<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Hagbard Viking:
The problem is not that frequent customers get preferential treatment. The problem is that some people have to spend unreasonable amounts of time waiting in line.
The solution is not to make everyone waste equal amounts of time, but rather to get to where security check is reasonably quick also for the non-privileged...</font>
You got it. Sometimes, you will need to travel to a place that your preferred airline does not fly. For example, take my upcoming trip. United does not fly to Shreveport or Baton Rouge, so I have to fly American. My status on United doesn't mean squat for this trip, and that means that I don't get the benefits of the elite status lines.