Originally Posted by
saveri
I'm on a 10 am flight MAD to MIA this Sunday. I'll be boarding with group 3 (Sapphire/PE). What time do I need to get to the gate? Not sure if there is a secondary screening beyond a passport check. Presuming that if I have time to use the Velasquez lounge, the hike to the lower S gates will be about 10 minutes. Thanks for any insight.
My last IB flight boarded 40 minutes prior to departure, but i usually leave the lounge when boarding starts. Walk takes 5 minutes if you have a good pace, otherwise 10 minutes is sufficient. Only check is a passport check usually done at an arbitrary border prior to the USA flight gate areas. If this is not done there, the gate will process passports with a simple security check tag.