Originally Posted by wcpierce

My wife uses a wheelchair for long distances but can stand and walk very short distances. I've flown with with her out of SFO ~8 times in the past year, always T2, 3, or G, hopefully it will still be a helpful experience. If your wheelchair folks are bringing their own it's a whole different ballgame, and I don't know.

Sometimes I leave her at a bench on the curb or right inside the door and go looking, sometimes I can find a spare chair I can push her in (I know where to look).

If not, we find the shortest service line (curbside checkin or ticketing) and ask them to get one for us. That wait takes 10-45 minutes. Once you're in a wheelchair with an attendant, they will cut to the front of security lines, and the whole party can stick together and look sheepish. If you go to a club first, then the club will need to call again when you leave and while it is usually a bit faster, still allow 15 minutes for them to arrive.

Between waiting for the wheelchair and the extra time to get a wheelchair through security (not the security lines), we arrive three hours before scheduled departure. Sometimes that means we spend an hour plus in the club, sometimes we have had to go straight to the gate to arrive when boarding starts. I hope this helps. Happy to answer other questions.