San Francisco - Premium security lines at SFO international terminal?




mangoMan
Jun 26, 12, 4:30 pm
I searched but could not find an answer to this, although I figure it must be a somewhat common question:

Does the international terminal at SFO offer a premium security line for J/F travelers? In particular I'm interested in the side LH uses (G gates I believe).


Eastbay1K
Jun 26, 12, 6:24 pm
Each side (A and G) seem to have one when I've flown out of there.

rjque
Jun 26, 12, 6:27 pm
The answer is yes, but it's not always open, and both lines sometimes feed into a single TSA agent. And when that happens, the TSA staff sometimes try to make the wait equal for both lines, meaning they let 10-20 people go from the regular line for every one from the elite line.


mangoMan
Jun 28, 12, 5:42 pm
Thanks. We will be going through on a Sunday around 1 pm. Hopefully the G side will have a premium lane. I've only gone thru once on the A side and did not notice any premium lane, and the line was long (took about 45 min. to get through). I was in Y anyways, but was kinda hoping my AA Gold status might help somehow.

docbert
Jun 30, 12, 12:48 am
The answer is yes, but it's not always open, and both lines sometimes feed into a single TSA agent. And when that happens, the TSA staff sometimes try to make the wait equal for both lines, meaning they let 10-20 people go from the regular line for every one from the elite line.

There's always a separate line. At peak times there's a completely separate entrance over on the right-hand side. At quiet times the person at the entrance to the main line should direct you to a different queue (normally right right rather than going straight or left).

Often they don't look and just try and send you into the main queue, but if you ask they will point you in the right direction.



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