Well, got to the airport dark and early (~0715) just having found out my flight was delayed due to fog (inbound held at SEA). No wait for check-in though the agent might have protected me on the direct AF flight. Bag drop fast. VT lane was like you described it to be - initially very slow but seems to have up speed so not too long, thankfully. Think it took 20 mins in all. Thankfully the Travelzoo delay free lounge access vouchers came through and early at that .