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Old Jun 8, 2012, 3:59 pm
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brosnan6
 
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To all those wondering why this would be useful when you have elite lane access:

The biggest benefit in CLEAR's previous existence was that they escorted me DIRECTLY to xray and WTMDs. Meaning they would "cut me" into the line at the start of the metal table with the bins and whatnot to unload my computer, etc. The only wait would be to push my bags through the xray and the people in front me me waiting to walk through/be scanned

Assuming it's still done the same way, this is FAR more useful than any elite line because there often ends up being a wait in an elite line just because there are often a lot of elites. And elite lines often merge with regular lines once you get past the ID checker.
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