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.
Were you on LA833 (SCL-IPC-PPT 17:05 on Wed/Sun) or LA841 (SCL-IPC 08:30 on Tue/Sat)? Did your flight depart from the domestic or international side?