Originally Posted by
pmarrsouth
What has always “amused” me is that the premier/prefer/ejecutivo line is non-existent for most of the times I am at one of these extra security gates. For a flight thru IAH earlier in the year I bypassed the long line and lined up underneath the sign that says prefer to the left and non-prefer to the right. I pointed up at the sign and mentioned “ejecutivo”, and she told me that they don’t do that at this gate - even though I was literally pointing at the sign at the gate. Panama, oh well
I flew on UA to IAH in late September, and there was a separate and vacant entry to the gate (#22) for Group 1/2. This entry was on the opposite side of the gate area than the Group 3/4/5 entrance. The Group 3-5 line was about 50 people long, and it ended very near the Group 1/2 entrance. Is it possible she was pointing you to the separate entry? In fact, I wouldn't have noticed the Group 1/2 entry, except I was trudging to the end of the long line with great trepidation when I saw the Group 1/2 sign, with a UA employee standing alone at the entry. I sheepishly approached her and was pleasantly surprised - no, ecstatic - she gladly accepted my boarding pass and passport and sent me in.