Originally Posted by Sam_AE

After landing, there is a passport control area that would have taken me outside the secure area. But, there's a sign that says "Gates C/D". That leads to an escalator up. There was a security screening set up but I was waived through without having to stop at all. Then you walk down a long hallway that appears to be above the arrivals terminal for the G gates. After walking for a really long time and zig zagging around (having to go down another elevator), I ended up at the D gates. The first world problem, however, is that the ElAl lounge is on the other side of the passport control near the D gates. To get to that pre-passport control area, you need to exit the terminal entirely, go through customs, and then go back through the whole security protocols again.