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Old Oct 25, 2021 | 4:39 am
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Originally Posted by Pep0rz
Thank you for your answer! So, it'd be possible to have such interview 'airside' and not having to go out to the check-in desks. That could make all the difference...
Correct, as long as you have your BP.

Originally Posted by London Dude
I've flown MAD-ORD on IB a few times, connecting from FCO, and said screening always occurred at the entrance to a roped-off area where the boarding gates for the flights to the US are located. I'm sure that AA flights leave from the same gates so it's probably where the "interview" will take place if you're flying AA.
Same idea, different extremity - IB flights to the US tend to go from the high S gates (S45+?), AA flights all tend to be grouped around S1-S8.

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