cblaisd
Apr 10, 06, 5:21 am
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I have an 8:00 a.m. United/Ted flight on a Thursday in early May from LAS. How are the D gate security lines that time of day? What time would you recommend getting to the airport?
ediddy
Apr 10, 06, 9:09 am
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I have an 8:00 a.m. United/Ted flight on a Thursday in early May from LAS. How are the D gate security lines that time of day? What time would you recommend getting to the airport?
I have never waited more than 30 mins at D Gates. They move those lines fast. An hour before your flight is plenty of time.
QuietLion
Apr 10, 06, 12:16 pm
No problems with wait time in Vegas for a long time. Arrive 75-90 minutes before departure.
QL
baccarat_king
Apr 10, 06, 3:28 pm
I have never waited more than 30 mins at D Gates. They move those lines fast. An hour before your flight is plenty of time.
This is true... and is also great advise if you have done OLCI with boarding pass in hand... BUT.. some airlines do enforce a 60 minute limit on check-in at LAS. I don't really know about United, so it might NOT be the case in this instance.
BUT, I was denied check-in at 50 minutes for a flight last year... all because I was running a bit late... and hit 5 more minutes traffic than expected. (and, of course, this was the ONE TIME I didn't do OLCI)
cblaisd
Apr 10, 06, 5:02 pm
Helpful, thank you!
Another question: would I be able to use the elite security line for the D gates with a UA boarding pass (which, since it's Ted, is not for First Class :( ) if I show a NW Gold or AS MVP Gold card?
jenn_1K
Apr 10, 06, 5:27 pm
You can use your United status to go through the First Class/Premier line for D gates. They expanded the criteria for who qualifies to include passengers with status.
cblaisd
Apr 10, 06, 5:34 pm
Good to know! Thank you. (even for a lowly Premier?)
baccarat_king
Apr 10, 06, 6:24 pm
You can use your United status to go through the First Class/Premier line for D gates. They expanded the criteria for who qualifies to include passengers with status.
That is good to know, but this past Saturday evening, the refused to allow a Delta Platinum (with his Medallion card in hand) the use of the First security line, so YMMV. [I was traveling NW, my upgrade hadn't cleared (yet) --- I didn't even bother showing my Platinum card... since they have given me a problem in the past...]
The person working the line said that is was for First Class only (she gave this guy a real hard time... looked at his ticket real closely and said... you aren't in First Class... really harsh and really nasty... sort of crazy considering it was just a little past midnight) . Maybe they just like to give Delta passengers a hard time. :D