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Old May 13, 2008 | 1:55 pm
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
Firstly airlines pay to prioritise me. Secondly, most elite pax get through security quicker so a separate line means the main line is much shorter than it would otherwise be.
First, not in the US. For the second, the logic escapes me. If you take all the supposedly slow people and put them on a separate line to the same checkpoint, you expect that line to move FASTER?
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