Originally Posted by Japhydog
This was not my experience. We both have status and were on paid F & J tickets (AONE5 and paid J). We tried 2 times to get through immigration and they would not let us through even though we were "washed." That's why we had to get the escort from LAN staff. You were just lucky.
I wasn't the only one. There were 3 more passengers at the AC going to IPC, on the same flight, just like me, and I also saw few more at the LAN lounge that later were in J on our flight.