Originally Posted by
Goldorak
Typical Ulti Russian roulette...
It has always been inconsistent in IAD;
Reporting Ulti exp. in SEA (connecting DL domestic to AF) : just before beginning of boarding, waiting at the gate, I was called at the podium and they escorted me to plane and introduced me to the crew

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I don't know if they escort you through security if you start the trip in SEA.
Connecting through SEA past summer, connecting on DL, we were escorted from the lounge to the gate and boarded "early" (=boarding had started, but they took us by the hand and just bypassed everybody in the jetway).