There’s a thread on the BA forum about CK treatment for BA GGL status holders. Over the past couple of years I’ve been met by an AA CK agent about 1/4 of the time at airports where they have a CK team. It’s usually during non-peak times and seems to never happen for me at JFK.

It’s especially useful in the case of missed connnections or tight connections (transfers by car or SUV), or when flying in economy. During a missed connection at CLT I was drive from the gate to the admirals club and walked in through the back entrance.

I’d say the rate of being met at the gate in economy is higher than when flying in F, it almost feels like a form of shaming for not flying in F on that occasion.

It’s also nice when you’re in the first row and have a carryon bag. One note is that BA GGL are not listed as CK so the only way we board early is when met by an agent.

The more astute members of the CK team text me in advance to meet me, or search online for a photo of me and pick me out of the crowd (they don’t have a photo on file for BA members).

Overall it’s a nice touch when it happens but not expected, and even led to an interesting discussion at a conference recently where someone else from the conference was in the lounge and watched me get escorted from the lounge to the flight.

By comparison BA’s team has met me exactly once ever, in a surprising manner where I have no idea how they picked me out of the crowd. I had a long layover which included a round of the staff changing. It was a very high level of interaction for what amounted to an escort from the LAX TBIT lounge to the gate closest to the lounge (at most a 2 min walk).