Card comparison
Alaska Visa Signature vs United Club Infinite: the lounge-access verdict
The $95 Alaska Airlines Visa Signature unlocks no lounge network. The $525 United Club Infinite unlocks United Club. This is a comparison of a lounge card with a non-lounge card.
Page updated October 2026.
At a glance
- lounges · Alaska Airlines Visa Signature
- 0
- lounges · United Club Infinite Card
- 51
- airports · Alaska Airlines Visa Signature
- 0
- airports · United Club Infinite Card
- 33
Side by side
No lounge network in common.
Airport by airport
Lounges each card opens, busiest airports first.
And 13 more airports; each card's page lists them all.
Let's be direct about what this comparison is. Bank of America's Alaska Airlines Visa Signature does not unlock any lounge program in our data. Chase's United Club Infinite Card unlocks the United Club network. One of these is a lounge card and one is not, and pretending otherwise would waste your time.
What you get for $95
The Alaska card is cheap, and on lounges it delivers nothing. No Priority Pass, no Alaska lounge access, no partner network. If you hold it, you are holding it for Alaska miles and Alaska perks, and you should budget for lounge entry separately or go without.
What you get for $525
The United Club Infinite costs $430 more per year and buys United Club access. That is a single network, and it only matters if you fly United. At a United hub it is a real benefit. At an airport with no United Club it is a $525 card that opens no lounge either.
The situations where each fits
If you are an Alaska flyer, neither card solves your lounge problem. The United card's clubs are not where your flights leave from, and the Alaska card has no lounge benefit at all. Consider a general travel card with Priority Pass instead, and keep the Alaska card for miles if it earns its $95 on that alone.
If you are a United flyer, the Club Infinite is the one with a lounge in it. The Alaska card is not a competitor here; it is simply a different airline's card.
If you fly both airlines, you are looking at a $620 combined fee for one lounge network that works on half your trips. That is a hard case to make.
Fee gap as the story
The real comparison is $95 against $525. The $430 difference buys United Club access and nothing more. Whether that is worth it comes down to how many United departures you have per year and how many of them leave from a terminal with a United Club.
Check it against real trips
Write down your next three departure airports and airlines. If United appears twice and each terminal has a United Club, the Infinite card justifies itself. If Alaska dominates, neither card is your lounge answer. Confirm guest rules and any entry conditions with Chase before applying. Lounge ratings on this site follow the methodology.
Quick answers
Which has more lounge access, the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature or the United Club Infinite Card?
The United Club Infinite Card: 51 lounges in our directory against 0.
Which lounge networks do they share?
None; every network either card opens is its own.
Where does only one of them get you in?
The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature alone reaches 0 airports and the United Club Infinite Card alone 33 airports.
What do they cost?
The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature is $95 a year and the United Club Infinite Card $525, as last published by each issuer.
Built from our directory and checked to our editorial standards. Scores follow our methodology. Something wrong? Tell us from any lounge page.
