Originally Posted by salut0

Because he is adhering to a standard that is the norm in every other airport I have travelled through which has a fast track line for security. In doing so, s/he ignores a rule that I, and many others here, consider ridiculous or even insane.



Thank you for being so dismissive of economy class flyers who happen to have risen through the ranks...

I am sure that BAA can provide all sorts of unwarranted justifications for their Fast Track restrictions, and I'd suggest some preemptive rebuttals for them:

"Too many passengers with elite cards on economy tickets at LHR"
-- So why can JFK, LAX, ORD etc all cope with that problem?