Originally Posted by ClueByFour
With that said, US does (or did) have a VIP flagging of some sort--I know a bunch of Senators and Reps have it in DC--there may be others. I don't know if HP continued this practice or not.
I have seen the VIP flagging a lot with senators and reps. It will actually usually say in there "congressmen/women" along with VIP. I have also seen the VIP flag with non-political people. I've asked around and no one really seems to know where the VIP comes from.