummy fruit flavored water and coffee. The man in charge of this club came from United, and he was quite friendly. It turned out he grew up in Stuttgart, and I have a long standing relationship with Stuttgart tracing back to when I was 20, so we got to chat about Swabian food and the little local place I ate at in the town center of Sindelfingen in July, which I simply adored. He remembered it well.
After bonding over Swabian food (which reminded me, among other things, to call my ex-roommate Monika, who was like a mother to me and born and raised near Stuttgart, moved here when she met her American soldier husband - later, ex) , not to mention, the difference between the Porche and Mercedes Benz museums (loved loved the museums, love love Germany - one of my many peculiarities was that I love pretty much anything German as a result of early adulthood initiation), we felt that we had established some common ground. He then revealed the insider knowledge. Apparently each one Centurion club got a different theme. For instance, the one that is coming into SFO in November will have a wine theme, which will have a focus for local food and wine. I giddily reported to my friends who fly out of SFO often, and realized my trip to Florida in early December will warrant a well deserved visit, if not sooner, because it's about time we can stop heading to United Club and try something more on par with the European airports.
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