Originally Posted by
Dallas49er
(Red is mine)
Not asking, IMHO, is not a good strategy. Remember, you are dealing with the French, where YMMV depending on how THEY feel!
(Some sarcasm, some truth, lots of experience).
I agree; if you're checking in a the counter anyway, certainly no reason not to ask for a pass. But if you have a mobile/kiosk boarding pass and are otherwise good to go, I would just go to Customs/security, show the "Priority" label on the boarding pass, and hope/expect to get in the Acces No. 1 line rather than waiting in the check-in line to talk to an AA employee. (For me, the priority line was 25 minutes; I got a kiosk boarding pass with no wait but was checking bags. And since my priority was based on AS MVP Gold status flying economy, I wasn't pushing my luck by asking for a pass, even if I was "entitled" to one.)