DCA - Elite Access Security Line?
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:31 am
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DCA - Elite Access Security Line?
Is there an elite line at DCA for security? I'm flying out of DCA tomorrow and am trying to figure out how much extra time to allow. Thanks!
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:35 am
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Originally Posted by sladobruk
Is there an elite line at DCA for security? I'm flying out of DCA tomorrow and am trying to figure out how much extra time to allow. Thanks!
A number of times I've seen the general security lanes moving faster than the "Elite" line.
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:36 am
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Welcome to Flyertalk, but please do a search before posting questions. Almost everything you need to know can be found through the search function.
There is a poorly marked lane that comes and goes at the concourse CO uses...it's almost always unenforced by staff, so your results will vary.
There is a poorly marked lane that comes and goes at the concourse CO uses...it's almost always unenforced by staff, so your results will vary.
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:36 am
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Originally Posted by sladobruk
Is there an elite line at DCA for security? I'm flying out of DCA tomorrow and am trying to figure out how much extra time to allow. Thanks!
Yes, its shared with Delta. But read the sign carefully. if you enter on the wrong side of the sign, you'll end up in the general security line.
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:40 am
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[QUOTE=bocastephen]Welcome to Flyertalk, but please do a search before posting questions. Almost everything you need to know can be found through the search function.
Thank you for your response, and I did try to search but was unsuccessful. I'm just learning to navigate the site. Thanks for answering my question anyways.
Thank you for your response, and I did try to search but was unsuccessful. I'm just learning to navigate the site. Thanks for answering my question anyways.
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:42 am
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The DCA elite lane is marked as "first class" and seems to have been policed a bit better during the last few months. It is not policed much during off-peak times, however.
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by sladobruk
Is there an elite line at DCA for security? I'm flying out of DCA tomorrow and am trying to figure out how much extra time to allow. Thanks!
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:45 am
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Originally Posted by CO 1E
The DCA elite lane is marked as "first class" and seems to have been policed a bit better during the last few months. It is not policed much during off-peak times, however.
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by bocastephen
I have had to chastice the ID checkers on numerous occassions for not policing this line...but the response I receive is usually a shoulder shrug and some comment in an unintelligable language. Just analyze all the lines and figure out which is shortest and moving the fastest.
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:50 am
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Originally Posted by CO 1E
The DCA elite lane is marked as "first class" and seems to have been policed a bit better during the last few months. It is not policed much during off-peak times, however.
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by bocastephen
I have had to chastice the ID checkers on numerous occassions for not policing this line...but the response I receive is usually a shoulder shrug and some comment in an unintelligable language. Just analyze all the lines and figure out which is shortest and moving the fastest.
A gate agent is suppose to alert the base operations manager who is then suppose to speak with the security line folks.
CO Insider, can you let us know what the proper procedure is for reporting Elite Access Security Line issues?
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:57 am
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I can speak for FLL's T1 and T2 - there is either an ID or 'status' checker at the head of the line entrance to make sure people go into the correct lane, always at T2 and at T1 during busy periods. At FLL, I have seen elite line interlopers tossed out and sent back to the end of the regular line by the ID checkers, and I have had to remove some jetBlue people myself from the CO/NW elite line there as well.
Aug 10, 2006 | 9:59 am
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Thanks everyone for your replies - good things to know.