That’s all correct, unfortunately.

Priority screening used to be listed as a benefit without such “branding” and associated limits, but it seems like the alliance decided to re-package things so as to allow its members to continue to play consumer-unfriendly games while still having the alliance group advertise priority security as an alliance status benefit for those above the alliance’s first elite status level.

They may say that there are lies, damned lies and statistics, but they should have said that there are lies, damned lies, and advertising/marketing.