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Old Nov 21, 12, 8:28 am   #1
 
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DCA Renovation

Hello all-

Last time I was at DCA, I noticed that my favorite check-in counter right next to security was boarded up and being renovated (or removed ).

Does anyone know if this has been completed? What are they doing there?

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Old Nov 21, 12, 8:35 am   #2
 
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Is this what used to be the Shuttle check-in desk?
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Old Nov 21, 12, 8:36 am   #3
 
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That's right, yes. I always used it for regular flights as well. Never any line.
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Old Nov 21, 12, 8:54 am   #4
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That's right, yes. I always used it for regular flights as well. Never any line.
It was the DLS check-in. DL discontinued its Shuttle as part of the slot swap. They were acommodating you at the DLS as a courtesy, but have no reason to maintain a second check-in facility anymore.
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DL discontinued its Shuttle as part of the slot swap.
Umm... no they didn't.
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It was the DLS check-in. DL discontinued its Shuttle as part of the slot swap. They were acommodating you at the DLS as a courtesy, but have no reason to maintain a second check-in facility anymore.
Yah, that's not true at all...
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Is this what used to be the Shuttle check-in desk?
Yeah, and it was also SkyPriority check in.
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It was the DLS check-in. DL discontinued its Shuttle as part of the slot swap. They were acommodating you at the DLS as a courtesy, but have no reason to maintain a second check-in facility anymore.
Guess this is out of date then:
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...a-shuttle.html

http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...schedules.html

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DL moved out from this spot. MWAA then knocked out some walls and expanded the B security check point. That space is now the new Pre-check/crew/military lane.

DL did expand the metro bridge check in area with more desks and at least 10 kiosks, as a result.
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So if i'm on the precheck list should i go to that new lane or go to the Sky Priority lane I usually go to?
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So if i'm on the precheck list should i go to that new lane or go to the Sky Priority lane I usually go to?
Go to the Sky Priority Lane, and when you get up to the TSA desk, and your boarding pass "pops" they direct you to the right where the precheck line is.

FYI, many skypri's think their precheck, but get turned to the "left" regular skypriority lane if their BP doesn't "pop".

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DL moved out from this spot. MWAA then knocked out some walls and expanded the B security check point. That space is now the new Pre-check/crew/military lane.
I don't think that's correct. The check-in area that we are discussing was on the right side of the B security checkpoint, and the Pre-Check line is on the left side of the checkpoint.
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DL moved out from this spot. MWAA then knocked out some walls and expanded the B security check point. That space is now the new Pre-check/crew/military lane.
I don't think that's correct. The check-in area that we are discussing was on the right side of the B security checkpoint, and the Pre-Check line is on the left side of the checkpoint.
The signage has been updated with the new space opening. I would take a pic but cameras pointed at TSA checkpoints are probably frowned upon.
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Don't crew and wheelchairs use the far right lane, next to the former check in area for DL?
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Go to the Sky Priority Lane, and when you get up to the TSA desk, and your boarding pass "pops" they direct you to the right where the precheck line is.

FYI, many skypri's think their precheck, but get turned to the "left" regular skypriority lane if their BP doesn't "pop".

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You can go right to the PreCheck lane. I've never had a problem with this. On the one or two rare occasions I didn't get precheck they just let you go to the right instead of the left of the podium. It's no big deal.

The shuttle check in stand closed so DCA could expand the security checkpoint. There's still a checkin on the mid-tier level by the metro station.
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