Gate 60 regulars at HKG now walk past a dark United Club
This United Club in Terminal 1, near gate 60, has a current status of “temporarily closed until further notice” on the Hong Kong International Airport website, so you are likely heading to Plaza Premium instead. It normally serves United Airlines passengers plus Star Alliance partners like Singapore Airlines (SQ), Thai (TG), Lufthansa (LH), and Air Canada (AC), but staff now redirect those elites to nearby third‑party lounges.
When operating, the lounge sits airside in T1, a short walk from the 50–70 pier where many United (UA) and Air New Zealand (NZ) flights depart. The posted hours used to run 05:30 to 23:00, but FlyerTalk posters recall that in practice it shut shortly after the last UA departure, which cut off access for late Turkish Airlines (TK), Ethiopian (ET), or South African Airways (SA) flights.
Access rules follow standard Star Alliance logic: business‑class or first‑class on carriers like EVA Air (BR), Asiana (OZ), and SWISS (LX), plus Star Alliance Gold passengers on tickets with airlines such as Air India (AI), Austrian (OS), Shenzhen Airlines (ZH), and EgyptAir (MS). These same passengers now typically get directed to Plaza Premium near gate 1 or gate 60 instead of scanning into this club.
Recent HKG lounge threads from 2023–2024 repeatedly mention that Star Alliance flyers ending up in Plaza Premium by gate 60 consider it a step down from the pre‑pandemic setup of three alliance‑branded lounges, including this United Club and the nearby Singapore Airlines and Thai lounges in T1. One Turkish Airlines forum poster remembered visiting this United Club for a South African Airways flight and commented that it was “not crowded at all,” which contrasts with current reports of Plaza Premium queues.
Regular Star Alliance flyers now plan around alternatives: some tolerate Plaza Premium at gates 1 or 60, others with oneworld status time their meals and showers in Cathay Pacific lounges like The Wing or The Pier before walking back to Star Alliance gates in T1. If this United Club reopens on your date, check same‑day reports on FlyerTalk or Reddit and confirm operating hours against your departure time before trekking to gate 60 on a tight schedule.
How to get in
- 01 Air Canada (AC)
- 02 Air China (CA)
- 03 Air India (AI)
- 04 Air New Zealand (NZ)
- 05 All Nippon Airways (NH)
- 06 Asiana Airlines (OZ)
- 07 Austrian Airlines (OS)
- 08 EgyptAir (MS)
- 09 Ethiopian Airlines (ET)
- 10 EVA Air (BR)
- 11 Lufthansa (LH)
- 12 Shenzhen Airlines (ZH)
- 13 Singapore Airlines (SQ)
- 14 South African Airways (SA)
- 15 SWISS (LX)
- 16 Thai Airways (TG)
- 17 Turkish Airlines (TK)
- 18 United Airlines (UA)