Originally Posted by GimmeLegRoom

I haven't experienced the SFO experiment, but which lane is closer to the BP reader? I found that when using one of these lanes at a NW gate in PDX, the elite lane was the furthest away from it. When I went to the front of the elite lane and there were about 10-15 people in the regular lane (I had missed pre-boarding), I remember it feeling awkward to reach across the full line to give them my BP - I actually waited until 1 or 2 people went by first so as not to appear too rude about it. Still a huge improvement for the times you have missed the preboarding..