Originally Posted by
FlyerGoldII
I did get the exit row seat, but for a fee. AC SE status (at least through the web site) did not get this fee waived for me.
I have nexus/GE - I got a TSA Precheck (for the first time ever; one can not get this benefit when flying a foreign carrier such as AC). Are there any special TSA security lanes, or do I use the regular security lanes?
I am interested in the internet - are there monitors for each seat through which one can access the internet?
If you buy the exit/preferred seat ahead of time, you will have to pay -- AC SE (or any other *G status outside of US -and now AA-) won't get you automatically waived. Our experience has been US ticketing and gate agents at day of departure are rather good to *G partners (unlike UA) and will likely put you into an exit row/forward seat without a fee since they have control of the flight/seats only on day of departure.
Yes there is a Precheck line in the security lanes at terminal 2 feeding the US gates. Very left, clearly marked. I'm usually through at the busiest of times in maybe 2 minutes, tops.
No in-seat monitors for IFE like AC (AC's system is great), and no in-seat power on US (either USB like AC and certainly not 110W AC unlike on some AC/UA/AA metal). Internet is almost always (as a general rule across all carriers) accessed via your own device, through a wifi connection supplied by a third party vendor like Gogo (in the case of US, DL, AA, and others) and will usually run you anywhere from a few dollars to ~$20 per flight, depending on flight length. You can also buy AYCE Gogo passes at various lengths and options.