The e-express card was given in Syd for J passengers leaving Syd and who were required to processes Australian immigration on departure. It took me about 10 minutes from the time I dropped of my bags at the check in counter, to the time I was entering the ANZ lounge. The 1:30 departure for AC34 is a good time as there are few Int'l flights leaving at that time (except a few Singapore flights and Quantas flights), so the terminal is fairly quiet.

YVR is an entirely different story. AC34 parked at 8:40, bags showed up at 9:30. The useless AC baggage attendant was busy putting on lipstick and makeup in the corner and when approached by passengers, told everyone it can take up to 30 minutes for the luggage to arrive (passengers had waited 40 min). US immigration and customs is a breeze. Had just enough time to run into the MLL grab some toast and run to the UAL gate. Makes you wonder what the Priority tags are for.
Should have taken a shower in the MLL in YVR as the RCC in ORD didn’t have showers and I did not qualify for the international lounge even though I had a same day Int’l J ticket, *G and it was a UAL Code Share.